Background
Methods
Study description
Data
Ethical considerations
Instrument
Dependent variable
Independent variables
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The age of the interviewed persons, categorized into 3 groups: ≤24; 25–34 and ≥ 35.
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The level of education of both the men and the women, classified in 4 categories: i) No education; ii) Primary education; iii) Secondary education; iv) Higher education.
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The matrimonial status of the survey participants, categorized as: i) Never been in a relationship; ii) Married; iii) Living with partner; iv) Widowed; v) Divorced; vi) No longer living together.
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The religion practiced by the respondents, classified as: i) Voodoo/Traditional; ii) Islam; iii) Christian; iv) Other religion; v) No religion.
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The occupation of the survey participants, classified as: i) “Working”, if the person worked; ii) “Not working”, if they did not work.
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The living area of the respondents, categorized as: i) Rural; ii) Urban.
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The place of residence, i.e. in which of the 12 administrative departments of Benin the survey participants resided.
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The variable “who makes decisions regarding household expenditure”, categorized as: i) The woman; ii) The woman or the man; iii) The man
Statistical analysis
Results
Main descriptive statistics
Number (n) | Intimate partner violence (%) | P-value | |
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Gender | 0.102 | ||
Man | 5145 | 14.4 | |
Woman | 16,429 | 16.2 | |
Ethnicity | 0.0000 | ||
Adja | 3302 | 15.6 | |
Bariba | 1984 | 20.6 | |
Dendi | 787 | 16.5 | |
Fon | 9575 | 15.6 | |
Yoa | 817 | 18.8 | |
Betamari | 1437 | 18.2 | |
Peulh | 808 | 30.4 | |
Yoruba | 2,53 | 12.1 | |
Other Beninese | 87 | 21.6 | |
Other nationality | 247 | 19.2 | |
Level of education | 0.0000 | ||
No education | 12,317 | 18.6 | |
Primary | 3938 | 14.5 | |
Secondary | 4785 | 11.7 | |
Higher | 534 | 4.1 | |
Age Group (year) | 0.2518 | ||
15–24 | 7276 | 15.1 | |
25–34 | 7051 | 16.4 | |
35 years et + | 7247 | 15.9 | |
Matrimonial Status | 0.0000 | ||
Never in relation | 5544 | 13.9 | |
Married | 11,692 | 17.7 | |
Living with partner | 3307 | 13.7 | |
Widowed | 337 | 14.5 | |
Divorced | 159 | 18.1 | |
No longer living together | 535 | 14.1 | |
Profession | 0.2804 | ||
No working | 7306 | 14.8 | |
Working | 13,438 | 15.6 | |
Area | 0.0033 | ||
Rural | 12,464 | 17.0 | |
Urban | 9,11 | 14.1 | |
Department | 0.0000 | ||
Alibori | 1328 | 11.8 | |
Atacora | 1825 | 14.6 | |
Atlantique | 2482 | 19.7 | |
Borgou | 1757 | 25.8 | |
Collines | 1,68 | 18.0 | |
Couffo | 1544 | 16.5 | |
Donga | 1231 | 16.3 | |
Littoral | 2485 | 14.8 | |
Mono | 1349 | 16.5 | |
Ouémé | 2405 | 14.4 | |
Plateau | 1354 | 9.8 | |
Zou | 2134 | 16.3 | |
Religion | 0.0000 | ||
Voodoo/Traditional | 3083 | 19.4 | |
Islam | 5176 | 18.5 | |
Christian | 11,864 | 14.3 | |
Other Religion | 418 | 13.1 | |
No Religion | 1033 | 14.7 | |
Quintile | 0.0000 | ||
Poorest | 4146 | 17.7 | |
Poorer | 4411 | 17.1 | |
Middle | 4469 | 17.5 | |
Richer | 4,69 | 14.3 | |
Richest | 3858 | 12.7 | |
Who makes spending decisions? | 0.0045 | ||
The woman | 1466 | 20.61 | |
The woman or the man | 2839 | 16.04 | |
The man | 9983 | 15.44 |
Univariate and multivariate analysis (Table 2)
Crude Odds Ratio | CI 95% | P-value | Adjusted Odds Ratio | CI 95% | P-value | |||
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Gender | ||||||||
Man | 1 | |||||||
Woman | 1.14 | 0.97 | 1.35 | 0.102 | ||||
Ethnicity | ||||||||
Adja | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Bariba | 1.41 | 1.12 | 1.77 | 0.003 | 1.03 | 0.70 | 1.52 | 0.858 |
Dendi | 1.07 | 0.77 | 1.47 | 0.676 | 1.28 | 0.85 | 1.95 | 0.231 |
Fon | 1.00 | 0.83 | 1.20 | 0.984 | 1.21 | 0.93 | 1.58 | 0.152 |
Yoa | 1.25 | 0.88 | 1.79 | 0.203 | 1.53 | 0.98 | 2.40 | 0.059 |
Betamari | 1.20 | 0.90 | 1.61 | 0.199 | 1.57 | 1.06 | 2.31 | 0.022 |
Peulh | 2.36 | 1.67 | 3.34 | 0.000 | 1.67 | 1.02 | 2.76 | 0.041 |
Yoruba | 0.743 | 0.55 | 0.99 | 0.047 | 1.05 | 0.76 | 1.45 | 0.757 |
Other Beninese | 1.49 | 058 | 3.83 | 0.404 | 1.52 | 0.58 | 3.97 | 0.384 |
Other nationality | 1.28 | 0.85 | 1.93 | 0.222 | 1.42 | 0.92 | 2.18 | 0.105 |
Level of education | ||||||||
No education | 5.36 | 3.56 | 8.05 | 0.000 | 5.36 | 3.62 | 7.95 | 0.000 |
Primary | 3.97 | 2.62 | 6.02 | 0.000 | 4.07 | 2.72 | 6.10 | 0.000 |
Secondary | 3.10 | 2.05 | 4.69 | 0.000 | 3.21 | 2.15 | 4.78 | 0.000 |
Higher | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Age Group (year) | ||||||||
15–24 | 1 | |||||||
25–34 | 1.09 | 0.97 | 1.23 | 0.120 | ||||
35 years et + | 1.05 | 0.95 | 1.17 | 0.305 | ||||
Matrimonial Status | ||||||||
Never in relation | 1 | |||||||
Married | 1.32 | 1.18 | 1.49 | 0.000 | ||||
Living with partner | 0.98 | 0.80 | 1.19 | 0.876 | ||||
Widowed | 1.05 | 0.72 | 1.51 | 0.786 | ||||
Divorced | 1.36 | 0.85 | 2.18 | 0.187 | ||||
No longer living together | 1.01 | 0.74 | 1.38 | 0.906 | ||||
Profession | ||||||||
No working | 1 | |||||||
Working | 1.06 | 0.95 | 1.19 | 0.280 | ||||
Area | ||||||||
Rural | 1.24 | 1.07 | 1.44 | 0.003 | ||||
Urban | 1 | |||||||
Department | ||||||||
Alibori | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Atacora | 1.28 | 0.92 | 1.78 | 0.131 | 1.33 | 0.88 | 2.01 | 0.166 |
Atlantique | 1.83 | 1.34 | 2.50 | 0.000 | 2.70 | 1.80 | 4.04 | 0.000 |
Borgou | 2.60 | 1.96 | 3.45 | 0.000 | 3.20 | 2.32 | 4.40 | 0.000 |
Collines | 1.65 | 1.23 | 2.20 | 0.001 | 2.48 | 1.71 | 3.62 | 0.000 |
Couffo | 1.48 | 1.08 | 2.03 | 0.014 | 2.23 | 1.40 | 3.55 | 0.001 |
Donga | 1.46 | 1.02 | 2.10 | 0.039 | 1.46 | 0.96 | 2.21 | 0.070 |
Littoral | 1.30 | 0.98 | 1.74 | 0.068 | 2.78 | 1.84 | 4.18 | 0.000 |
Mono | 1.47 | 1.02 | 2.13 | 0.036 | 2.46 | 1.54 | 3.92 | 0.000 |
Ouémé | 1.26 | 0.93 | 1.71 | 0.126 | 1.92 | 1.29 | 2.83 | 0.001 |
Plateau | 0.81 | 0.51 | 1.29 | 0.384 | 1.14 | 0.68 | 1.91 | 0.602 |
Zou | 1.45 | 1.06 | 1.99 | 0.018 | 2.01 | 1.32 | 3.06 | 0.001 |
Religion | ||||||||
Voodoo/Traditional | 1.43 | 1.21 | 1.70 | 0.000 | 1.27 | 1.07 | 1.51 | 0.005 |
Islam | 1.35 | 1.17 | 1.56 | 0.000 | 1.25 | 1.03 | 1.52 | 0.022 |
Christian | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Other Religion | 0.90 | 0.64 | 1.27 | 0.561 | 0.82 | 0.58 | 1.17 | 0.289 |
No Religion | 1.03 | 0.83 | 1.28 | 0.768 | 0.88 | 0.70 | 1.09 | 0.259 |
Quintile | ||||||||
Poorest | 1.48 | 1.21 | 1.81 | 0.000 | 1.25 | 1.01 | 1.54 | 0.034 |
Poorer | 1.42 | 1.18 | 1.71 | 0.000 | 1.21 | 0.99 | 1.47 | 0.056 |
Middle | 1.46 | 1.23 | 1.74 | 0.000 | 1.31 | 1.09 | 1.56 | 0.003 |
Richer | 1.15 | 0.98 | 1.34 | 0.072 | 1.09 | 0.93 | 1.28 | 0.244 |
Richest | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Who makes spending decisions? | ||||||||
The woman | 1.42 | 1.14 | 1.77 | 0.002 | ||||
The woman or the man | 1.04 | 0.88 | 1.23 | 0.594 | ||||
The man | 1 |