title: Prevalence and correlates of intimate partner physical violence against women in Kofale District, Ethiopia.
abstract: Using a community-based cross-sectional survey, this study attempted to determine the prevalence and correlates of intimate partner physical violence against women in Kofale District, Ethiopia. The study showed that 52.6% of the respondents had experienced intimate partner physical violence in their lifetime and 30.2% in the 12 months before the survey. Witnessing family violence as a child, education, place of residence, parity, duration of the marriage, a tradition of marriage arrangement and the partners' use of alcohol were associated with intimate partner physical violence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Population and Family Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia. yohannesdibaba@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Yohannes
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dibaba
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005002:Ethiopia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence