Determinants of Intimate Partner Violence Among HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Women in India.
To reduce the many adverse health outcomes associated with intimate partner violence (IPV), high-risk groups need to be specifically targeted in the fight against domestic violence in India. This study aims to examine the prevalence and correlates of IPV in HIV-positive and HIV-negative women from India. A convenience sample of HIV-positive and HIV-negative women responded to questionnaires to assess their experience and perception of violence. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to model the association between IPV and age, education, employment status, contraception use, age at first marriage, and HIV status. Although adjusting for age, education, employment status, contraception use, age at first marriage, and HIV status, women who are employed were 3.5 times more likely to suffer IPV (confidence interval [CI] = [1.5, 8.5]), women aged 18 or above at first marriage are 0.3 times less likely to face IPV (CI = [0.1, 0.6]), and women who use contraception are 7 times more likely to suffer IPV (CI = [1.4, 30.2]). Also, HIV-positive women are 3 times more likely to face sexual violence compared with HIV-negative women (CI = [1.1, 7.6]).
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA rishic@mailbox.sc.edu.
Hrishikesh
H
Chakraborty
KLE University, Belgaum, Karnataka, India.
Shobhana
S
Patted
KLE University, Belgaum, Karnataka, India.
Anita
A
Gan
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
Farahnaz
F
Islam
KLE University, Belgaum, Karnataka, India.
Amit
A
Revankar
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D018585:Battered Women / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015984:Causality; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003270:Contraceptive Agents; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008393:Marriage / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011203:Poverty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult
D003270:Contraceptive Agents
HIV; correlates of violence; domestic violence; interpersonal violence