title: Violent experiences in childhood are associated with men's perpetration of intimate partner violence as a young adult: a multistage cluster survey in Malawi.
abstract: To examine the association between exposures to violence in childhood, including exposure to multiple forms of violence, with young men's perpetration of intimate partner violence (IPV) in Malawi.
  
  
  
  We analyzed data from 450 ever-partnered 18- to 24-year-old men interviewed in the Malawi Violence Against Children and Young Woman Survey, a nationally representative, multistage cluster survey conducted in 2013. We estimated the weighted prevalence for perpetration of physical and/or sexual IPV and retrospective reporting of experiences of violence in childhood and examined the associations between childhood experiences of violence and perpetration of IPV using logistic regression.
  
  
  
  Among young men in Malawi, lifetime prevalence for perpetration of sexual IPV (24%) was higher than for perpetration of physical IPV (9%). In logistic regression analyses, the adjusted odds ratios for perpetration of sexual IPV increased in a statistically significant gradient fashion, from 1.2 to 1.4 to 3.7 to 4.3 for young men with exposures to one, two, three, and four or more forms of violence in childhood, respectively.
  
  
  
  Among young men in Malawi, exposure to violence in childhood is associated with an increased odds of perpetrating IPV, highlighting the need for programs and policies aimed at interrupting the intergenerational transmission of violence.
authors: Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA; National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Electronic address: ydj3@cdc.gov.
authors: Kristin
authors: K
authors: VanderEnde
authors: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
authors: James
authors: J
authors: Mercy
authors: Malawi Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Lilongwe, Malawi.
authors: Mary
authors: M
authors: Shawa
authors: Malawi Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Lilongwe, Malawi.
authors: McKnight
authors: M
authors: Kalanda
authors: Malawi Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Lilongwe, Malawi.
authors: Justin
authors: J
authors: Hamela
authors: United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund-Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi.
authors: Nankali
authors: N
authors: Maksud
authors: United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund-Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi.
authors: Brendan
authors: B
authors: Ross
authors: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi.
authors: Sundeep
authors: S
authors: Gupta
authors: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi.
authors: Nellie
authors: N
authors: Wadonda-Kabondo
authors: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
authors: Susan
authors: S
authors: Hillis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D054523:Adult Survivors of Child Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D017579:Domestic Violence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016015:Logistic Models; D008295:Malawi / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D016017:Odds Ratio; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Domestic violence; Intimate partner violence; Malawi; Perpetration; Violence Against Children Survey; Violence against children