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Table 4 Correlates of experiencing violence among female participants in the past year

From: Prevalence and correlates of violence among sexual and injecting partners of people who inject drugs living with HIV in Kenya: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Any Violence

Physical Violence

Threaten Violence

Sexual Violence

 

n/N (%)

PR[95% CI]

n/N (%)

PR[95% CI]

n/N (%)

PR[95% CI]

n/N (%)

PR[95% CI]

Total

 

365/966[38%]

 

313/966[32%]

 

149/966[15%]

 

108/966[11%]

 

Age

18–30 years

180/498 [36%]

1(Ref)

155/498 [31%]

1(Ref)

68/498 [14%]

1(Ref)

55/498 [11%]

1(Ref)

31–40 years

146/355 [41%]

1.14 [0.96, 1.35]

125/355 [35%]

1.13 [0.93, 1.37]

65/355 [18%]

1.34 [0.98, 1.83]

39/355 [11%]

0.99 [0.68, 1.46]

 > 40 years

39/113 [35%]

0.95 [0.72, 1.26]

33/113 [29%]

0.94 [0.68, 1.29]

16/113 [14%]

1.04 [0.63, 1.72]

14/113 [12%]

1.12 [0.65, 1.94]

Region

Nairobi

173/626 [28%]

1(Ref)

144/626 [23%]

1(Ref)

47/626 [8%]

1(Ref)

38/626 [6%]

1(Ref)

Coast

192/340 [56%]

2.04 **[1.75, 2.39]

169/340 [50%]

2.16 **[1.81, 2.58]

102/340 [30%]

4 **[2.9, 5.5]

70/340 [21%]

3.39 **[2.34, 4.92]

Marital Status

Single

154/470 [33%]

1(Ref)

129/470 [27%]

1(Ref)

63/470 [13%]

1(Ref)

41/470 [9%]

1(Ref)

Married

67/188 [36%]

1.09 [0.86, 1.37]

58/188 [31%]

1.12 [0.87, 1.46]

30/188 [16%]

1.19 [0.8, 1.78]

21/188 [11%]

1.28 [0.78, 2.11]

Partnered

55/107 [51%]

1.57 **[1.25, 1.96]

48/107 [45%]

1.63 **[1.26, 2.11]

25/107 [23%]

1.74 *[1.15, 2.63]

15/107 [14%]

1.61 [0.92, 2.79]

Divorced/Separated/Widow

89/200 [44%]

1.36 *[1.11, 1.66]

78/200 [39%]

1.42 *[1.13, 1.78]

31/200 [16%]

1.16 [0.78, 1.72]

31/200 [16%]

1.78 *[1.15, 2.75]

Employment

Formal

22/43 [51%]

1(Ref)

19/43 [44%]

1(Ref)

14/43 [33%]

1(Ref)

6/43 [14%]

1(Ref)

Self-employ

49/139 [35%]

0.69 [0.48, 1]

44/139 [32%]

0.72 [0.47, 1.09]

18/139 [13%]

0.4 *[0.22, 0.73]

16/139 [12%]

0.82 [0.34, 1.98]

Informal

14/46 [30%]

0.59 [0.35, 1.01]

12/46 [26%]

0.59 [0.33, 1.07]

7/46 [15%]

0.47 [0.21, 1.05]

1/46 [2%]

0.16 [0.02, 1.24]

Illegal

149/324 [46%]

0.9 [0.66, 1.23]

126/324 [39%]

0.88 [0.61, 1.26]

58/324 [18%]

0.55 *[0.34, 0.9]

49/324 [15%]

1.08 [0.49, 2.38]

No income or partner family support

68/180 [38%]

0.74 [0.52, 1.04]

57/180 [32%]

0.72 [0.48, 1.07]

32/180 [18%]

0.55 *[0.32, 0.93]

21/180 [12%]

0.84 [0.36, 1.94]

Housing

Stable

322/861 [37%]

1(Ref)

276/861 [32%]

1(Ref)

128/861 [15%]

1(Ref)

99/861 [11%]

1(Ref)

Unstable

43/103 [42%]

1.12 [0.87, 1.42]

37/103 [36%]

1.12 [0.85, 1.48]

21/103 [20%]

1.37 [0.91, 2.07]

9/103 [9%]

0.76 [0.4, 1.46]

Partner type

Injecting

216/641 [34%]

1(Ref)

183/641 [29%]

1(Ref)

74/641 [12%]

1(Ref)

62/641 [10%]

1(Ref)

Sexual

87/223 [39%]

1.16[0.95, 1.41]

74/223 [33%]

1.16[0.93, 1.45]

50/223 [22%]

1.94 **[1.4, 2.69]

33/223 [15%]

1.53 *[1.03, 2.27]

Both sex and inject

61/101 [60%]

1.79 **[1.48, 2.17]

55/101 [54%]

1.91 **[1.54, 2.37]

24/101 [24%]

2.06 *[1.37, 3.1]

12/101 [12%]

1.23[0.69, 2.2]

HIV status

Negative

240/651 [37%]

1(Ref)

198/651 [30%]

1(Ref)

106/651 [16%]

1(Ref)

70/651 [11%]

1(Ref)

Positive

125/314 [40%]

1.08 [0.91, 1.28]

115/314 [37%]

1.2 [1, 1.45]

43/314 [14%]

0.84 [0.61, 1.17]

38/314 [12%]

1.13 [0.78, 1.63]

ART

On ART

96/240 [40%]

1(Ref)

87/240 [36%]

1(Ref)

31/240 [13%]

1(Ref)

27/240 [11%]

1(Ref)

Not on ART

29/74 [39%]

0.98 [0.71, 1.35]

28/74 [38%]

1.04 [0.75, 1.46]

12/74 [16%]

1.26 [0.68, 2.32]

11/74 [15%]

1.32 [0.69, 2.53]

Injecting drug use and Methadone status

No active IDU/Methadone

6/22 [27%]

1(Ref)

6/22 [27%]

1(Ref)

1/22 [5%]

1(Ref)

1/22 [5%]

1(Ref)

Active IDU/Methadone

57/108 [53%]

1.94 *[0.96, 3.92]

48/108 [44%]

1.63 [0.8, 3.33]

22/108 [20%]

4.48 [0.64, 31.53]

20/108 [19%]

4.07 [0.58, 28.79]

Active IDU/ No Methadone

208/605 [34%]

1.26 [0.63, 2.52]

175/605 [29%]

1.06 [0.53, 2.12]

74/605 [12%]

2.69 [0.39, 18.48]

54/605 [9%]

1.96 [0.28, 13.55]

No active IDU/ No Methadone

13/30 [43%]

1.59 [0.72, 3.52]

12/30 [40%]

1.47 [0.65, 3.3]

4/30 [13%]

2.93 [0.35, 24.47]

3/30 [10%]

2.2 [0.24, 19.76]

Female participants’ sexual partners

Only men

323/892 [36%]

1(Ref)

277/892 [31%]

1(Ref)

132/892 [15%]

1(Ref)

94/892 [11%]

1(Ref)

Women (or both men and women)

42/72 [58%]

1.61 **[1.3, 1.99]

36/72 [50%]

1.61 *[1.25, 2.07]

17/72 [24%]

1.6[1.02, 2.49]

14/72 [19%]

1.85 *[1.11, 3.07]

  1. *Significant at 0.05 alpha level (p value < 0.05)
  2. **Significant at 0.001 alpha level (p value < 0.001)