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Table 1 Descriptive characteristic of the participants and their partners

From: Burden of intimate partner violence in The Gambia - a cross sectional study of pregnant women

Variable

IPV

No IPV

P-value

Mean age ± SD(years)

30.5 (6.2)

27.8 (6.8)

0.0596

Mean Parity ± SD

2.64 (2.07)

1.72 (1.86)

0.0417

Marital status

73

44

-

Married

1

0

 

Divorced

10

8

 

Single

   

Educational level of

44

28

0.6631

woman

24

7

 

None

13

16

 

Basic

3

1

 

High

   

Tertiary

   

Ethnicity

14

6

0.9456

Wolof

22

6

 

Mandinka

18

7

 

Fula

7

2

 

Jola

23

31

 

Others

   

Religion

5

3

0.1127

Christian

79

49

 

Muslim

   

Partner’s educational

38

22

0.8151

level

14

6

 

None

23

18

 

Basic

9

6

 

High

   

Tertiary

   

Occupation of Woman

31

7

-

Housewife

15

5

 

(unemployed)

3

0

 

Trader

9

8

 

Farmer

26

32

 

Civil servant

   

Others

   

Occupation of Partner

6

3

-

Farmer

21

5

 

Busines

15

13

 

Civil Servant

13

5

 

Artisan

3

0

 

None

25

26

 

Others

   
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