Association between Education and Domestic Violence among Women Being Offered an HIV Test in Urban and Rural Areas in Kenya

Autor/inn/en	Abuya, Benta A.; Onsomu, Elijah O.; Moore, DaKysha; Piper, Crystal N.
Titel	Association between Education and Domestic Violence among Women Being Offered an HIV Test in Urban and Rural Areas in Kenya
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 27 (2012) 10, S.2022-2038 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260511431437
Schlagwörter	Females; Higher Education; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Secondary Education; Rural Areas; Foreign Countries; Family Violence; Urban Areas; Marital Status; Sexual Harassment; Correlation; Sexuality; Predictor Variables; Diagnostic Tests; Educational Attainment; Factor Analysis; Vocational Education; Incidence; Kenya + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Sekundarbereich; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Ausland; Urban area; Stadtregion; Familienstand; Sexuelle Belästigung; Korrelation; Sexualität; Prädiktor; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Faktorenanalyse; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Vorkommen; Kenia
Abstract	The objective of this study was to examine the association between education and domestic violence among women being offered an HIV test in urban and rural areas in Kenya. A sample selection of women who experienced physical (n = 4,308), sexual (n = 4,309), and emotional violence (n = 4,312) aged 15 to 49 allowed for the estimation of the association between education and domestic violence with further analysis stratified by urban and rural residence. The main outcome of interest was a three-factor (physical, sexual, and emotional) measure for violence with the main predictor being education. Nearly half of all domestic violence, physical (46%), sexual (45%), and emotional (45%) occurred among women aged 15 to 29. After adjusting for confounding variables, women who resided in urban areas and had a postprimary/vocational/secondary and college/university education were 26% (OR = 0.74, 95% CI: [0.64, 0.86]), p less than 0.001 and 22% (OR = 0.78, 95% CI: [0.66, 0.92]), p less than 0.01 less likely to have experienced physical violence compared to those who had a primary education respectively. This was 17% (OR = 0.83, 95% CI: [0.73, 0.94]), p less than 0.01 and 17% (OR = 0.83, 95% CI: [0.72, 0.96]), p less than 0.05 less likely among women who resided in rural areas. A surprising finding was that women residing in rural areas with less than a primary education were 35% less likely to have experienced sexual violence (OR = 0.65, 95% CI: [0.43, 0.99]), p less than 0.01 compared to those who had a primary education. These findings suggest that physical, sexual, and emotional violence were prevalent in Kenya among married and formerly married women. This study indicates that more research is needed to understand factors for HIV/AIDS among Kenyan women who have specifically tested positive for HIV or identified as AIDS-positive and the implications for women's health. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10