TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Intimate partner violence and current modern contraceptive use among married women in Uganda: a cross-sectional study
JO  - Pan African medical journal
A1  - Wandera, Stephen Ojiambo
A1  - Kwagala, Betty
A1  - Odimegwu, Clifford
SP  - e85
EP  - e85
VL  - 30
IS  - 
N2  - INTRODUCTION: This paper examined the relationship between Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and current modern contraceptive use (MCU) among married women in Uganda. <br><br>METHODS: We used the 2011 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) data, selecting a weighted sample of 1,307 married women from the domestic violence module. Chi-squared tests and multivariate complementary log-log (clog-log) regressions were used to examine the relationship between IPV and current MCU, controlling for women's socio-demographic factors. <br><br>RESULTS: Significant predictors of current MCU (25.3%) among married women were: women's reported ability to ask a partner to use a condom, number of living children and wealth index. The odds of current MCU were higher among women who could ask their partners to use a condom (aOR = 1.87, 95% CI: 1.26-2.78), had more than one child (aOR = 2.05, 95% CI: 1.07,3.93) and were from better wealth indices for example the richest (aOR = 2.52, 95% CI: 1.25-5.08). IPV was not associated with current MCU independently and after adjusting for women's socio-demographic factors. <br><br>CONCLUSION: In Uganda's context, IPV was not associated with current MCU. Interventions to promote MCU should enhance women's capacity to negotiate MCU within union and target women of lower socio-economic status.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1937-8688
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.30.85.12722
ID  - ref1
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