Faith Owunari Benebo|Barbara Schumann|Masoud Vaezghasemi
Intimate partner violence against women in Nigeria: a multilevel study investigating the effect of women’s status and community norms
Umeå University|Umeå University|Umeå University
intimate partner violence ipv women recognised public health problem farreaching consequences physical reproductive mental health women ecological framework portrays intimate partner violence multifaceted phenomenon demonstrating interplay factors different levels individual community larger society present study examined effect individual communitylevel factors ipv nigeria focus womens status communitylevel norms among mena crosssectional study based latest nigerian demographic health survey 2013 conducted involving 20802 everpartnered women aged 1549 years several multilevel logistic regression models calibrated assess association individual communitylevel factors ipv measures association fixed effect measures variations random effect reportedalmost one four women nigeria reported ever experienced intimate partner violence adjusted relevant covariates higher womens status reduced odds ipv 047 95 ci 032071 however community norms among men justified ipv women modified observed protective effect higher womens status ipv reversed odds 189 95 ci 126283besides womens status community norms towards ipv important factor occurrence ipv thus addressing intimate partner violence women calls communitywide approaches aimed changing norms among men alongside improving womens status