M. Claire Greene|Jeremy C. Kane|Wietse A. Tol
Alcohol use and intimate partner violence among women and their partners in sub-Saharan Africa
Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation
alcohol use welldocumented risk factor intimate partner violence ipv however majority research comes highincome countriesusing nationally representative data 86 024 women participated demographic health surveys evaluated relationship male partner alcohol use experiencing ipv 14 countries subsaharan africa ssa using multilevel mixedeffects models calculated withincountry betweencountry contextual effects alcohol use ipvprevalence partner alcohol use ipv ranged substantially across countries 362 1160 respectively partner alcohol use associated significant increase odds reporting ipv 14 countries included analysis furthermore relationship alcohol use ipv although largely explained partner alcohol use also attributable overall prevalence alcohol use given country partner alcohol useipv relationship moderated socioeconomic status ses among women partner used alcohol lower ses higher odds experiencing ipv women higher sesresults study suggest partner alcohol use robust correlate ipv ssa however drinking norms may independently relate ipv confound relationship partner alcohol use ipv findings motivate future research employing experimental longitudinal designs examine alcohol use modifiable risk factor ipv novel target treatment prevention research reduce ipv ssa