| dc.description.abstract | Background: The study examined the determinants of Intimate partner violence among women aged 15-24. Intimate partner violence is a threat in many developing countries and it is worse in Uganda where about 51% of this violence is not addressed. Various studies on IPV can aid in addressing the risk factors and addressing the barriers in curbing its menacing prevalence.
Methods: This study used secondary data from the UDHS 2016 and from the domestic violence module where 9232 women were selected and interview, a weighted sample of 1951 ever married women aged 15-24 was generated provided they were married, cohabiting, widowed, separated or divorced. Univariate and bivariate analysis were adopted to determine the association between the independent variables and the outcome variable of Intimate partner violence and achieve all the objectives of the study. Intimate partner violence considered the sexual, physical and emotional violence forwarded to women. The independent variables were Woman’s age, region, protective partner, education level, residence, Alcoholism, wealth index, working status and religion.
Results: This study confirmed an association between women aged 15-24 and intimate partner violence in Uganda where by about 14 percent of the women aged 20-24 and 8% among women aged 15-19 experienced intimate partner violence. Furthermore, all other independent variables proved a significant association with intimate partner violence apart from Working status and Religion. The highest intimate partner violence was among women; aged 20-24, who had protective partner and those who had partners that consumed alcohol. Findings showed that intimate partner violence was also high among women who attained primary and no education, those who resided in rural areas, who belonged to the Catholic and Anglican religions, and those from eastern region plus those who belonged to the poor category of the wealth index. This calls for addressing the issue of violence among girls and women through project and policy implementation focusing on engaging men and changing their mindset since they are the perpetrators and engaging women in all phases of various projects to reduce IPV in Uganda. Furthermore, promotion women education, prohibiting excessive alcohol consumption, community outreaches in the Eastern and other regions plus teaching couples on health relationships to reduce on the prevalence of IPV in Uganda since they significantly associated with intimate partner violence.
Conclusions: The study elicits that women aged 15-24 is associated with intimate partner violence and those aged 20-24 happen to be highly affected. The null hypothesis therefore was rejected as it stated that there is no significant association between women aged 15-24 and intimate partner violence and further research is necessary in addressing any aspect to do with IPV not only in Uganda but considering the entire universe, women of different ages and men. | en_US |
