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Is the likelihood of spousal violence lower or higher among childless women? Evidence from Nigeria demographic and health surveys

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Women's Health, January 2018
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Title
Is the likelihood of spousal violence lower or higher among childless women? Evidence from Nigeria demographic and health surveys
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BMC Women's Health, January 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12905-018-0514-3
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Bola Lukman Solanke, Adeleke Luqman Bisiriyu, Amos Oyedokun

Abstract

Few studies have been able to determine whether the likelihood of spousal violence is higher or lower among childless women compared with women who have children. This is because most studies linking childlessness and spousal violence were either qualitative or were conducted among childless women attending fertility clinics. In the fewer quantitative studies that linked childlessness and spousal violence, results are mixed and yet to be verified in Nigeria using nationally representative sample data. The current study addresses this knowledge gap by raising the research question: is the likelihood of spousal violence lower or higher among childless women? The study analysed data from 2008 and 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Surveys. Only women aged 35-49 years are included in the analysis. The outcome variable was spousal violence, while the key explanatory variable was parity status categorised into childless, have only one child, and have two or more children. Selected individual-level and community-level variables were included as additional explanatory variables. The multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression analysis was applied in four nested models using Stata 12. In Model 1, result show 57% more likelihood of spousal violence among women who have two or more children compared with childless women (OR = 1.570: CI: 1.074-2.294). In Model 2, women who have two or more children were 52.3% more likely to experience spousal violence compared with childless women (OR = 1.523; CI: 1.037-2.247). In Model 3, the likelihood of spousal violence was 67.2% higher among women who have two or more children compared with childless women (OR = 1.672; CI: 1.140-2.452). In the full model, women who have two or more children were 50.8% more likely to experience spousal violence compared with childless women (OR = 1.508; CI: 1.077-2.234). The Intra-Class Correlation (ICC) provides evidence to support community contributions to prevalence of spousal violence. The likelihood of spousal violence is lower among childless women in Nigeria. Causes of spousal violence against women cut across individual, family, and community characteristics irrespective of childlessness or number of children. Current Behaviour Change Communication should be strengthened by adequate enforcement of the newly enacted Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act of 2015.

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The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 113 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 113 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 17 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 11 10%
Researcher 9 8%
Student > Bachelor 6 5%
Other 11 10%
Unknown 46 41%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 18 16%
Medicine and Dentistry 14 12%
Nursing and Health Professions 12 11%
Psychology 9 8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 3%
Other 9 8%
Unknown 48 42%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 January 2018.
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#5,808,024
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Outputs from BMC Women's Health
#578
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#116,746
of 442,088 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Women's Health
#24
of 51 outputs
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