Trends in prevalence and correlates of intimate partner violence against women in Zimbabwe, 2005–2015

Table 1 Prevalence of IPV by sociodemographic characteristics, socioeconomic status and media exposure among women of reproductive age (15–49 years) by survey year, Zimbabwe, 2005–2015

Variables	2005/2006 (n = 4081)	2010/2011 (n = 4411)	2015 (n = 4917)
Variables	IPV (%)	IPV (%)	IPV (%)
Age
15–19	43.66	44.75	43.96
20–24	48.44	45.42	43.86
25–29	46.22	44.34	47.22
30–34	42.31	37.52	44.75
35–39	41.21	37.62	41.61
40+	46.15	34.10	36.05
Marital Status
Married	45.20	40.66	42.67
Cohabiting	46.55	47.12	50.77
Number of children
No child	33.12	35.69	34.81
1–2	45.93	41.56	42.60
3–4	44.80	41.59	44.27
5+	49.49	40.04	46.04
Place of residence
Urban	38.33	37.28	42.61
Rural	48.14	42.64	43.43
Religion
Christians	44.40	40.36	42.49
Moslems	42.86	45.64	49.65
Traditionalist	53.68	57.14	55.81
No Religion	49.64	44.83	54.68
Educational Level
No education	50.76	40.16	47.46
Primary	46.47	45.23	45.78
Secondary and higher	43.92	38.75	41.96
Employment Status
Not currently employed	41.18	38.73	40.67
Currently employed	51.87	44.99	46.35
Wealth (Index)
Poorest	50.84	42.04	44.95
Poorer	51.71	47.67	44.63
Middle	43.99	40.92	44.38
Richer	32.63	32.30	38.10
Media exposure
Newspaper
No Media exposure	48.04	43.18	44.5
Less than once a week	42.88	38.30	41.1
At least once a week	38.50	34.26	41.5
Radio
No Media exposure	47.99	41.07	41.13
Less than once a week	49.33	41.50	44.08
At least once a week	44.57	40.42	43.35
Television
No Media exposure	48.65	41.99	43.35
Less than once a week	41.45	43.27	43.12
At least once a week	40.38	38.01	42.64
Total	45.23^a	40.97^a	43.10^a

Note: ^a values with the same superscript are significantly different between the surveys at p < 0.05

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