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Intimate Partner Violence and its Association With Contraceptive Use Among Women in Pakistan

    Kashif Siddique

    Department of Gender Studies, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

    Rubeena Zakar

    Institute of Social and Cultural Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

    Ra’ana Malik

    Institute of Social and Cultural Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

    Naveeda Farhat

    Institute of Social and Cultural Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

    Farah Deeba

    Institute of Social and Cultural Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan


Received
24 Mar, 2017
Accepted
25 Oct, 2018
Published
31 Mar, 2019

The aim of this study is to find the association between Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and contraceptive use among married women in Pakistan. The analysis was conducted by using cross sectional secondary data from every married women of reproductive age 15-49 years who responded to domestic violence module (N = 3687) of the 2012-13 Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey. The association between contraceptive use (outcome variable) and IPV was measured by calculating unadjusted odds ratios and adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals using simple binary logistic regression and multivariable binary logistic regression. The result showed that out of 3687 women, majority of women 2126 (57.7%) were using contraceptive in their marital relationship. Among total, 1154 (31.3%) women experienced emotional IPV, 1045 (28.3%) women experienced physical IPV and 1402 (38%) women experienced both physical and emotional IPV together respectively. All types of IPV was significantly associated with contraceptive use and women who reported emotional IPV (AOR 1.44; 95% CI 1.23, 1.67), physical IPV (AOR 1.41; 95% CI 1.20, 1.65) and both emotional and physical IPV together (AOR 1.49; 95% CI 1.24, 1.72) were more likely to use contraceptives respectively. The study revealed that women who were living in violent relationship were more likely to use contraceptive in Pakistan. Still there is a need for women reproductive health services and government should take initiatives to promote family planning services, awareness and access to contraceptive method options for women to reduce unintended or mistimed pregnancies that occurred in violent relationships.

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APA-7 Style
Siddique, K., Zakar, R., Malik, R., Farhat, N., Deeba, F. (2019). Intimate Partner Violence and its Association With Contraceptive Use Among Women in Pakistan . Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research, 34(1), 157-173. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2019.34.1.9

ACS Style
Siddique, K.; Zakar, R.; Malik, R.; Farhat, N.; Deeba, F. Intimate Partner Violence and its Association With Contraceptive Use Among Women in Pakistan . Pak. J. Psychol. Res 2019, 34, 157-173. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2019.34.1.9

AMA Style
Siddique K, Zakar R, Malik R, Farhat N, Deeba F. Intimate Partner Violence and its Association With Contraceptive Use Among Women in Pakistan . Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research. 2019; 34(1): 157-173. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2019.34.1.9

Chicago/Turabian Style
Siddique, Kashif , Rubeena Zakar, Ra’ana Malik, Naveeda Farhat, and Farah Deeba. 2019. "Intimate Partner Violence and its Association With Contraceptive Use Among Women in Pakistan " Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research 34, no. 1: 157-173. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2019.34.1.9