Review Article

Determinants of Intimate Partner Violence against Pregnant Women in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 3

Subgroup analysis of IPV by study setting, design, sample size, publication year, and study quality.

SubgroupOverall violencePhysical violenceSexual violencePsychological violence
SubgroupNo. of SstudiesPrev (95% CI) (%) valueNo. of studiesPrev (95% CI) (%) valueNo. of studiesPrev (95% CI) (%) valueNo. of studiesPrev (95% CI) (%) value

Study setting
Oromia851 (35-66)97.29≤ 0.001838 (23-54)97≤ 0.001621 (11-31)94.8≤ 0.001728 (18-42)94≤ 0.001
Amhara737 (29-46)89.13≤ 0.001620 (22-29)93≤ 0.001520 (10-31)94.4≤ 0.001732 (24-26)92≤ 0.001
SNNP424 (13-35)92.28≤ 0.001415 (9-21)84≤ 0.001212 (8-15)0%0.775320 (14-26)70.90.032
Tigray426 (10-43)96.52≤ 0.001317 (12-21)390.193325 (1-50)98.3≤ 0.001221 (12-29)76.20.04
Addis Ababa329 (17-40)89.12≤ 0.001316 (9-24)830.003325 (19-30)520.124217 (3-32)93.9≤ 0.001
Design
CBCS549 (24-58)96.7%≤ 0.001527 (9-46)98.7%≤ 0.001312 (9-15)0%0.491420 (15-25)69.5%0.02
IBCS2136 (28-43)96.6%≤ 0.0011924 (18-29)94.5%≤ 0.0011623 (17-29)95.7%≤ 0.0011728 (22-34)93.7%≤ 0.001
Sample size
≥ Median1139 (26-51)97.5%≤ 0.0011025 (16-34)96.1%≤ 0.001921 (12-30)96.5%≤ 0.001931 (22-39)94.5%≤ 0.001
< Median1535 (27-43)95.4%≤ 0.0011424 (16-31)96%≤ 0.0011021 (16-27)89.8%≤ 0.0011224 (18-29)90.6%≤ 0.001
Publication year
2003-20152036 (28-44)96.4%≤ 0.0011923 (17-29)95%≤ 0.0011522 (15-28)95.5%≤ 0.0011727 (21-33)94.5%≤ 0.001
2016-2020639 (26-51)95.6%≤ 0.001529 (11-47)97%≤ 0.001418 (14-23)62.6%0.046425 (21-28)31.7%0.223
Study quality
Good2335 (28-42)95.8%≤ 0.0012120 (15-25)92.5%≤ 0.0011620 (15-26)94.5%≤ 0.0011826 (20-31)92.2%≤ 0.001
Fair344 (21-67)98.2%≤ 0.001341 (18-63)98.3%≤ 0.001326 (10-41)95.5%≤ 0.001333 (17-48)93.7%≤ 0.001

Note:-95% CI represents the 95% confidence interval for prevalence and true heterogeneity.