Department of Global Public Health, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, CT1 1QU, United Kingdom.
Department of Public Health Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 4049, South Africa.
BMC Womens Health. 2022 Jun 20;22(1):245. doi: 10.1186/s12905-022-01823-w.
Globally, intimate partner violence is one of the major health problems women face every day. Its consequences are enormous. However, our search of the available literature revealed that no study had examined the spatial distribution of intimate partner violence and the predictors of intimate partner violence among women in Nigeria using current nationally representative data. This study, therefore, sought to examine the spatial distribution of intimate partner violence and its predictors among women in Nigeria.
We sourced data from the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey for this study. A sample size of 8,968 women was considered for this study. We employed both multilevel and spatial analyses to ascertain the factors associated with intimate partner violence and its spatial clustering.
The hot spot areas for intimate partner violence in Nigeria were Gombe, Bauchi, Adamawa, Plateau, Kogi, Edo, Ebonyi, and Rivers. The likelihood of experiencing intimate partner violence among women in Nigeria was high among women with primary education, those that were previously married, women currently working, women who were Yoruba, women with parity of four and above and women who were exposed to mass media while low odds of intimate partner violence was reported among women who were Muslims. Women who resided in the North East region and those who lived in communities with medium socioeconomic status were more likely to experience intimate partner violence, while women who were within the richest wealth index and those residing in the South West region were less likely to experience intimate partner violence.
The study found regional variations in the prevalence of intimate partner violence among women in Nigeria. Therefore, policymakers should focus their attention on the hotspots for intimate partner violence in the country. There is also the need to consider the factors identified in this study to reduce intimate partner violence among women in Nigeria. Empowering women would yield a significant improvement in the fight against gender-based violence.
在全球范围内，亲密伴侣暴力是女性每天面临的主要健康问题之一。其后果是巨大的。然而，我们在可用文献中的搜索结果表明，没有研究使用当前全国代表性数据来检查亲密伴侣暴力在尼日利亚女性中的空间分布及其预测因素。因此，本研究旨在检查亲密伴侣暴力在尼日利亚女性中的空间分布及其预测因素。
本研究从 2018 年尼日利亚人口与健康调查中获取数据。本研究考虑了 8968 名女性的样本量。我们采用多层次和空间分析来确定与亲密伴侣暴力及其空间聚类相关的因素。
尼日利亚亲密伴侣暴力的热点地区是贡贝、包奇、阿达马瓦、高原、科吉、江户、埃邦伊和里弗斯。在尼日利亚，女性受教育程度为小学、曾经已婚、目前工作、属于约鲁巴族、生育 4 个以上子女以及接触大众媒体的女性，经历亲密伴侣暴力的可能性较高；而穆斯林女性经历亲密伴侣暴力的可能性较低。居住在东北部地区和社会经济地位中等的社区的女性更有可能经历亲密伴侣暴力，而居住在最富有财富指数和西南部地区的女性则不太可能经历亲密伴侣暴力。
本研究发现尼日利亚女性中亲密伴侣暴力的流行存在地区差异。因此，政策制定者应将注意力集中在该国亲密伴侣暴力的热点地区。还需要考虑本研究确定的因素，以减少尼日利亚女性中的亲密伴侣暴力。赋予妇女权力将对打击基于性别的暴力产生重大影响。
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