Table 2 Breastfeeding Indicators and Maternal Experience of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in Malawi, Tanzania, & Zambia
Malawi | Tanzania | Zambia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | n | % | n | % | n | |
IYCF | ||||||
Early Initiation of Breastfeeding | 77.6 | 1456/1878 | 53.6 | 1705/3184 | 67.7 | 3147/3879 |
EBF at 6 months | 60.1 | 256/426 | 55.0 | 396/720 | 70.6 | 607/860 |
Continued Breastfeeding at 1 year | 92.2 | 302/328 | 93.4 | 516/553 | 95.0 | 631/664 |
IPV | ||||||
Experienced Any IPVa | 73.9 | 1389/1878 | 79.1 | 2519/3184 | 78.9 | 3063/3879 |
Form of IPV | 1878 | 3184 | 3879 | |||
Physical Violence | 22.8 | 428 | 38.5 | 1228 | 37.5 | 1453 |
Emotional Violence | 25.8 | 484 | 35.8 | 1141 | 21.8 | 846 |
Sexual Violence | 18.3 | 343 | 13.0 | 414 | 16.5 | 641 |
Controlling Behaviors | 69.1 | 1297 | 70.2 | 2234 | 73.6 | 2854 |
Cumulative Forms of IPVa | 1878 | 3184 | 3879 | |||
0 | 26.0 | 489 | 20.9 | 665 | 21.0 | 816 |
1 | 38.0 | 715 | 49.7 | 1582 | 57.2 | 2218 |
2 | 20.6 | 386 | 20.6 | 654 | 2.6 | 100 |
3 | 8.3 | 156 | 0.7 | 25 | 11.8 | 460 |
4 | 7.1 | 133 | 8.1 | 257 | 7.4 | 285 |
Frequency of IPV | ||||||
Experienced Any IPVb | 1878 | 3184 | 3879 | |||
Never | 60.9 | 1143 | 50.9 | 1621 | 54.3 | 2106 |
Yes but not in last 12 months | 7.6 | 143 | 34.5 | 1097 | 20.9 | 810 |
Often or sometimes | 31.5 | 592 | 14.6 | 466 | 24.8 | 963 |
Physical Violence | 1878 | 3184 | 3879 | |||
Never | 77.2 | 1450 | 61.4 | 1956 | 62.5 | 2426 |
Yes but not in last 12 months | 8.6 | 161 | 27.2 | 864 | 17.5 | 678 |
Often or sometimes | 14.2 | 267 | 11.4 | 364 | 20.0 | 775 |
Emotional Violence | 1878 | 3184 | 3879 | |||
Never | 74.2 | 1394 | 64.2 | 2043 | 78.2 | 3033 |
Yes but not in last 12 months | 4.8 | 90 | 29.0 | 923 | 5.4 | 209 |
Often or sometimes | 21.0 | 394 | 6.8 | 218 | 16.4 | 637 |
Sexual Violence | 1878 | 3184 | 3879 | |||
Never | 81.7 | 1535 | 87.0 | 2770 | 83.5 | 3238 |
Yes but not in last 12 months | 3.9 | 73 | 10.9 | 347 | 3.8 | 149 |
Often or sometimes | 14.4 | 270 | 2.1 | 67 | 12.7 | 492 |