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Sex Transm Infect 83:211-215 doi:10.1136/sti.2006.023366
  • Public health

Violence against wives, sexual risk and sexually transmitted infection among Bangladeshi men

Table 2

 Associations of forms of past-year intimate partner violence perpetration with extramarital sexual behaviours, sexually transmitted infection (STI) symptoms and/or diagnosis, STI disclosure and condom use during recent STI among married Bangladeshi men (n = 3096)

Any form of IPV % (95% CI) No IPV % (95%CI) Perpetrated physical IPV only OR (95% CI) Perpetrated sexual IPV only OR (95% CI) Perpetrated both physical and sexual IPV OR (95% CI)
*Analyses adjusted for age and education.
†Analyses adjusted for education, wealth and number of wives.
‡Analyses adjusted for age and religion.
§Analyses adjusted for education, wealth, rural/urban, number of wives, and religion.
¶Analyses adjusted for age and rural/urban.
**Among those reporting past-year STI (n = 511).
††Analyses adjusted for age, wealth, and rural/urban.
‡‡Among those reporting having had sex during their last STI (n = 159).
Premarital sex* 34.14 (31.13 to 37.28) 19.36 (16.92 to 22.06) 1.80 (1.37 to 2.36) 2.33 (1.72 to 3.16) 2.76 (1.90 to 4.03)
Extramarital sex, ever† 8.69 (7.0 to 10.80) 4.25 (3.32 to 5.43) 1.90 (1.26 to 2.88) 2.53 (1.49 to 4.31) 2.05 (1.20 to 3.49)
Extramarital sex, past year‡ 2.39 (1.57 to 3.64) 0.94 (0.56 to 1.56) 2.01 (0.88 to 4.60) 1.04 (0.33 to 3.31) 3.45 (1.45 to 8.23)
STI symptoms/diagnosis, past year§ 23.05 (19.92 to 26.51) 13.43 (11.41 to 15.75) 1.68 (1.24 to 2.26) 1.46 (0.95 to 2.24) 2.52 (1.71 to 3.73)
Non-disclosure of most recent STI¶** 37.07 (30.50 to 44.14) 31.71 (24.63 to 39.75) 1.58 (0.93 to 2.70) 0.79 (0.37 to 1.71) 0.88 (0.45 to 1.73)
Inconsistent condom use during most recent STI††‡‡ 81.67 (69.99 to 89.49) 78.82 (64.78 to 88.27) 0.84 (0.31 to 2.33) 2.22 (0.28 to 17.61) 2.72 (0.61 to 12.15)

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