Prevalence and correlates of intimate partner violence towards female students of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Nigeria, there is paucity of information on the IPV burden and experience among young women in courtship and dating relationships. This study assesses the prevalence and correlates of IPV in female undergraduate and postgraduate students in a tertiary institution.

Methods

The study was a cross-sectional survey. A four-stage sampling technique was used to select 1,100 undergraduate and 255 postgraduate female students from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Data was collected using a 43-item self-administered structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and multivariate analyses were carried out at 0.05 level of significance.

Results

The life-time prevalence of IPV was 42.3% (postgraduate: 34.5%, undergraduate: 44.1%; P < 0.05). Lifetime experience of

SUBMITTER: Umana JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4295485 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature