Longitudinal inconsistencies in women's self-reports of lifetime experience of physical and sexual IPV: evidence from the MAISHA trial and follow-on study in North-western Tanzania.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is pervasive throughout the world, with profound consequences for women's health. Research to understand the extent, causes and consequences of IPV relies on self-reported data on violence, and yet there is a paucity of research into the consistency with which women report lifetime IPV over time.

Methods

We use data from the control group of the cluster randomised trial and a follow-on longitudinal study in Tanzania to examine discrepancies in women's reported experience of lifetime physical IPV and sexual IPV over three time-points (T0, T29, T53 months). Among those reporting lifetime history of IPV at T0, we calculate the proportion who subsequently report no lifetime history at T29 and/or T53 ('discrepant' reporting

SUBMITTER: Abramsky T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9013096 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature