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Intimate partner violence and unplanned pregnancy in the Pacific Islands Families Study
Author(s) -
Gao Wanzhen,
Paterson Janis,
Carter Sarnia,
Iusitini Leon
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijgo.2007.08.004
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , odds ratio , demography , domestic violence , confidence interval , cohort , obstetrics , odds , millennium cohort study (united states) , cohort study , poison control , injury prevention , environmental health , logistic regression , genetics , sociology , biology
Objective To examine the association between maternal intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization and unplanned pregnancy. Method Mothers of the Pacific Islands Families (PIF) Study cohort of Pacific infants born in Auckland, New Zealand during 2000 were interviewed when the children were 6 weeks old. A total of 1088 mothers cohabiting in married or de‐facto partnerships were questioned about IPV and whether their pregnancy had been planned. Results Women identified as victims of physical violence were more likely to report an unplanned pregnancy than those who were not victims (68.7% vs 55.1%, odds ratio [OR] 1.78; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.32–2.40). The adjusted odds remained statistically significant (OR 1.52; 95% CI, 1.01–2.26). Conclusion The findings of this study suggest an association between IPV and unplanned pregnancy in the Pacific birth cohort.