Intimate partner violence and termination of pregnancy: a cross-sectional study of married Bangladeshi XXXX .

@entity1004 @entity1 @entity458
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of @entity1004 ( @entity1004 ) and its consequences on @entity1 's reproductive health and pregnancy outcomes have been well documented. Bangladesh is burdened with the high prevalence of @entity1004 and induced abortion/menstrual regulation. Understanding their association may benefit strategies to reduce termination of pregnancy (TOP). Therefore, this study assesses the association between experience of @entity1004 and TOP among married Bangladeshi @entity1 age 15-49 years. METHODS: This cross-sectional study is based on data from 10,146 married @entity1 of reproductive age from the Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey, 2007 (BDHS). A subset of interviews from currently married @entity1 , living with a husband and who had at least one pregnancy in the last 5  years (n   =   1875) were extracted. RESULTS: Results of this study showed that among the respondents, 31.4  % experienced physical and/or sexual @entity1004 : 13.4  % experienced only @entity458 and 25.8  % experienced only physical violence. 21.0  % respondents ever had a TOP and 5.8  % had a TOP in last 5  years. Physical @entity1004 was significantly associated with both TOP ever (OR   =   1.36; 95  % CI: 1.05-1.77) and TOP in last 5  years (OR   =   1.72; 95  % CI: 1.11-2.06). CONCLUSIONS: Prevention of @entity1004 which was associated with pregnancy termination may reduce the high incidence of termination of pregnancies in Bangladesh.
