Intimate partner violence and unwanted pregnancy, miscarriage, induced abortion, and stillbirth among a national sample of Bangladeshi women

OBJECTIVE: To estimate (1) lifetime prevalence of physical and sexual victimisation from husbands among a national sample of Bangladeshi women, (2) associations of unwanted pregnancy and experiences of husband violence, and (3) associations of miscarriage, induced abortion, and fetal death/stillbirth and such victimisation. DESIGN: Cross-sectional, nationally representative study utilizing matched husband-wife data from the 2004 MEASURE Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey. SETTING: Bangladesh. POPULATION: Married Bangladeshi women ages 13-40 years old (n = 2677). METHODS: Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Relations of intimate partner violence to unwanted pregnancy, miscarriage, induced abortion and stillbirth. RESULTS: Three out of four (75.6%) Bangladeshi women experienced violence from husbands. Less educated, poorer, and Muslim women were at greatest risk. Women experiencing…