Help-seeking behaviors among survivors of intimate partner violence during pregnancy in 54 low- and middle-income countries: evidence from Demographic and Health Survey data

Table 5 Descriptive statistics of reasons for not seeking help among women experiencing IPV during pregnancy, by country, weighted

听	Dominican Republic			Peru^a			Burkina Faso			Ivory Coast			Total
听	Did not seek help (%)	p-value	chi-square	Did not seek help (%)	p-value	chi-square	Did not seek help (%)	p-value	chi-square	Did not seek help (%)	p-value	chi-square	Did not seek help (%)	p-value	chi-square
Main reason never sought help	听	<0.001**	18.232	听	0.001**	25.136	听	<0.001**	4.1617	听	0.003**	3.3738	听	<0.001**	3.8624
Don鈥檛 know where to go to	9.80	听	听	18.95	听	听	17.20	听	听	14.65	听	听	36.31	听	听
It was of no use	24.63	听	听	5.26	听	听	32.72	听	听	37.12	听	听	28.53	听	听
It is part of life	6.17	听	听	2.11	听	听	31.64	听	听	12.71	听	听	15.68	听	听
Afraid of divorce	11.03	听	听	5.26	听	听	2.58	听	听	9.15	听	听	4.35	听	听
Afraid of further beatings	22.55	听	听	21.32	听	听	3.22	听	听	8.04	听	听	4.12	听	听
Afraid of getting the person in trouble	13.67	听	听	10.79	听	听	2.72	听	听	9.52	听	听	4.54	听	听
Embarrassed	12.14	听	听	22.63	听	听	6.65	听	听	6.77	听	听	4.68	听	听
Don鈥檛 want to disgrace family	0.00	听	听	-	听	听	3.27	听	听	2.03	听	听	1.79	听	听
It was her (woman鈥檚) fault	-	听	听	0.26	听	听	-	听	听	-	听	听	-	听	听
It was not necessary	-	听	听	13.42	听	听	-	听	听	-	听	听	-	听	听

All variables are expressed as proportions (in %). All results are weighted. Chi-square and p-value concern the non-help-seeking of IPV-exposed women during pregnancy.
^a For Peru, only unweighted data was available, hence Peru鈥檚 data is excluded from total weighted estimates. ** p-value< 0.005

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