Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence and Hypertension Outcomes among Young Women in South Africa

Table 1

Frequency and percentage distribution of respondents’ characteristics by hypertension status, South Africa, 2016.

Respondent characteristics	Total	Hypertension		No hypertension
	N	N	%	N	%
Total	605	216	35.70	389	64.30
Race
Black	552	195	35.28	357	64.72
White/Indian	12	2	18.85	10	81.15
Coloured	42	19	46.43	22	53.57
Place of residence
Urban	421	146	34.74	275	65.26
Rural	184	70	37.97	114	62.03
Children ever born
No	144	30	20.91	114	79.09
Yes	461	186	40.35	275	59.65
Marital status
Never married	391	135	34.65	255	65.35
Married	196	78	39.77	118	60.23
Separated	18	3	15.35	16	84.65
Education level
No education	5	2	42.66	3	57.34
Primary	41	10	25.08	30	74.92
Secondary	504	187	37.02	318	62.98
Higher	55	17	30.97	38	69.03
Wealth status
Poor	246	95	38.61	151	61.39
Middle	159	59	37.09	100	62.91
Rich	200	62	31.07	138	68.93
Employment status
Unemployed	418	141	33.83	276	66.17
Employed	188	75	39.94	113	60.06
Social grant status
No	434	120	27.7	314	72.3
Yes	171	96	56.12	75	43.88
HIV
Negative	493	182	36.82	312	63.18
Positive	112	35	30.87	77	69.13
Physical, sexual, and emotional violence
No	490	173	35.24	318	64.76
Yes	115	43	37.79	71	62.21