Intimate Partner Violence and Unintended Pregnancy among Young Pregnant Women in Low-and Middle Income Countries: Integrative Review of the Literature

High rate of partner violence during pregnancy in eastern Ethiopia: Findings from a facility-based study

“…Women with an unplanned pregnancy also had increased odds of experiencing partner violence during pregnancy. This finding is in agreement with previous studies from Ethiopia [13,42,43] and other review studies [50,51]. This might indicate the existence and continuation of pre-pregnancy IPV because women in abusive relationships may not have control over when to have sex, and they might be less able to use effective methods of contraception [52].…”