Factors Associated with Disclosure of Intimate Partner Violence among Women in Lagos, Nigeria

Background: though the prevalence of intimate partner violence (ipv) remains high in lessdeveloped countries, data suggest that these figures may represent an underestimationconsidering that many women are unwilling to disclose abuse. this paper aims to determinewomen’s willingness to report abuse, factors determining willingness to disclose ipv, and to whomsuch disclosure is made.methods: a total of 911 women visiting reproductive health facility responded to thequestionnaire, and the collected data was analyzed using multivariate analysis.results: about 54% (n=443) of the participating women reported that would not disclose ipv.among those willing to disclose abuse, 68% (n=221) would opt to disclose to close relatives incontrast to 37% (n=103) who would disclose to some form of institutions (i.e. religious leaders,law enforcement officers). ethnicity, woman’s own use of alcohol and autonomy in decision makingsuch as having a say on household purchases, money use and visitation, independently predictedwillingness to disclose ipv.