Background: Housemaids are part of women’s with low socioeconomic status and most of their backgrounds are either with poor or divorced family and/or dead parents. They also spent their whole time on domestic work. Housemaid woman can experience physical violence. Therefore, the aim of the study is assess the magnitude and factors related to physical violence among house maids. Objective: To assess the magnitude and factors related to physical violence among house maids of Mekelle town, Tigray, Ethiopia. Methodology: Community based cross sectional study design with multistage sampling were conducted among female housemaids in Mekelle town Tigray, Ethiopia. The data was analyzed using SPSS. Using logistic regression crude and adjusted odds ratio with 95% confidence interval were calculated. Result: A total of 595 housemaid’s had participated with a response rate of 94%. In this finding the prevalence of physical violence was 16.3%. This finding showed that respondents’ family live together [AOR=0.41; 95% CI: 0.20-0.85], employers drink alcohol [AOR=7.50; 95% CI: 4.21-13.32] and when employers drink any alcohol [AOR=3.47; CI: 1.04-11.53] were significant predictors of physical violence among housemaids. Conclusion: The prevalence of physical violence was high. Drinking alcohol and housemaids living with their family were the determinant factors for physical violence among housemaids.
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abstract = {Background: Housemaids are part of women’s with low socioeconomic status and most of their backgrounds are either with poor or divorced family and/or dead parents. They also spent their whole time on domestic work. Housemaid woman can experience physical violence. Therefore, the aim of the study is assess the magnitude and factors related to physical violence among house maids. Objective: To assess the magnitude and factors related to physical violence among house maids of Mekelle town, Tigray, Ethiopia. Methodology: Community based cross sectional study design with multistage sampling were conducted among female housemaids in Mekelle town Tigray, Ethiopia. The data was analyzed using SPSS. Using logistic regression crude and adjusted odds ratio with 95% confidence interval were calculated. Result: A total of 595 housemaid’s had participated with a response rate of 94%. In this finding the prevalence of physical violence was 16.3%. This finding showed that respondents’ family live together [AOR=0.41; 95% CI: 0.20-0.85], employers drink alcohol [AOR=7.50; 95% CI: 4.21-13.32] and when employers drink any alcohol [AOR=3.47; CI: 1.04-11.53] were significant predictors of physical violence among housemaids. Conclusion: The prevalence of physical violence was high. Drinking alcohol and housemaids living with their family were the determinant factors for physical violence among housemaids.},
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