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Item Restricted The relationship between untimate partner violence and unintended pregnancies in the Philippines(2011-04) Astudillo, Ma. Carmela Angeli P.; Delantar, Cheyence Ann T.; Solon, Jose Orville C.Unintended pregnancy is prevalent in the Philippines and results in harmful consequences for both mother and child. Previous studies in other countries have linked intimate partner violence (IPV) to unintended pregnancies. This study used the responses of pregnant women in the 2008 Philippine National Demographic and Health Survey. The researchers included variables for IPV and various socioeconomic and demographic characteristics in weighted logit regressions to determine the relationship between IPV and pregnancy unintended. Only forced sexual intercourse was found to have a significant association with pregnancy unintended. However, this relationship became insignificant when contraceptive use prior to the pregnancy was considered. Sexual abuse may still be considered as a possible risk factor for pregnancy unintended. The effect of contraceptive use on the relationship between sexual abuse and pregnancy unintended should encourage increasing the access of women to effective methods.