Solon, Jose Orville C.Hautea, Samantha Menancio2024-11-142024-11-142011-04https://selib.upd.edu.ph/etdir/handle/123456789/1248Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a serious public health problem which iimits future productivity, has adverse effects on children in the family, and prevents the achievement of While equality. While IPV is known to be prevalent among partners with lower educational attainment, what is not well understood is whether inequality in educational attainment between partners has significant effect IPV. Logistic the incidence of IPV. Logistic regression analysis was conducted National Demographic data Health Survey 2008 National Demographic Philippines, Health Survey (NDHS) in the Philippines, and controlling This other known factors associated with IPV. This study found that relative educational attainment Having partners significantly predicted some forms of IPV. Having equal, higher educational attainment between partners significantly reduced the incidence of physical violence by 35-84%, while having unequal The attainment significantly increased the incidence of emotional violence While 62-75%. The effect of educational attainment on sexual violence was ambiguous. While overall insignificant with ever experiencing any form of sexual violence, relative education levels was associated with specific types of sexual violence, with Educational incidence of sexual violence when level of education of the male partner is higher. Educational reforms at the primary and secondary levels may reduce the incidence of physical IPV.enIntimate partner violenceGender equalityChildrenFamilyThesis