Notably, few women in relationships said that being part of a microfinance loan group made their relationship more difficult and there is an encouraging trend between training attendance and women reporting a positive influence on their relationship.
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Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity (IMAGE): Women's Engagement with the Scaled-up IMAGE Programme and Experience of Intimate Partner Violence in Rural South Africa.
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Younger women, those with fewer household assets and those who interrupted loan borrowing, were less likely to report an improvement in their relationship; however, these associations did not reach statistical significance.