Background: The current study estimated the national prevalence rate of intimate partner vio-lence against women (IPVAW) in Nepal. Besides, the individual level, empowerment level, family and societal level factors were assessed to relate with the victims of IPAVW in Nepal. Methods: Nationally representative sample of 4210 women of reproductive age (15-49 yr) were included in the study. Household surveys using two stage sampling procedures, face to face interview with pre-tested questionnaires were performed. Emotional, physical and sexual vio-lence were target variables. A violence variable was constructed from these three types of vio-lence. Individual level factors were measured by age, residency, education, religion and hus-bandâs education. Empowerment factors included employment status and various decision mak-ing elements. Family and societal factors included economic status, neighborhood socioeconom-ic disadvantage index, history of family violence, husbandâs controlling behavior and other is-sues. Cross tabulation with chi-square tests and multivariate logistic regression were employed. Results: Prevalence of emotional IPVAW was 17.5%, physical IPAVW 23.4% and sexual IPAVW 14.7%. Overall the prevalence of IPVAW in Nepal was 32.4%. Joint decision making for contraception, husbandâs non-controlling behavior to wives and friendly feelings were emerged as less likely to be IPVAW perpetration. Conclusions: The findings have immense policy importance as a nationally representative study and indicating necessity of more gender equality. © 2014, Health Hamadan University of Medical Sciences. All rights reserved.