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Table 1 Descriptive Characteristics of Young Married Women aged 15-24 years and association with lifetime experiences of violence, Rural Nepal, 2009

From: Women's Status and Violence against Young Married Women in Rural Nepal

 

All women

(N = 1296)

Women with lifetime experiences of violence

(N = 673; 51.9%)

Women without lifetime experiences of violence

(N = 623; 48.1%)

 

%

n

%

n

%

n

Current age of women

      

   15-17

6.1

79

6.1

41

6.1

38

   18-20

30.7

398

31.2

210

30.2

188

   21-24

63.2

819

62.7

422

63.7

397

Age at marriage***

      

   10-14

7.0

91

8.5

57

5.5

34

   15-17

51.9

672

55.3

372

48.2

300

   18-24

41.1

533

36.3

244

46.4

289

Type of marriage

      

   Arranged marriage

70.1

908

70.4

474

69.7

434

   Love marriage

29.9

388

29.6

199

30.3

189

Caste/ethnicity

      

   Muslim

25.0

324

25.9

174

24.1

150

   Tamang

25.0

324

22.9

154

27.3

170

   Tharu

25.0

324

26.7

180

23.1

144

   Brahmin/Chhetri

25.0

324

24.5

165

25.5

159

Women's Education*

      

   Illiterate

28.6

371

29.1

196

28.1

175

   Literate up to primary

51.2

664

53.6

361

48.6

303

   Secondary

16.4

212

14.6

98

18.3

114

   Higher secondary & above

3.8

49

2.7

18

5.0

31

Sex composition of children

      

   Childless

27.2

352

26.4

178

27.9

174

   Only daughter

26.5

343

24.7

166

28.4

177

   At least one son

46.4

601

48.9

329

43.7

272

Women's occupation

      

   Do not earn/housewife

78.6

1019

77.9

524

79.5

495

   Agriculture/daily wages/poultry farming

17.0

220

18.6

125

15.2

95

   Other employment (service/small business)

4.4

57

3.6

24

5.3

33

Inter spousal communication***

      

   None

4.3

56

7.1

48

1.3

8

   Discussed 1-3 matters

9.2

119

10.8

73

7.4

46

   Discussed 4-7 matters

86.5

1121

82.0

552

91.3

569

Media exposure

      

   No/rare

57.3

742

58.8

396

55.5

346

   Frequent

42.7

554

41.2

277

44.5

277

Women's attitude on 'Men are justified to beat their wives'*

      

   Not accepting

12.4

161

10.5

71

14.4

90

   Partially accepting

77.9

1009

78.0

525

77.7

484

   Highly accepting

9.7

126

11.4

77

7.9

49

Women autonomy***

      

   Low

25.0

324

28.7

193

21.0

131

   Medium

37.3

484

38.9

262

35.6

222

   High

37.7

488

32.4

218

43.3

270

Household wealth status

      

   Poorest

19.3

250

18.9

127

19.7

123

   Poor

20.4

265

21.2

143

19.6

122

   Middle

20.0

259

19.9

134

20.1

125

   Rich

20.1

261

21.0

141

19.3

120

   Richest

20.1

261

19.0

128

21.3

133

  1. Chi-square test significant at * p ≤ 0.05, *** p ≤ 0.001