Table 2 Husband's 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
| Â | All women (N = 1296) | Women with lifetime experiences of violence (N = 673; 51.9%) | Women without lifetime experiences of violence (N = 623; 48.1%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | % | n | % | n | % | n |
Current age of husband** | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   15-24 | 49.7 | 644 | 49.0 | 330 | 50.4 | 314 |
   25-34 | 47.4 | 614 | 46.7 | 314 | 48.2 | 300 |
   35+ | 2.9 | 38 | 4.3 | 29 | 1.4 | 9 |
Husband's education*** | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Illiterate | 13.9 | 180 | 15.8 | 106 | 11.9 | 74 |
   Literate up to primary | 53.6 | 695 | 57.1 | 384 | 49.9 | 311 |
   Secondary | 21.8 | 282 | 18.6 | 125 | 25.2 | 157 |
   Higher secondary and above | 10.7 | 139 | 8.6 | 58 | 13.0 | 81 |
Husband's occupation | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Unemployed | 4.9 | 63 | 4.8 | 32 | 5.0 | 31 |
   Agriculture | 26.6 | 345 | 29.1 | 196 | 23.9 | 149 |
   Daily wage labor | 20.1 | 261 | 21.5 | 145 | 18.6 | 116 |
   Services | 21.1 | 274 | 19.9 | 134 | 22.5 | 140 |
   Foreign employment | 20.1 | 260 | 18.0 | 121 | 22.3 | 139 |
   Business | 7.2 | 93 | 6.7 | 45 | 7.7 | 48 |
Husband's alcohol use*** | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Often | 15.7 | 203 | 19.5 | 131 | 11.6 | 72 |
   Sometimes | 22.4 | 290 | 22.7 | 153 | 22.0 | 137 |
   Never/rarely | 62.0 | 803 | 57.8 | 389 | 66.5 | 414 |