Skip to main content

Table 4 Comparison of Some Desciriptive Characteristics of The Womens According to Scale for Domestic Violence against Women Averages

From: Violence against women: prevalence and risk factors in Turkish sample

Characteristics (n = 1760)

X ± SD

t

p a

Age

Below average (952)

69.89 ± 11.30

−2.05

0.04

Above average (737)

71.04 ± 11.66

Education Status

< Primary and Primary school (799)

72.53 ± 11.94

7.36

0.00

≥Secondary school (890)

68.47 ± 10.68

Employment Status

Working (463)

68.25 ± 11.85

−4.75

0.00

Unemployed (1226)

71.20 ± 11.24

Social Assurance

Yes (1620)

70.17 ± 11.24

3.88

0.00

No (69)

75.63 ± 15.06

Duration of living in Manisa

Since she was born (1060)

69.50 ± 10.61

−4.18

0.00

Came with migration (629)

71.90 ± 12.66

Place of Residence b

City (1207)

70.12 ± 11.44

16.51

0.00

Rural area (203)

67.39 ± 10.40

Squatter (350)

73.08 ± 11.63

Marital Age (21.10 ± 3.64)

Below average (1031)

72.05 ± 11.72

7.55

0.00

Above average (658)

67.80 ± 10.56

Year of Marriage (15.55 ± 12.27)

Below average (923)

69.22 ± 10.79

−3.74

0.00

Ortalamanın üstü (721)

71.31 ± 11.72

Husband Age (40.29 ± 12.23)

Below average (950)

69.60 ± 11.09

−2.26

0.02

Above average (694)

70.88 ± 11.44

Education Status of The Husband

< Primary and Primary school (614)

72.20 ± 12.01

4.91

0.00

≥Secondary school (1075)

69.36 ± 11.02

Employment Status of The Husband

Working (1574)

69.95 ± 11.06

−2.29

0.02

Unemployed (138)

72.28 ± 13.11

whether the husband has another wife c

Yes (24)

78.42 ± 15.67

4.66

0.00

No (1688)

70.08 ± 11.16

Women Experience Violence Situations

Yes (512)

78.82 ± 13.33

21.92

0.00

No (1248)

66.93 ± 8.46

  1. aThe independent-samples t-test p-value
  2. bOne Way ANOVA test f and p-value
  3. cMann whitney U test