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Table 2 Description of Status of IPV by basic covariates

From: Prevalence of intimate partner violence against women and associated factors in Ethiopia

Variable

Category

Total

Domestic Violence

P-value

No

Yes

Age

15–19

1069(22.7%)

769(71.9%)

300(28.1%)

 

20–24

915(19.4%)

638(69.7%)

277(30.3%)

 

25–29

945(20.0%)

648(68.6%)

297(31.4%)

 

30–34

716(15.2%)

502(70.1%)

214(29.9%)

0.564

35–39

507(10.8%)

349(68.8%)

158(31.2%)

 

40–44

323(6.9%)

228(70.6%)

95(29.4%)

 

45–59

239(5.0%)

165(69.0%)

74(31.0%)

 

Religion

Orthodox

1778(37.7%)

1204 (67.7%)

574 (32.3%)

 

Protestant

874(18.6%)

587(67.2%)

287 (32.8%)

 

Muslin

1973(41.9%)

1454 (73.7%)

519 (26.3%)

0.000**

Other

87(1.8%)

54 (62.1%)

33 (37.9%)

 

Residence

Rural

3503(74.3%)

2422 (69.1%)

1081(30.9%)

0.002**

Urban

1211(25.7%)

877 (72.4%)

334 (27.6%)

 

Education level

Uneducated

2309(49.0%)

1656(71.7%)

653(28.3%)

 

Primary

1613(34.2%)

1099 (68.1%)

514 (31.9%)

0.082

Secondary

539(11.4%)

368 (68.3%)

171 (31.7%)

 

Higher

253 (5.4%)

176(69.6%)

77(30.4%)

 

Wealth

Poor

2108

1380 (65.5%)

728 (34.5%)

 

Index

Middle

666

458 (68.8%)

208(31.2%)

0.026

Rich

1940

1344 (69.3%)

596 (30.7%)

 

Marital Status

Married

4117

2934(71.3%)

1183 (28.7%)

 

Divorced

431

243 (56.4%)

188 (43.6%)

0.000**

Widowed

166

122 (73.5%)

44 (26.5%)

 

Watching TV

Not at all

3367

2371(70.4%)

996 (29.6%)

 

≤1 a week

494

321 (65.0%)

173 (35.0%)

0.032**

> 1 a week

853

607 (71.2%)

246 (28.8%)

 

Listening Radio

Not at all

3301

2350 (71.2%)

951(28.8%)

 

≤1 a week

722

477 (66.1%)

245 (33.9%)

0.014**

> 1 a week

691

472(68.3%)

219 (31.7%)

 

Total

 

4714

3299(69.98%)

1415(30.02%)