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Table 1 Prevalence of various type of spousal violence among ever-married women and its association with (a) household characteristics, (b) women characteristics

From: Spousal violence against women and its consequences on pregnancy outcomes and reproductive health of women in India

 

Physical violence

Emotional violence

Sexual violence

Any violence

n

(a) Household characteristics

Place of residence

***

***

***

***

 

 Urban

24.3

12.0

5.2

27.7

21,461

 Rural

32.7

14.8

7.9

36.3

40,445

Wealth Index

***

***

***

***

 

 Poorest

42.2

19.2

11.6

46.0

10,550

 Poorer

36.8

16.5

8.4

40.7

11,974

 Middle

31.4

15.0

7.1

35.3

12,793

 Richer

25.7

12.0

5.3

29.1

13,140

 Richest

16.2

8.0

3.5

19.1

13,449

Religion

***

***

***

***

 

 Hindu

30.5

14.0

7.0

34.0

50,215

 Muslim

27.1

14.1

6.7

31.5

8449

 Christians

28.8

14.0

7.2

33.3

1474

 Others

21.8

7.9

6.5

23.3

1769

Caste

***

***

***

***

 

 Schedule caste (SC)

37.1

17.4

9.1

40.6

12,050

 Schedule tribe (ST)

32.7

15.6

8.7

36.5

5684

 OBC

30.8

14.1

6.8

34.6

27,350

 Others

21.9

10.3

5.1

25.0

16,823

India

29.8

13.8

6.96

33.3

61,906

(b) Women's characteristics

Age Interval

***

***

***

***

 

 15–24

24.19

11.98

6.41

11.98

11,356

 25–34

30.32

13.55

7.24

13.55

22,967

 35–44

31.59

14.59

6.98

14.59

19,164

 45–49

31.70

15.41

6.91

15.41

8418

Children ever born

***

***

***

***

 

 0

18.6

11.6

5.7

23.0

6123

 1

23.1

12.1

6.0

26.3

11,407

 2

28.8

12.8

5.9

32.1

20,198

 3+ 

36.6

16.1

8.7

40.3

24,178

Women's education

***

***

***

***

 

 No education

39.7

18.4

9.4

43.6

20,114

 Primary

36.5

15.8

8.5

39.7

8847

 Secondary

24.1

11.5

5.6

27.8

26,522

 Higher

12.8

6.3

2.9

15.0

6423

Current marital status

***

***

***

***

 

 Married

29.2

13.2

6.7

32.8

58,480

 Widowed

29.9

14.3

8.5

31.9

2477

 Divorced

60.9

54.2

24.8

65.8

289

 No longer living together

68.5

54.5

21.1

75.4

661

Intergenerational Violence

***

***

***

***

 

 No

23.2

10.6

5.1

26.3

46,780

 Yes

53.1

25.4

13.5

57.7

13,011

 Don’t know

33.1

13.8

7.5

38.2

2115

Contraception use

***

**

*

***

 

 Not using

28.0

14.0

7.3

31.9

28,507

 Using

31.3

13.7

6.7

34.5

33,399

  1. Significant level: ***p ≤ 0.001; **p ≤ 0.01;*p ≤ 0.05
  2. n is un-weighted sample