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Table 1 Characteristics of women in the studied group (n = 2068)

From: Domestic violence against married women during the COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt

Characteristics

Mean ± SD

Frequency (%)

Age of studied sample

33.8 ± 6.3

 

 20–30 year

27.1 ± 1.6

605 (29.3%)

 31–40 year

35.2 ± 2.5

1287 (62.2%)

 41–50 year

42.5 ± 1.5

132 (6.4%)

 > 51 year

60.8 ± 5.7

44 (2.1%)

Residence

 Egypt

 

1408 (68.1%)

 Abroad

 

660 (31.9%)

Residence in Egypt

 Upper Egypt

 

220 (10.6%)

 Lower Egypt

 

1694 (81.9%)

 Suez canal

 

154 (7.4%)

Geographical region

 Urban

 

1441 (69.7%)

 Rural

 

627 (30.3%)

Women’s education

 Primary and preparatory

 

132 (6.4%)

 Secondary

 

407 (19.7%)

 University

 

704 (34%)

 Postgraduate

 

825 (39.9%)

Women’s job

 Housewife

 

627 (30.3%)

 Worker

 

231 (11.2%)

 Free business

 

88 (4.3%)

 Governmental work

 

1001 (48.4%)

 Private wok

 

121 (5.9%)

Women’s age at marriage

24 ± 2.6

 

Length of marriage

 < 1 year

 

11 (0.5%)

 1–5 year

 

319 (15.4%)

 6–10 year

 

781 (37.8%)

 10–15 year

 

770 (37.2%)

 > 15 year

 

187 (9%)

Number of children

 0

 

165 (8%)

 1

 

275 (13.3%)

 2

 

682 (33%)

 3

 

693 (33.5%)

 4

 

242 (11.7%)

 5

 

11 (0.5%)

Family income

 Not enough

 

374 (18.1%)

 Essentials

 

407 (19.7%)

 Essentials and luxuries

 

561 (27.1%)

 Essentials, luxuries and save

 

726 (35.1%)

Women was COVID-19 positive

 

363 (17.6%)