Table 3 Bi-variate associations between the history of marital dissolution and some compromises women do in their marriages thereafter
From: Child marriage, marital disruption, and marriage thereafter: evidence from a national survey
Variables | Stable (A) | Experienced dissolution (B) | Experienced dissolution | p (A vs B) | p (C vs D) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Currentlymarried (C) | Currently unmarried (D) | |||||
Mean age difference with the current husband (years) | 7.80 | 11.84 | 11.84 | – | < 0.01 | – |
Current husband has another wife (%) | 2.41 | 27.09 | 27.09 | – | < 0.01 | – |
Attitudes towards intimate violence by husbands Intimate violence by husband is … … |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Justified if she goes out without telling her husband (%) | 14.79 | 17.04 | 20.24 | 14.99 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 |
Justified if she neglects the children (%) | 16.30 | 18.19 | 21.79 | 15.89 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 |
Justified if she argues with her husband (%) | 22.57 | 24.80 | 30.52 | 21.17 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 |
Justified if she refuses to do sex with her husband (%) | 10.17 | 12.48 | 14.42 | 11.22 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 |
Justified if she burns food while cooking (%) | 6.58 | 8.78 | 9.07 | 8.56 | < 0.01 | 0.58 |