Table 8 Association between selected features with domestic violence in Liberia
Features | Categories | Domestic violence | \({\varvec{\chi }}^{2}\) | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No (%) | Yes (%) | Total (%) | ||||
Region | North Western | 166 (54.1) | 141 (45.9) | 307 (16.1) | 11.43 | 0.022 |
South Central | 261 (58.8) | 183 (41.2) | 444 (23.3) | |||
South Eastern A | 200 (59.5) | 136 (40.5) | 336 (17.6) | |||
South Eastern B | 171 (48.6) | 171 (51.4) | 352 (18.5) | |||
North Central | 265 (56.6) | 203 (43.4) | 468 (24.5) | |||
Residence | Urban | 341 (56.3) | 265 (43.7) | 606 (31.8) | 0.10 | 0.751 |
Rural | 722 (55.5) | 579 (44.5) | 1301 (68.2) | |||
Educational level | No education | 557 (59.8) | 374 (40.2) | 931 (48.8) | 17.58 | 0.001 |
Primary | 256 (49.8) | 258 (50.2) | 514 (27.0) | |||
Secondary | 224 (52.8) | 200 (47.2) | 424 (22.2) | |||
Higher | 26 (68.4) | 12 (31.6) | 38 (2.0) | |||
Religion | Christian | 917 (55.8) | 727 (44.2) | 1644 (86.2) | 7.29 | 0.063 |
Muslim | 135 (57.9) | 98 (42.1) | 233 (12.2) | |||
Traditional religion | 2 (18.2) | 9 (81.8) | 11 (0.6) | |||
No religion | 9 (47.4) | 10 (52.6) | 19 (1.0) | |||
Wealth index | Poor | 641 (56.1) | 502 (43.9) | 1143 (59.9) | 0.36 | 0.834 |
Middle | 227 (56.0) | 178 (44.0) | 405 (21.2) | |||
Rich | 195 (54.3) | 164 (45.7) | 359 (18.8) | |||
BMI | Underweight | 39 (55.7) | 31 (44.3) | 70 (3.7) | 1.23 | 0.745 |
Normal weight | 612 (54.8) | 504 (45.2) | 1116 (58.5) | |||
Overweight | 287 (56.5) | 221 (43.5) | 508 (26.6) | |||
Obesity | 125 (58.7) | 88 (41.3) | 213 (11.2) | |||
Partner’s education level | No education | 284 (56.7) | 217 (43.3) | 501 (26.3) | 6.86 | 0.077 |
Primary | 176 (52.2) | 161 (47.8) | 337 (17.7) | |||
Secondary | 437 (54.5) | 365 (45.5) | 802 (42.1) | |||
Higher | 166 (62.2) | 101 (37.8) | 267 (14.0) | |||
Partner’s occupation | No Job | 75 (59.5) | 51 (40.5) | 126 (6.6) | 26.32 | P < 0.01 |
Public or private sector | 152 (67.3) | 74 (32.7) | 226 (11.9) | |||
Sales & services | 120 (56.3) | 93 (43.7) | 213 (11.2) | |||
Agricultural Sector | 519 (56.3) | 403 (43.7) | 922 (48.3) | |||
Skilled & Unskilled manual | 186 (46.9) | 211 (53.1) | 397 (20.8) | |||
Other | 11 (47.8) | 12 (52.2) | 23 (1.2) | |||
Respondent’s occupation | No work | 247 (57.8) | 180 (42.2) | 427 (22.4) | 8.45 | 0.133 |
Public or private sector | 28 (63.6) | 16 (36.4) | 44 (2.3) | |||
Sales & services | 303 (52.0) | 280 (48.0) | 583 (30.6) | |||
Agricultural Sector | 470 (57.0) | 354 (43.0) | 824 (43.2) | |||
Skilled & Unskilled manual | 15 (58.3) | 14 (41.7) | 29 (1.6) | |||
Partner’s age | 21–30 | 206 (47.8) | 214 (52.2) | 410 (22.9) | 35.09 | P < 0.01 |
31–40 | 373 (53.5) | 324 (46.5) | 697 (36.5) | |||
41–50 | 310 (60.1) | 206 (39.9) | 516 (27.1) | |||
51–60 | 126 (66.7) | 63 (33.3) | 189 (9.9) | |||
61–70 | 38 (70.4) | 16 (29.6) | 54 (2.8) | |||
> 70 | 10 (80.0) | 4 (20.0) | 14 (0.8) | |||
Lack of Independency | No | 325 (81.7) | 73 (18.3) | 398 (20.9) | 136.94 | P < 0.01 |
Yes | 738 (48.9) | 771 (51.1) | 1509 (79.1) | |||
Victims of emotional violence | No | 899 (78.2) | 251 (21.8) | 1150 (60.3) | 590.89 | P < 0.01 |
Yes | 164 (21.7) | 593 (78.3) | 757 (39.7) | |||
Partner’s drinking habit | No | 756 (65.3) | 402 (34.7) | 1158 (60.7) | 108.84 | P < 0.01 |
Yes | 307 (41.0) | 442 (59.0) | 749 (39.3) | |||