Table 1.
Sociodemographic Characteristics of Bangladeshi Women (Aged 15–49 Years) and their Attitude and Exposure to IPV, 2019.
| Variables |
Number (percentage) of women | Percentage distribution of women’s attitude toward partner violence (hitting or beating by husbands) |
Percentage of vulnerable women who had been physically attacked |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not justified | Somewhat Justified | Justified | Yes | No | ||
| Education | ||||||
| No Education | 9197(23.0) | 62.3 | 30.1 | 7.6 | 4.8 | 95.2 |
| Primary | 11529(28.8) | 66.5 | 28.8 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 94.1 |
| Secondary | 15851(39.6) | 74.1 | 23.5 | 2.5 | 4.3 | 95.7 |
| Higher Secondary+ | 3427(8.6) | 86.8 | 11.8 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 98.0 |
| Age at first marriage (in years) | ||||||
| <18 | 27571(68.9) | 68.9 | 26.9 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 94.7 |
| 18+ | 12433(31.1) | 73.3 | 22.5 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 96.7 |
| Internet use | ||||||
| No | 36167(90.4) | 69.1 | 26.4 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 95.1 |
| Yes | 3838(9.6) | 81.0 | 17.4 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 97.7 |
| Place of residence | ||||||
| Urban | 8945(22.4) | 74.1 | 22.6 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 96.8 |
| Rural | 31060(77.6) | 69.2 | 26.4 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 94.9 |
| Division | ||||||
| Barishal | 2208(5.5) | 69.5 | 28.8 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 96.9 |
| Chattogram | 7364(18.4) | 74.2 | 22.8 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 98.0 |
| Dhaka | 9928(24.8) | 70.3 | 25.9 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 95.9 |
| Khulna | 5078(12.7) | 75.6 | 23.1 | 1.3 | 7.6 | 92.4 |
| Mymenshing | 2584(6.5) | 75.7 | 20.0 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 97.4 |
| Rajshahi | 5654(14.1) | 62.3 | 35.5 | 2.1 | 5.5 | 94.5 |
| Rangpur | 4687(11.7) | 60.7 | 27.6 | 11.7 | 9.7 | 90.3 |
| Sylhet | 2501(6.3) | 78.7 | 13.4 | 7.9 | 1.4 | 98.6 |
| Wealth index | ||||||
| Poor | 15682(39.2) | 63.4 | 30.7 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 93.2 |
| Middle | 16125(40.3) | 71.4 | 25.1 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 95.8 |
| Upper | 8197(20.5) | 81.2 | 16.5 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 98.4 |
| Mother’s age at first birth (in years) | ||||||
| <20 | 25377(63.4) | 68.9 | 26.9 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 94.8 |
| 20+ | 14628(36.6) | 72.6 | 23.2 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 96.2 |
| Gender of child | ||||||
| Boy | 20507(51.3) | 70.1 | 25.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 95.3 |
| Girl | 19498(48.7) | 70.4 | 25.6 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 95.3 |
| Children ever born | ||||||
| 1-2 child | 20342(50.8) | 71.9 | 24.7 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 95.2 |
| 3-6 child | 19040(47.6) | 68.6 | 26.5 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 95.4 |
| 7+ | 622(1.6) | 67.4 | 23.6 | 9.0 | 4.0 | 96.0 |
| Access to mass media | ||||||
| No access at all | 13136(32.8) | 64.7 | 29.8 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 94.9 |
| Limited access | 24868(62.2) | 71.7 | 24.5 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 95.3 |
| Full access | 2000(5.0) | 88.6 | 10.2 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 98.0 |
| Women’s attitude toward domestic violence | ||||||
| Not justified | 28110(70.3) | – | – | – | 4.3 | 95.7 |
| Somewhat Justified | 10219(25.5) | – | – | – | 5.5 | 94.5 |
| Justified | 1675(4.2) | – | – | – | 5.5 | 94.5 |
| Women who had been physically attacked | ||||||
| Yes | 1874(4.7) | 65.0 | 30.1 | 4.9 | – | – |
| No | 38131(95.3) | 70.5 | 25.3 | 4.2 | – | – |
| Total Woman | 40004 | 28110 | 10219 | 1675 | 1874 | 38131 |
Source: Author’s elaboration using MICS 2019 survey dataset.