Table 4:
Socio-Demographic Factors Affecting Respondents’ Perception of Domestic Violence
| Variable | Perception of Domestic Violence (%) | χ 2 | Df | p-value | Fisher’s Exact Test p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good Perception | Poor Perception | Total | |||||
| n = 195 | n = 170 | n = 365 | |||||
| Age Group | |||||||
| 15 – 19 | 38 | 59 | 97(26.57) | 22.925 | 9 | 0.006* | - |
| 20 – 24 | 41 | 19 | 60(16.44) | ||||
| 25 – 29 | 23 | 18 | 41(11.23) | ||||
| 30 – 34 | 27 | 16 | 43(11.78) | ||||
| 35 – 39 | 21 | 14 | 35(9.59) | ||||
| 40 – 44 | 19 | 7 | 26(7.12) | ||||
| 45 – 49 | 7 | 9 | 16(4.38) | ||||
| 50 – 54 | 8 | 13 | 21(5.75) | ||||
| 55 – 59 | 5 | 6 | 11(3.01) | ||||
| >59 | 6 | 9 | 15(4.11) | ||||
| Tribe | |||||||
| Hausa | 186 | 139 | 325(89.04) | 22.347 | 3 | < 0.001 | <0.001* |
| Fulani | 7 | 31 | 38(10.41) | ||||
| Igbo | 1 | 0 | 1(0.27) | ||||
| Yoruba | 1 | 0 | 1(0.27) | ||||
| Religion | |||||||
| Islam | 193 | 170 | 363(99.45) | 1.753 | 1 | 0.185 | 2.685 |
| Christianity | 2 | 0 | 2(0.55) | ||||
| Occupation | |||||||
| None | 144 | 103 | 247(67.67) | 24.41 | 4 | <0.001 | <0.001* |
| Artisan | 11 | 26 | 37(10.14) | ||||
| Petty trading | 17 | 32 | 49(13.42) | ||||
| Civil service | 21 | 6 | 27(4.40) | ||||
| Others | 2 | 3 | 5(1.37) | ||||
| Marital status | |||||||
| Single | 7 | 6 | 13(3.56) | 11.843 | 3 | 0.008 | 0.023* |
| Married | 181 | 149 | 330(90.41) | ||||
| Divorced | 1 | 4 | 5(1.37) | ||||
| Widowed | 6 | 11 | 17(4.66) | ||||
| Level of education | |||||||
| None | 29 | 75 | 104(28.49) | 55.233 | 4 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
| Qur’anic | 46 | 19 | 65(17.81) | ||||
| Primary | 68 | 64 | 132(36.16) | ||||
| Secondary | 48 | 11 | 59(16.16) | ||||
| Post-secondary | 4 | 1 | 5(1.37) | ||||
*Statistically significant