Table 2.

Overview of the distribution of the cofactors that were included into the regression model

Variables (n) values	ALL	BAN	ND
	% (n)	% (n)	% (n)
Age (69,805)
Mean	31.6	30.3	31.7
≤24 yrs.	21.2 (14,770)	30.4 (1,277)	20.6 (13,493)
25-34 yrs.	42.8 (29,887)	36.8 (1,543)	43.2 (28,344)
≥35 yrs.	36.0 (25,148)	32.8 (1,375)	36.2 (23,773)
Attitude towards domestic violence (69,666)
Not justified	54.7 (38,096)	68.8 (2,884)	53.8 (35,212)
Justified	45.3 (31,570)	31.2 (1,308)	46.2 (30,262)
Religion (69,718)
Muslim	17.1 (11,955)	90.5 (3,795)	12.5 (8,160)
Hindu	70.6 (49,235)	8.9 (372)	74.6 (48,863)
Other	12.2 (8,528)	0.6 (27)	13.0 (8,501)
Number of household members (69,805)
1-6	77.8 (54,337)	76.3 (3,202)	77.9 (51,135)
>6	22.2 (15,468)	23.7 (993)	22.1 (14,475)
Relationship to head of household (69,805)
Wife	73.4 (51,223)	77.4 (3,246)	73.1 (47,977)
Daughter or daughter in law	15.9 (11,066)	8.1 (339)	16.3 (10,727)
Other	10.8 (7,516)	14.5 (610)	10.5 (6,06)
Wealth (69,805)
Poorest and poorer	30.1 (21,011)	36.9 (1,550)	29.7 (19,461)
Middle	19.3 (13,473)	19.0 (798)	19.3 (12,675)
Richer and richest	50.6 (35,321)	44.0 (1,847)	51.0 (33.474)
Final say index (69,762)
Wife engaged in none of the polled decisions	14.6 (10,213)	12.5 (523)	14.8 (9,690)
Wife engaged in at least one of the polled decisions	85.4 (59,549)	87.5 (3,672)	85.2 (55,877)
Respondent’s mother experienced violence from her father (64,768)
No	81.6 (52,847)	74.2 (2,936)	82.1 (49,911)
Yes	18.4 (11,921)	25.8 (1,019)	17.9 (10,902)
Type of place of residence (69,805)
Urban	43.5 (30,390)	37.1 (1,558)	43.9 (28,832)
Rural	56.5 (39,415)	62.9 (2,637)	56.1 (36,778)
Respondent’s current working status (69,685)
No	65.1 (45,362)	70.7 (2,967)	64.7 (42,395)
Yes	34.9 (24,323)	29.3 (1,227)	35.3 (23,096)

Overall (ALL; n = 69,805), in Bangladesh 2007 (BAN; n = 4,195), and in India 2005/06 (IND; n = 65,610).