Table 3.
Lifetime prevalence of domestic violence based on women's characteristics.
| Characteristic | No domestic violence (n = 609) |
Domestic violence (n = 387) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | 0.0001 | ||
| Elementary | 147 (24.1) | 139 (35.9) | |
| High school graduate | 115 (18.9) | 78 (20.2) | |
| College | 347 (57.0) | 170 (43.9) | |
| Home ownership | 0.39 | ||
| Owned | 427 (70.1) | 258 (66.7) | |
| Rented | 163 (26.8) | 112 (28.9) | |
| Other | 19 (3.1) | 17 (4.4) | |
| Occupation | 0.15 | ||
| Housekeeper | 478 (75.8) | 323 (83.5) | |
| Employed | 77 (12.6) | 39 (10.1) | |
| Other | 54 (8.8) | 25 (6.4) | |
| Current marital status | 0.0001 | ||
| Married | 583 (95.7) | 342 (88.4) | |
| Divorced | 4 (0.7) | 18 (4.7) | |
| Widow | 22 (3.6) | 27 (7.0) | |
| Physical illness | 0.02 | ||
| Yes | 124 (20.4) | 102 (26.4) | |
| No | 485 (79.6) | 285 (73.6) | |
| Mental illness | 0.002 | ||
| Yes | 31 (5.1) | 40 (10.3) | |
| No | 578 (94.9) | 347 (89.7) | |
| Handicapped children | 0.14 | ||
| Yes | 15 (2.5) | 16 (4.1) | |
| No | 593 (97.5) | 371 (95.9) | |
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| Spouse's demographic characteristics | |||
| Education | 0.0001 | ||
| Elementary | 112 (18.5) | 118 (30.6) | |
| High school graduate | 123 (20.3) | 91 (23.6) | |
| College | 371 (61.2) | 177 (45.9) | |
| Occupation | 0.65 | ||
| Unemployed | 24 (4.0) | 19 (4.9) | |
| Worker/farmer | 286 (47.2) | 190 (49.2) | |
| Clerk/retired | 261 (43.1) | 150 (38.9) | |
| Other | 35 (5.8) | 27 (7.0) | |
| Physical illness | 0.02 | ||
| Yes | 89 (14.7) | 78 (20.2) | |
| No | 517 (85.3) | 308 (79.8) | |
| Mental illness | 0.001 | ||
| Yes | 22 (3.6) | 33 (8.5) | |
| No | 584 (96.4) | 353 (91.5) | |
| Smoking | 0.0001 | ||
| Yes | 141 (23.3) | 131 (33.9) | |
| No | 465 (76.7) | 255 (66.1) | |