Table-II.
The distribution of women with and without a history of domestic violence according to some factors related to marriage and addictions of husbands
| Factors related to marrying/marriage |
History of domestic violence
|
Test value
X 2 ; p |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
No
n (%) * |
Yes
n (%) * |
Total
n (%) ** |
||
| Total | 488 (61.0) | 312 (39.0) | 800 (100.0) | |
| First marriage | ||||
| Arranged marriage | 239 (55.1) | 195 (44.9) | 434 (54.3) | 24.041; 0.000 |
| Marriage by mutual agreement | 231 (70.9) | 95 (29.1) | 326 (40.8) | |
| Marriage by eloping | 18 (45.0) | 22 (55.0) | 40 (5.0) | |
| The age at first marriage | ||||
| >18 | 98 (51.9) | 91 (48.1) | 189 (23.6) | 15.909; 0.003 |
| 18 | 84 (61.3) | 53 (38.7) | 137 (17.1) | |
| 19 | 79 (56.4) | 61 (43.6) | 140 (17.5) | |
| 20 | 93 (64.6) | 51 (35.4) | 144 (18.0) | |
| 21 | 134 (70.5) | 56 (29.5) | 190 (23.8) | |
| Number of marriages | ||||
| The first marriage | 463 (62.2) | 281 (37.8) | 744 (93.0) | 6.053; 0.014 |
| 2 | 25 (44.6) | 31 (55.4) | 56 (7.0) | |
| Number of children | ||||
| 0 | 28 (65.1) | 15 (34.9) | 43 (5.4) | 12.185; 0.016 |
| 1 | 81 (16.6) | 30 (27.0) | 111 (13.9) | |
| 2 | 188 (62.3) | 114 (37.7) | 302 (37.8) | |
| 3 | 113 (57.4) | 84 (42.6) | 197 (24.6) | |
| 4 or over | 78 (53.1) | 69 (46.9) | 147 (18.4) | |
| Smoking status | ||||
| No-smoker | 203 (71.5) | 81 (28.5) | 284 (35.5) | 20.323; 0.000 |
| Smoker | 285 (55.2) | 231 (44.8) | 516 (64.5) | |
| Alcohol consumption | ||||
| No | 432 (66.0) | 223 (34.0) | 655 (81.9) | 37.283; 0.000 |
| Yes | 56 (38.6) | 89 (61.4) | 145 (18.1) | |
| Habit of gambling | ||||
| No | 484 (62.1) | 296 (37.9) | 780 (97.5) | 12.781; 0.000 |
| Yes | 4 (20.0) | 16 (80.0) | 20 (2.5) | |
*
Percent for the row,
**
Percent for the column