Table 3.
Women’s Opinions of the Likelihood that Various Factors will make a Man Violent Towards his Wife or Intimate Partner (n=1974)
| Likely | Possible | Unlikely | No | No response | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disagreements about money | 1842 (93.4) | 106 (5.4) | 21 (1.1) | 2 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) |
| Arguments over male affairs | 1739 (88.1) | 233 (11.8) | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.05) |
| Man’s criticism of woman’s household work | 1196 (60.4) | 711 (35.9) | 71 (3.5) | 0 | 5 (0.2) |
| Women’s desire for greater freedom (i.e., work or venturing in the community) | 996 (50.5) | 870 (44.1) | 93 (4.7) | 0 | 14 (0.7) |
| Disagreements involving relatives | 1067 (54.1) | 793 (40.2) | 96 (4.9) | 7 (0.4) | 11 (0.6) |
| Disagreements involving children | 952 (48.3) | 638 (32.3) | 250 (12.7) | 104 (5.3) | 29 (1.5) |
| Man is drunk | 1889 (95.7) | 79 (4.0) | 4 (0.2) | 1 (0.05) | 1 (0.05) |
| Woman’s refusal of sex | 1548 (78.5) | 368 (18.7) | 17 (0.9) | 7 (0.4) | 33 (1.7) |
| Woman initiating condom use | 1099 (55.7) | 211 (10.69) | 105 (5.32) | 76 (3.85) | 482 (24.4) |
| Woman talking back to husband/elders | 881 (44.6) | 1055 (53.4) | 24 (1.2) | 11 (0.6) | 3 (0.2) |
| Man’s work-related tensions | 939 (47.6) | 873 (44.2) | 142 (7.2) | 7 (0.4) | 13 (0.7) |
| Man is tired | 1030 (52.2) | 734 (37.2) | 186 (9.4) | 9 (0.5) | 15 (0.8) |
| Dowry | 1495 (75.8) | 440 (22.3) | 16 (0.8) | 9 (0.5) | 13 (0.7) |
| Barren woman | 1582 (80.1) | 377 (19.1) | 4 (0.2) | 6 (0.3) | 5 (0.3) |
| Only girl child | 957 (48.5) | 818 (41.4) | 162 (8.21) | 18 (0.9) | 19 (1.0) |
| No particular reason | 892 (45.2) | 602 (30.5) | 238 (12.1) | 152 (7.7) | 90 (4.6) |