Table 2.

Attitude towards domestic physical violence by background characteristics among Ghanaian women age 15–49 year old 2003-2008

Variable		Goes out without telling him	Neglects the children	Argues with him	Refusal to have sexual intercourse with him	Burns the food	At least one reason
Age
	15-24	23.8***	27.4***	22.4***	10.7***	9.8***	39.4**
	25-34	22.4	27.1	21.1	13.2	8.0	35.9
	35-49	30.8	24.4	20.3	13.3	7.4	34.4
Level of education
	No education	32.9***	34.7***	30.7***	21.2***	12.1***	49.9***
	Primary	24.9	31.3	24.5	14.4	10.4	42.4
	Secondary	18.3	22.5	17.7	8.5	6.5	31.6
	Higher	6.3		6.3	5.2	2.6	11.1
Occupation
	Working	22.4***	26.6	21.4	12.8***	7.9*	36.7
	Not working	22.1	25.4	20.8	10.4	9.5	36.7
Marital status
	Never married	20.4***	24.0**	20.4***	8.7***	7.5***	34.8
	Currently married	23.3	27.7	22.0	13.7	9.0	37.6
	Formerly married	22.2	26.0	20.3	15.4	6.9	37.8
Place of residence
	Urban	16.1***	20.4***	16.0***	8.8***	5.5***	28.7***
	Rural	28.0	31.8	26.3	15.5	10.9	44.4
Religion
	Christian	19.6***	24.3***	19.3***	10.2***	7.2***	33.4***
	Traditional	35.0	39.8	35.4	25.9	15.6	56.0
	Moslem	31.6	31.5	26.5	18.6	10.4	48.1
	Others	26.2	32.5	28.8	16.8	11.9	42.5
Wealth Index
	Poorest	33.5***	35.5***	33.0***	21.3***	12.9***	54.1***
	Poor	30.2	32.9	27.4	16.2	11.8	45.0
	Middle	23.4	28.3	21.3	10.8	8.3	37.9
	Rich	17.8	23.0	18.3	10.1	6.7	32.3
	Richest	11.6	16.3	11.6	6.2	4.0	22.5

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001