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. 2016 Mar 19;9:178. doi: 10.1186/s13104-016-1986-6

Table 4.

Mutivariate analysis of current domestic violence (n = 355)

Variables Categories p value AOR 95 % CI
Occupation of women Housewife/don’t earn 0.583 1.352 0.4603.971
Daily wage based work 0.333 1.950 0.5047.549
Service/small business Ref.
Educational status of women No formal education 0.867 1.069 0.489–2.340
Formal education Ref.
Educational status of husband No formal education 0.190 0.615 0.298–1.271
Formal education Ref.
Employment status of husband Unemployed 0.679 1.176 0.546–2.533
Unskilled workers 0.306 0.684 0.331–1.415
Skilled/semiskilled workers Ref.
Alcohol consumption habit of husband Never Ref.
Sometimes/rarely 0.752 0.867 0.359–2.095
Often 0.225 1.619 0.744–3.522
Mental health status of respondents Unhealthy 0.034 2.057 1.0564.008
Healthy Ref.
Husband controlling behavior Yes <0.001 7.607 3.98014.540
No Ref.
Marriage type Arrange marriage 0.228 0.666 0.344–1.289
Love marriage Ref.
Family size >5 members 0.192 1.518 0.811–2.840
≤5 members Ref.
Income of the family Enough for less than 1 year 0.386 1.351 0.684–2.666
Enough for 1 year Ref.
Caste distribution of respondents Dalits 0.367 1.665 0.550–5.046
Disadvantaged Janajatis 0.459 0.698 0.270–1.806
Advantaged Janajatis 0.390 0.546 0.138–2.165
Upper caste Ref.
Polygamous relationship Yes 0.170 2.026 0.738–5.559
No Ref.

p value and COR in italics indicates significant