Table 3.
Characteristics of divorced and monogamously married mothers, by subnational region-level prevalence of divorce.
Full Sample |
Low Divorce |
Medium Divorce |
High Divorce |
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Divorced |
Married |
Divorced |
Married |
Divorced |
Married |
Divorced |
Married |
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Child Morbidity Sample | %/Mean | %/Mean | Difference | %/Mean | %/Mean | Difference | %/Mean | %/Mean | Difference | %/Mean | %/Mean | Difference |
Experienced IPVb | 28.00 | 20.46 | 7.54* | 33.05 | 14.71 | 18.34* | 29.19 | 23.23 | 5.96* | 23.63 | 17.32 | 6.31* |
Years of formal schooling | 4.66 | 3.75 | 0.91* | 3.84 | 2.84 | 1.00* | 4.71 | 3.84 | 0.87* | 4.65 | 4.34 | 0.31* |
Average household wealth | 2.75 | 2.88 | −0.13 | 3.06 | 2.90 | 0.16* | 2.87 | 2.93 | -0.06* | 2.54 | 2.71 | −0.17* |
Child Mortality Sample | ||||||||||||
Experienced IPVb | 26.41 | 19.17 | 7.24* | 28.89 | 13.80 | 15.09* | 27.09 | 21.86 | 5.23* | 23.76 | 15.98 | 7.78* |
Years of formal schooling | 4.89 | 4.03 | 0.86* | 3.97 | 2.99 | 0.98* | 4.98 | 4.15 | 0.83* | 4.83 | 4.65 | 0.18* |
Average household wealth | 2.98 | 2.97 | 0.01 | 3.14 | 2.93 | 0.21* | 3.04 | 3.02 | 0.02* | 2.77 | 2.85 | −0.08* |
p<.05.
Among subsample of countries with domestic violence module.
Source: Demographic and Health Survey.