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. 2017 Apr 15;3:473–486. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2017.04.004

Table 3.

Characteristics of divorced and monogamously married mothers, by subnational region-level prevalence of divorce.

Full Sample
Low Divorce
Medium Divorce
High Divorce
Divorced
Married
Divorced
Married
Divorced
Married
Divorced
Married
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.

b

Among subsample of countries with domestic violence module.

Source: Demographic and Health Survey.