Table 2.

Distribution of respondents according to no help and help-seeking behaviour by factors at different levels

		No help		Help
		N	%	N	%
Personal history
Age	15 to 19	569	79.2	149	20.8
	20 to 24	2 184	77.3	621	22.7
	25 to 29	3 169	74.8	1 020	25.2
	30 to 49	8 695	76.2	2 718	23.8
Age at first marriage	<18	9 162	76.8	2 784	23.2
	18 to 20	3 605	76.5	1 100	23.5
	21+	1 850	72.8	624	27.2
Education	<Primary	7 924	77.1	2 363	23.0
	Primary	2 548	74.9	838	25.1
	≥Secondary	4 145	75.5	1 307	24.6
Violent father	No	9 228	76.6	2 777	23.4
	Yes	3 788	73.5	1 375	26.5
Severity of violence	Moderate	10 239	86.6	1 544	13.4
	Severe	4 378	60.3	2 964	39.7
Injuries	No	10 807	85.9	1 783	14.1
	Yes	3 773	58.1	2 718	41.9
Micro-system
Duration of marriage	0–4	1 510	79.0	407	21.0
	5 to 9	2 965	75.6	887	24.5
	10 to 19	6 014	75.0	1 957	25.0
	20+	4 128	77.2	1 257	22.8
No. of living children	0	951	72.2	345	27.8
	1 to 2	6 049	75.6	1 936	24.4
	3 to 4	5 627	76.5	1 702	23.6
	5+	1 990	79.8	525	20.3
Exo-system
Place of residence	Urban	5 585	75.1	1 732	24.9
	Rural	9 032	76.7	2 776	23.3
Caste or tribe	SC	3 172	73.8	1 116	26.2
	ST	1 903	77.4	535	22.6
	OBC	4 867	74.1	1 670	25.9
	Other	4 597	80.0	1 172	20.1
Wealth Index	Poorest	3 078	77.7	895	22.4
	Poorer	3 128	75.7	993	24.3
	Middle	3 209	75.8	1 049	24.2
	Richer	3 186	75.2	1 013	24.9
	Richest	2 016	77.7	558	22.4
Occupation	No occupation	7 429	78.4	1 986	21.6
	Agricultural	4 004	75.0	1 333	25.0
	Other	3 176	73.3	1 185	26.7
Macro-system
Region	North	2 006	77.4	578	22.6
	East	2 977	80.0	727	20.0
	Northeast	2 420	82.7	488	17.3
	West	1 516	79.4	433	20.6
	Central	3 289	74.7	1 126	25.3
	South	2 409	66.6	1 156	33.4
Religion	Hindu	11 068	76.2	3 451	23.8
	Muslim	2 150	78.6	580	21.5
	Christian	787	74.3	247	25.7
	Other	593	72.6	224	27.4
Trans-system
Thinks that violence can be justified	No	5 214	76.2	1 640	23.9
	Yes	8 747	76.3	2 672	23.7
	Total	14 617	76.3	4 508	23.7