Table 2. Multivariable analysis exploring correlates of DV perpetration among newly-married men living in Pune slum communities (n = 100).

		Correlation with Past 3-month perpetration of DV
		Full combined model		Reduced combined model		Final model
Domain	Predictor	Stand. β	p-value	Stand. Β	p-value	Stand. Β	p-value
Control vars.	Age					-0.044	Ns
	Education					-0.080	Ns
Socio-demographics	No. of Household members	0.124	0.165
DV conceptualization and acceptance	Situational acceptance of wife’s sexual refusal	-0.092	0.288
	Acknowledgment of items constituting DV	-0.231	0.017	-0.235	0.015	-0.217	0.027
Marital relationship and marital family relationship	Time spent with partner alone each week post-marriage	-0.185	0.033	-0.221	0.009	-0.230	0.007
	Prioritization of time spent working toward goals of self	0.081	0.355
	Extent of attainment of the “husband ideal”	-0.189	0.028	-0.206	0.013	-0.201	0.017
	Extent of spouse’s attainment of the “wife ideal”	-0.058	0.521
	Extent of jealousy if spouse talks to men outside family	0.221	0.016	0.274	0.002	0.272	0.002
Sexual communication and behaviors, and sexual and reproductive health	Capacity to communicate unwillingness to have sex with partner	-0.034	0.701
Stress, resilience, and social support	Resilience	-0.228	0.029	-0.288	0.002	-0.304	0.002

Stand = standardized; vars = variables.