Table 1.
Profiles of Married Women Living in Rural Maharashtra: Demographic, Marriage, and Fertility Characteristics Based on Women’s Reports of Physical and/or Sexual IPV (N = 1,081).
| Variable | Total sample N = 1,081 |
Physical/sexual IPV n = 359 |
No physical/sexual IPV n = 722 |
F-statistic (p value) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic variables (mean, SD, range) | ||||
| Wives’ age | 22.5, 2.5, 18–30 | 22.5, 2.4, 18–30 | 22.5, 2.5, 18–30 | 1.70 (.06) |
| Husbands’ age | 26.2, 2.7, 18–30 | 26.1, 2.6, 20–30 | 26.2, 2.7, 18–30 | 2.11 (.01)* |
| Wives’ years of education | 6.4, 4.2, 0–17 | 6.1, 4.2, 0–15 | 6.6, 4.2, 0–17 | 1.18 (.28) |
| Husbands’ years of education | 7.3, 3.7, 0–17 | 6.9, 4.0, 0–17 | 7.5, 3.6, 0–17 | 2.09 (.01)* |
| Husbands’ caste (n [%]) | ||||
| Scheduled caste/tribe | 787 (72.8%) | 271 (75.5%) | 516 (71.5%) | 1.96 (.17)a |
| Backward class/none | 294 (27.2%) | 88 (24.5%) | 206 (28.5%) | |
| Wives’ income generation [n (%)] | ||||
| No | 834 (77.2%) | 275 (76.6%) | 559 (77.4%) | 0.09 (.76)a |
| Yes | 247 (22.8%) | 84 (23.4%) | 163 (22.6%) | |
| Marital length (years) | 3.9, 2.7, 0–14 | 4.2, 2.7, 0–13 | 3.8, 2.6, 0–14 | 1.57 (.08) |
| Marriage and fertility characterization (mean, SD, range) | ||||
| Number of births | 1.3, 1.0, 0–8 | 1.4, 1.1, 0–8 | 1.2, 1.0, 0–5 | 1.74 (.10) |
| Masculinity ideologies (GEM scale)b | 47.3, 5.4, 35–67 | 47.6, 5.5, 38–67 | 47.2, 5.4, 35–66 | 1.37 (.08) |
| Husbands’ elevated alcohol use, past 30 days (n [%]) | ||||
| Yes (1+ days) | 46 (4.3%) | 23 (6.4%) | 23 (3.2%) | 6.11 (.02) a* |
| No (0 days) | 1035 (95.7%) | 336 (93.6%) | 699 (96.8%) | |
Note. GEM = Gender-Equitable Men; IPV = intimate partner violence.
a
Pearson’s χ2 (p value). bHigher score indicates greater gender equity.
*
p ≤ 0.05.