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. 2018 Oct 31;13(10):e0206101. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206101

Table 4. Socio-economic and political predictors of the gender difference in attitudes justifying domestic violence: Multiple linear regression.

Model 5 Model 6
Multi-dimensional deprivation score 5.735**
(1.99 9.478)
1.330
(-3.446 6.105)
Inequality index (Gini) -.061
(-.388 .266)
.014
(-.292 .321)
Women’s economic rights -3.239
(-9.462 2.984)
-2.965
(-8.701 2.770)
Existence of DV law 9.288**
(.051 18.524)
11.436**
(3.250 19.622)
Quality of DV law .178
(-1.498 1.854)
-.234
(-1.808 1.341)
Unified Democracy Score 3.168
(-6.112 12.452)
1.122
(-7.566 9.810)
Women’s political rights -10.306
(-25.503 4.890)
-6.468
(-20.758 7.823)
Seats held by women in national parliament .494*
(.760 .913)
.454*
(.068 .841)
Political conflict -.178
(-2.369 2.014)
-.130
(01.902 2.162)
Female Literacy rates - -.283**
(-49.465–7.065)
BIC used by Stata 364.605 359.786
Adj R squared .256 .362

NOTE: The difference between the proportion of women and proportion of men justifying DV in at least one circumstance is the outcome variable; The unstandardised beta coefficients and the 95% CI are presented.

***p < .001

** p < .01

*p < .05;

Based on significance and model fit female primary, secondary and tertiary education, and female labour force participation were not included in final model.