Table 3. Associations between perceptions of her mother-in-law and husband, and abuse from her mother-in-law.
| Strongly disagree % |
disagree % |
agree % |
Strongly agree % |
p value | Strongly disagree % |
disagree % |
agree % |
Strongly agree % |
p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| My mother-in-law does not really understand me | <0.0001 | My husband does not really understand me | 0.001 | ||||||||
| All women | 4.0 | 59.9 | 33.3 | 2.9 | All women | 5.8 | 68.0 | 21.4 | 4.8 | ||
| Mother-in law hit her | 2.47 | 33.33 | 59.26 | 4.94 | Mother-in law hit her | 1.23 | 58.02 | 38.27 | 2.47 | ||
| did not hit her | 4.2 | 63.8 | 29.43 | 2.56 | did not hit her | 5.9 | 69.43 | 19.61 | 5.05 | ||
| My mother-in-law does everything she can to support me | <0.0001 | My husband does everything he can to support me | 0.001 | ||||||||
| All women | 2.2 | 26.7 | 67.4 | 3.7 | All women | 1.5 | 19.3 | 73.6 | 5.7 | ||
| Mother-in law hit her | 8.75 | 62.5 | 27.5 | 1.25 | Mother-in law hit her | 1.23 | 37.04 | 58.02 | 3.7 | ||
| did not hit her | 1.28 | 21.25 | 73.44 | 4.03 | did not hit her | 1.56 | 17.81 | 74.85 | 5.78 | ||
| My mother-in-law is a kind person | <0.0001 | My husband is a kind person | <0.0001 | ||||||||
| All women | 1.4 | 16.3 | 76.5 | 5.7 | All women | 1.2 | 10.4 | 79.8 | 8.8 | ||
| Mother-in law hit her | 6.17 | 75.31 | 18.52 | 0 | Mother-in law hit her | 1.23 | 32.1 | 64.2 | 2.47 | ||
| did not hit her | 0.73 | 7.5 | 85.19 | 6.58 | did not hit her | 0.96 | 8.29 | 81.49 | 9.25 | ||
| My mother-in-law loves me like her own daughter | <0.0001 | My husband shows he loves me often | <0.0001 | ||||||||
| All women | 2.2 | 19.5 | 71.0 | 7.3 | All women | 1.5 | 9.7 | 77.9 | 10.8 | ||
| Mother-in law hit her | 11.11 | 70.37 | 17.28 | 1.23 | Mother-in law hit her | 2.47 | 29.63 | 61.73 | 6.17 | ||
| did not hit her | 0.92 | 11.72 | 79.12 | 8.24 | did not hit her | 1.33 | 7.86 | 79.56 | 11.25 | ||
| My mother-in-law is very strict and controlling | <0.0001 | My husband is very strict and controlling | 0.012 | ||||||||
| All women | 6.3 | 68.7 | 23.7 | 1.3 | All women | 7.3 | 69.4 | 21.4 | 1.9 | ||
| Mother-in law hit her | 3.7 | 29.63 | 62.96 | 3.7 | Mother-in law hit her | 0.00 | 65.43 | 32.1 | 2.47 | ||
| did not hit her | 6.78 | 74.54 | 17.77 | 0.92 | did not hit her | 7.33 | 70.31 | 20.43 | 1.92 | ||
| My mother-in-law can be cruel | <0.0001 | My husband can be cruel | |||||||||
| All women | 8.9 | 74.3 | 15.7 | 1.1 | All women | 8.9 | 75.6 | 14.1 | 1.4 | ||
| Mother-in law hit her | 2.47 | 34.57 | 58.02 | 4.94 | Mother-in law hit her | 4.94 | 61.73 | 30.86 | 2.47 | <0.0001 | |
| did not hit her | 9.87 | 80.26 | 9.32 | 0.55 | did not hit her | 8.66 | 77.38 | 12.64 | 1.32 | ||
| My mother-in-law can frighten me | <0.0001 | My husband can frighten me | <0.0001 | ||||||||
| All women | 8.9 | 75.0 | 15.1 | 1.1 | All women | 8.6 | 75.6 | 14.5 | 1.4 | ||
| Mother-in law hit her | 4.94 | 32.1 | 56.79 | 6.17 | Mother-in law hit her | 3.7 | 64.2 | 28.4 | 3.7 | ||
| did not hit her | 9.51 | 81.35 | 8.78 | 0.37 | did not hit her | 8.53 | 76.8 | 13.46 | 1.2 |