Table 2.
Association of physical violence against women with their mental health status and suicidal thoughts (n=827)
| Health status | Physical violence | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In past 1 year (n=827) | Ever in life (n=827) | |||
| No | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Mental health@ | ||||
| Healthy (<8 score) | 526 (85.1) | 92 (14.9) | 481 (77.8) | 137 (22.2) |
| Not healthy (≥8 score) | 141 (67.5) | 68 (32.5) | 121 (57.9) | 88 (42.1) |
| P | - | 0.001* | - | 0.001* |
| Unadjusted OR | 1.0 | 2.75 (1.91, 3.96)* | 1.0 | 2.55 (1.82, 3.56)* |
| Adjusted OR$ | 1.0 | 2.52 (1.64, 3.86)* | 1.0 | 2.20 (1.47, 3.27)* |
| Suicidal thoughts ever in life | ||||
| No | 642 (84.6) | 117 (15.4) | 594 (78.3) | 165 (21.7) |
| Yes | 25 (36.8) | 43 (63.2) | 8 (11.8) | 60 (88.2) |
| P | - | 0.001* | - | 0.001* |
| Unadjusted OR | 1.0 | 9.43 (5.55, 16.04)* | 1.0 | 27 (12.65, 57.59)* |
| Adjusted OR$ | 1.0 | 10.31 (4.93, 21.59)* | 1.0 | 23.28 (9.51, 56.95)* |
*P<0.05; OR: odds ratio (95% confidence interval). $Adjusted for woman’s age, residential locality, religion, woman education, husband education, woman occupation, husband occupation, monthly family income, type of family, person per room, years of married life, number of living children, and dependable family support. @In past 4 weeks