Table 1.
Characteristics of married/cohabiting women, disaggregated by income quartile and relative financial contribution to household
| Total | Relative financial contribution to household | Woman’s monthly income | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smaller/same financial contribution to household as husband | Greater financial contribution to household than husband | Doesn’t earn | 1st quartile (lowest) | 2nd quartile | 3rd quartile | 4th quartile (highest) | Don’t know | ||
| Total | 533/740 (72%) | 207/740 (28%) | 31 (4%) | 206 (28%) | 199 (27%) | 145 (20%) | 132 (18%) | 27 (4%) | |
| Exposure variable | |||||||||
| Woman’s monthly income | |||||||||
| Doesn’t earn | 31 | 31 (100%) | 0 (0%) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1st quartile (lowest) | 206 | 145 (70%) | 61 (30%) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2nd quartile | 199 | 151 (76%) | 48 (24%) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3rd quartile | 145 | 107 (74%) | 38 (26%) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4th quartile (highest) | 132 | 83 (63%) | 49 (37%) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Don’t know | 27 | 16 (59%) | 11 (41%) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Woman’s characteristics | |||||||||
| Age | |||||||||
| < 30 years | 118 | 101 (86%) | 17 (15%) | 7 (6%) | 37 (31%) | 32 (27%) | 22 (19%) | 19 (16%) | 1 (1%) |
| 30–39 years | 325 | 246 (76%) | 79 (24%) | 10 (3%) | 87 (27%) | 83 (26%) | 65 (20%) | 65 (20%) | 15 (5%) |
| 40–49 years | 209 | 135 (65%) | 74 (35%) | 9 (4%) | 60 (29%) | 60 (29%) | 38 (18%) | 34 (16%) | 8 (4%) |
| 50+ years | 88 | 51 (58%) | 37 (42%) | 5 (6%) | 22 (25%) | 24 (27%) | 20 (23%) | 14 (16%) | 3 (3%) |
| Education | |||||||||
| None/incomplete primary | 102 | 66 (65%) | 36 (35%) | 9 (9%) | 28 (27%) | 25 (25%) | 16 (16%) | 19 (19%) | 5 (5%) |
| Completed primary | 491 | 362 (74%) | 129 (26%) | 19 (4%) | 152 (31%) | 126 (26%) | 101 (21%) | 79 (16%) | 14 (3%) |
| Attended secondary or higher | 147 | 105 (71%) | 42 (29%) | 3 (2%) | 26 (18%) | 48 (33%) | 28 (19%) | 34 (23%) | 8 (5%) |
| Believes man should be primary provider | |||||||||
| No | 220 | 155 (70%) | 65 (30%) | 10 (5%) | 48 (22%) | 63 (29%) | 38 (17%) | 51 (23%) | 10 (5%) |
| Yes | 520 | 378 (73%) | 142 (27%) | 21 (4%) | 158 (30%) | 136 (26%) | 107 (21%) | 81 (16%) | 17 (3%) |
| Witnessed violence against a parent/household member in the home as a child | |||||||||
| Never | 266 | 198 (74%) | 68 (26%) | 12 (5%) | 75 (28%) | 76 (29%) | 44 (17%) | 48 (18%) | 11 (4%) |
| Once/few times | 260 | 193 (74%) | 67 (26%) | 11 (4%) | 66 (25%) | 69 (27%) | 59 (23%) | 43 (17%) | 12 (5%) |
| Many times | 214 | 142 (66%) | 72 (34%) | 8 (4%) | 65 (30%) | 54 (25%) | 42 (20%) | 41 (19%) | 4 (2%) |
| Partner’s characteristics | |||||||||
| Partner’s Age | |||||||||
| < 40 | 205 | 171 (83%) | 34 (17%) | 13 (6%) | 59 (29%) | 46 (22%) | 45 (22%) | 39 (19%) | 3 (1%) |
| 40–49 | 264 | 196 (74%) | 68 (26%) | 6 (2%) | 74 (28%) | 74 (28%) | 53 (20%) | 47 (18%) | 10 (4%) |
| 50+ | 239 | 153 (64%) | 86 (36%) | 12 (5%) | 61 (26%) | 75 (31%) | 41 (17%) | 41 (17%) | 9 (4%) |
| Don’t know | 32 | 13 (41%) | 19 (59%) | 0 (0%) | 12 (38%) | 4 (13%) | 6 (19%) | 5 (16%) | 5 (16%) |
| Partner’s education | |||||||||
| Completed primary or below/don’t know | 468 | 327 (70%) | 141 (30%) | 24 (5%) | 148 (32%) | 127 (27%) | 80 (17%) | 72 (15%) | 17 (4%) |
| Above primary | 272 | 206 (76%) | 66 (24%) | 7 (3%) | 58 (21%) | 72 (26%) | 65 (24%) | 60 (22%) | 10(4%) |
| How often she has seen him drunk in past year | |||||||||
| Never/partner doesn’t drink | 504 | 376 (75%) | 128 (25%) | 21 (4%) | 133 (26%) | 139 (28%) | 98 (19%) | 97 (19%) | 16 (3%) |
| Once/few times | 101 | 74 (73%) | 27 (27%) | 7 (7%) | 31 (31%) | 26 (26%) | 24 (24%) | 10 (10%) | 3 (3%) |
| Many | 133 | 83 (62%) | 50 (38%) | 3 (2%) | 42 (32%) | 33 (25%) | 22 (17%) | 25 (19%) | 8 6%) |
| Relationship level | |||||||||
| Relationship duration | |||||||||
| < 5 years | 62 | 46 (74%) | 16 (26%) | 3 (5%) | 16 (26%) | 14 (23%) | 11 (18%) | 14 (23%) | 4 (6%) |
| 5–9.99 years | 101 | 71 (70%) | 30 (30%) | 4 (4%) | 29 (29%) | 26 (26%) | 24 (24%) | 17 (17%) | 1 (1%) |
| 10+ years | 577 | 416 (72%) | 161 (28%) | 24 (4%) | 161 (28%) | 159 (28%) | 110 (19%) | 101 (18%) | 22 (4%) |
| Household-level | |||||||||
| Experienced economic hardship in past year | |||||||||
| No | 432 | 339 (78%) | 93 (22%) | 19 (4%) | 107 (25%) | 107 (25%) | 96 (22%) | 88 (20%) | 15 (3%) |
| Yes | 308 | 1947 (63%) | 114 (37%) | 12 (4%) | 99 (32%) | 92 (30%) | 49 (16%) | 44 (14%) | 12 (4%) |