Table 3.
Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants by intimate partner violence (IPV) type (N=600)
| Variable | Totala (N=600) | Controlling (n=121) | Physical (n=104) | Sexual (n=92) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | p-valueb | n (%) | p-valueb | n (%) | p-valueb | |
| Age | |||||||
| 18–25 | 37 (6) | 9 (8) | 0.1809 | 7 (7) | 0.5869 | 3 (3) | 0.4607 |
| 26–35 | 224 (38) | 53 (44) | 40 (39) | 36 (40) | |||
| 36–45 | 244 (41) | 46 (38) | 45 (44) | 41 (45) | |||
| >45 | 90 (15) | 12 (10) | 11 (11) | 11 (12) | |||
| Area of residence | |||||||
| Rural | 52 (9) | 12 (10) | 0.5433 | 9 (9) | 0.9704 | 8 (9) | 0.9166 |
| Urban | 532 (91) | 104 (90) | 91 (91) | 79 (91) | |||
| Marital status | |||||||
| Married | 418 (70) | 86 (71) | 0.4210 | 76 (73) | 0.1407 | 67 (73) | 0.2658 |
| Living as married | 20 (3) | 6 (5) | 6 (6) | 5 (5) | |||
| Single/visiting/other | 162 (27) | 29 (24) | 22 (21) | 20 (22) | |||
| Duration of relationship | |||||||
| <1 year | 57 (10) | 12 (10) | 0.1318 | 9 (9) | 0.3926 | 7 (8) | 0.1825 |
| 1–5 years | 171 (29) | 34 (28) | 28 (27) | 28 (31) | |||
| 5–10 years | 118 (20) | 33 (27) | 27 (26) | 25 (28) | |||
| >10 years | 244 (41) | 42 (35) | 39 (38) | 31 (34) | |||
| Number of people in household | |||||||
| <5 people | 411 (69) | 81 (67) | 0.6798 | 73 (70) | 0.6829 | 61 (66) | 0.6223 |
| >5 people | 189 (32) | 40 (33) | 31 (30) | 31 (34) | |||
| Number of children in household | |||||||
| None | 13 (3) | 4 (4) | 0.3770 | 2 (2) | 0.8089 | 3 (4) | 0.2658 |
| 1–2 kids | 341 (64) | 70 (64) | 64 (66) | 60 (69) | |||
| 3–5 kids | 151 (29) | 28 (26) | 25 (26) | 18 (21) | |||
| >5 kids | 25 (5) | 8 (7) | 6 (6) | 6 (7) | |||
| Socio-economic status | |||||||
| High/Average | 297 (50) | 46 (39) | 0.0050 | 41 (40) | 0.0204 | 40 (44) | 0.1925 |
| Low/Below average | 294 (50) | 73 (61) | 62 (60) | 51 (56) | |||
| Level of education | |||||||
| Primary/None | 160 (27) | 39 (32) | 0.1378 | 37 (36) | 0.0595 | 27 (29) | 0.7809 |
| Secondary | 229 (38) | 48 (40) | 38 (37) | 35 (38) | |||
| College/Vocational | 211 (35) | 34 (28) | 29 (28) | 30 (33) | |||
| Spouse’s level of education | |||||||
| Primary/None | 86 (15) | 22 (19) | 0.2798 | 17 (17) | 0.0864 | 12 (13) | 0.9031 |
| Secondary | 234 (40) | 49 (42) | 49 (48) | 37 (41) | |||
| College/vocational | 264 (45) | 47 (40) | 36 (35) | 42 (46) | |||
| Employment status | |||||||
| Employed | 273 (46) | 46 (38) | 0.0486 | 34 (33) | 0.0052 | 41 (45) | 0.8868 |
| Unemployed | 157 (26) | 42 (35) | 39 (38) | 26 (28) | |||
| Other | 169 (28) | 33 (27) | 31 (30) | 25 (27) | |||
| Religion | |||||||
| Christian | 575 (96) | 113 (93) | 0.1382 | 94 (90) | 0.0038 | 83 (90) | 0.0054 |
| Muslim/Other/None | 25 (4) | 8 (7) | 10 (10) | 9 (10) | |||
| Head of household | |||||||
| Self | 213 (36) | 44 (36) | 0.8355 | 37 (36) | 0.9967 | 28 (30) | 0.2654 |
| Spouse/Partner/Parents/Other | 386 (64) | 77 (64) | 67 (64) | 64 (70) | |||
| Health care decisions | |||||||
| Self | 476 (79) | 96 (79) | 1.0000 | 88 (85) | 0.1457 | 78 (85) | 0.1632 |
| Spouse/Partner/Parents/Other | 124 (21) | 25 (21) | 16 (15) | 14 (15) | |||
Notes: aEmotional abuse was the same because the whole sample experienced it. bWald Chi-squared p-values were reported. Statistically significant p-values (≤0.05) are indicated in bold.