Table 4.
The Relationship between Demographic Characteristics and Abuse Status
| Variable | No | Abuse No (%) |
No Abuse No (%) |
aChi- square |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employment status | |||||
| ● Employed | 257 | 118 (45.9) | 139 (54.1) | 22.422 | .000 |
| ● Housewife | 1536 | 477 (31.1) | 1059 (68.9) | ||
| ● Retired | 4 | 2((50) | 2 (50) | ||
| Educational level | |||||
| ● Illiterate | 179 | 42 (23.5) | 137 (76.5) | ||
| ● Undergraduate | 822 | 252 (30.7) | 570 (69.3) | ||
| ● Graduate | 765 | 292 (38.2) | 473 (61.8) | 19.597 | .001 |
| ● Postgraduate | 31 | 12 (38.7) | 19 (61.3) | ||
| Residence | |||||
| ● Unknown | 19 | 8 (42.1) | 11 (57.9) | ||
| ● City | 1495 | 490 (32.8) | 1005 (67.2) | 1.773 | .635 |
| ● Village | 283 | 100 (35.3) | 183 (64.7) | ||
| Home type | |||||
| ● Owned | 1074 | 367 (34.2) | 707 (65.8) | 1.002 | .317 |
| ● Rent | 721 | 230 (31.9) | 491 (68.1) | ||
| Family income | |||||
| ● < SAR 5000 | 633 | 213 (33.6) | 420 (66.4) | .061 | .805 |
| ● > SAR 5000 | 1161 | 384 (33.1) | 777 (66.9) | ||
| Social status | |||||
| ● Single | 404 | 158 (39.1) | 246 (60.9) | ||
| ● Married | 1295 | 394 (30.4) | 901 (69.6) | 29.330 | .000 |
| ● Divorce | 46 | 29 (63) | 17 (37) | ||
| ● Widow | 56 | 18 (32.1) | 38 (67.9) | ||
| Marriage duration | |||||
| ● < 5 years | 362 | 120 (33.1) | 242 (66.9) | ||
| ● 5–10 years | 349 | 108 (30.9) | 241 (69.4) | 8.11 | .044 |
| ● ≥ 10 years | 671 | 205 (30.6) | 466 (69.4) | ||
| Financial dependence on Alhusband | |||||
| ● Yes | 1065 | 298 (28) | 767 (72) | 21.191 | .000 |
| ● No | 309 | 129 (41.7) | 180 (58.3) | ||
aChi-Square Test