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. 2020 Jul 28;15(7):e0236733. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0236733

Table 1. Descriptives of the respondents’ attitudinally accepted different wife abuses, N = 1,929.

Events Any Abuse Emotional Physical
F % F % F %
1. Failing to prepare tasty meals 262 13.6 242 12.5 20 1.0
2. Burning food during cooking 275 14.3 248 12.9 27 1.4
3. Leaving home without getting husband’s consent 729 37.8 642 33.3 87 4.5
4. Failing to prepare meals on time 319 16.5 299 15.5 20 1.0
5. Expecting to work or earn an income against husband’s willingness 396 20.5 327 17.0 69 3.6
6. Arguing with husband all the time 932 48.3 719 37.3 213 11.0
7. Chatting with a man disliked by the husband 950 49.2 721 37.4 229 11.9
8. Refusing sex to the husband 216 11.2 170 8.8 46 2.4
9. Not wanting to have a baby when husband is interested 603 31.3 430 22.3 173 9.0
10. Getting involved in an extra-marital affair 1141 59.1 567 29.4 574 29.8
Scale Statistics
      Accepted wife abuse on all 10 events 65 3.4 4 0.2 4 0.2
      Accepted wife abuse on 5/more events 548 28.4 335 17.4 57 3.0
      Accepted wife abuse (at least 1 event) 1381 71.6 1303 67.5 658 34.1
M SD M SD M SD
      Sum of the events accepted wife abuse (Range: 0–10) 3.02 2.84 2.26 2.23 0.76 1.42