Table 3. Bivariate poisson regressions for the events where wife abuses are accepted, N = 1,929.

Variables	Any Abuse				Emotional				Physical
	B	Exp(B)	χ2		B	Exp(B)	χ2		B	Exp(B)	χ2
Ethnicity
Garo	-0.32	0.73	95.36***		-0.18	0.83	24.75***		-0.72	0.49	114.10***
Santal	-0.19	0.83	37.86***		-0.12	0.88	10.63***		-0.39	0.68	41.49***
Bengali		1				1				1
Sex
Male	-0.89	0.41	945.14***		-0.33	0.47	513.29***		-1.37	0.25	440.04***
Female		1				1				1
Age in years
16–25	0.46	1.58	59.55***		0.44	1.55	40.45***		0.49	1.63	19.21***
26–35	0.32	1.38	34.60***		0.36	1.44	32.46***		0.20	1.22	3.53^
36–45	0.21	1.23	13.70***		0.25	1.29	15.33***		0.06	1.06	0.35
46–60		1				1				1
Education
Higher	-0.46	0.63	72.36***		-0.24	0.79	13.70***		-0.97	0.38	97.84***
Secondary	-0.19	0.83	15.67***		-0.02	0.98	0.07		-0.58	0.56	48.59***
Primary	-0.19	0.82	17.22***		0.01	1.00	0.01		-0.66	0.52	67.20***
No schooling		1				1				1
Occupation
Unemployed	0.82	2.28	188.38***		0.67	1.95	188.38***		1.34	3.82	90.65***
Agric farming	0.24	1.28	13.17***		0.19	1.21	13.17*		0.46	1.59	8.77***
Day laborers	0.33	1.39	29.40**		0.28	1.32	29.40***		0.56	1.75	14.98***
Job and others		1				1				1
Family Income
15,000/above	0.01	1.00	0.01		0.02	1.02	0.30		-0.05	0.95	0.56
9,000–14,999	-0.09	0.91	8.80**		-0.05	0.95	2.04		-0.21	0.81	11.95***
Below 9,000		1				1				1
Family Structure
Nuclear	0.04	1.04	2.07		0.06	1.06	3.17^		0.06	0.99	0.04
Joint		1				1				1
Family Residence
Neutral	0.26	1.30	78.30***		0.27	1.31	62.79***		0.23	1.26	15.83***
Matrilocal	-0.15	0.86	16.20***		-0.11	0.90	6.34*		-0.28	0.75	13.55***
Patrilocal		1				1				1
Female Mobility
High	-0.50	0.61	188.01***		-0.42	0.65	100.94***		-0.74	0.48	97.56***
Fair	-0.01	0.99	0.13		0.05	1.05	1.88		-0.17	0.84	9.14***
Low		1				1				1
Female Authority
Good	-0.51	0.60	136.78***		-0.50	0.61	97.63***		-0.55	0.58	39.29***
Fair	-0.43	0.65	240.01***		-0.41	0.66	161.85***		-0.50	0.61	79.94***
Low		1				1				1

^p< .10

*p< .05

**p< .01

***p< .001, B = unstandardized regression coefficient, χ² = Walid Chi-square value