Table 5.
Association of sociodemographic characteristics and marital status of the male domestic violence perpetrators (n=50) with outcome variable 1
| Variables | Row (%) | Statistical test | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Only abusers | Abusers with alcohol dependence | Abusers with other psychiatric comorbidities | Abusers with any psychiatric comorbidities | ||
| Sociodemographic variables | |||||
| Age | |||||
| ≤42 | 4 (15.4) | 12 (46.2) | 4 (15.4) | 6 (23.1) | Fisher’s exact, P=0.9 |
| >42 | 3 (12.5) | 13 (54.2) | 3 (12.5) | 5 (20.8) | |
| Education (years) | |||||
| ≤6 | 4 (16) | 11 (44) | 4 (16) | 6 (24) | Fisher’s exact, P=0.86 |
| >6 | 3 (12) | 14 (56) | 3 (12) | 5 (20) | |
| Occupation | |||||
| Irregular to work | 3 (8.3) | 17 (47.2) | 5 (13.9) | 11 (30.6) | Fisher’s exact, P=0.03 |
| Regular to work | 4 (28.6) | 8 (57.1) | 2 (14.3) | 0 | |
| Marital status variables | |||||
| Age at marriage (years) | |||||
| </21 | 2 (7.4) | 15 (55.6) | 3 (11.1) | 7 (25.9) | Fisher’s exact, P=0.43 |
| >21 | 5 (21.7) | 10 (43.5) | 4 (17.4) | 4 (17.4) | |
| Duration of marriage (years) | |||||
| </21 | 3 (12.5) | 10 (41.7) | 5 (20.8) | 6 (25) | Fisher’s exact, P=0.54 |
| >21 | 4 (15.4) | 15 (57.7) | 2 (7.7) | 5 (19.2) | |
| Type of marriage | |||||
| Marriage with agreement | 5 (14.7) | 20 (58.8) | 4 (11.8) | 5 (14.7) | Fisher’s exact, P=0.19 |
| Marriage without agreement | 2 (12.5) | 5 (31.3) | 3 (18.8) | 6 (37.5) | |