Table 6.
Association of sociodemographic and marital status of the male domestic violence perpetrators (n=50) with outcome variable 2
| Variables | Row (%) | Statistical test | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simple domestic violence | Complicated domestic violence | ||
| Sociodemographic variables | |||
| Age | |||
| ≤42 | 19 (73.1) | 7 (26.9) | Fisher’s exact, P=0.9 |
| >42 | 18 (75) | 6 (25) | |
| Education (years) | |||
| ≤6 | 19 (76) | 6 (24) | Fisher’s exact, P=0.9 |
| >6 | 18 (72) | 7 (28) | |
| Occupation | |||
| Irregular to work | 25 (69.4) | 11 (30.6) | Fisher’s exact, P=0.30 |
| Regular to work | 12 (85.7) | 2 (14.3) | |
| Variables related to marital status | |||
| Age at marriage (years) | |||
| ≤21 | 18 (66.7) | 9 (33.3) | Chi-square, P=0.33 |
| >21 | 19 (82.6) | 4 (17.4) | |
| Duration of marriage (years) | |||
| ≤21 | 17 (70.8) | 7 (29.2) | Chi-square, P=0.75 |
| >21 | 20 (76.9) | 6 (23.1) | |
| Type of marriage | |||
| With agreement | 30 (88.2) | 4 (11.8) | Chi-square, P=0.02 |
| Without agreement | 7 (43.8) | 9 (56.3) | |
| Variables related to alcohol use | |||
| Alcohol dependence | |||
| No | 14 (37.8) | 0 | Chi square, P=0.01 |
| Yes | 23 (62.2) | 13 (100) | |
| Audit score | |||
| 0 | 3 (8) | 0 | Fisher’s exact, P=0.04 |
| 1-7 | 11 (29) | 0 | |
| 8-15 | 9 (24) | 3 (23) | |
| ≥16 | 14 (37) | 10 (76) | |
| Suspicion of infidelity (paranoia) | |||
| No | 34 (91) | 5 (38) | Chi-square, P=0.001 |
| Yes | 3 (9) | 8 (62) | |
| Course of alcohol consumption | |||
| Continuous | 33 | 10 | Fisher’s exact, P=0.25 |
| Episodic | 4 | 3 | |
| Duration of alcohol consumption (years) | |||
| 1-10 | 16 | 3 | Fisher’s exact, P=0.172 |
| 11-20 | 8 | 4 | |
| 21-30 | 4 | 5 | |
| >30 | 6 | 1 | |