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. 2021 Jul 13;25(1):95–105. doi: 10.1007/s00737-021-01143-2

Table 2.

Cumulative proportion of factors in ever married women aged 15–49 interviewed for domestic violence module in Afghanistan, DHS 2015

Variable Percentage
Physical violence 50.52
Sexual violence 7.43
Emotional violence 37.36
Any type of Violence 55.54
Decision-making capacity 64.79
Women’s educational attainment
No education 83.56
Primary 7.80
Secondary 6.77
Higher 1.87
Spousal educational attainment
No education/Don’t know 58.32
Primary 13.53
Secondary 21.36
Higher 6.79
Residence (Rural) 77.79
Age groups
15–19 years 6.22
20–24 years 20.8
25–29 years 21.22
30–34 years 14.80
35–39 years 15.16
40–44 years 10.24
45–49 years 11.78
Wealth index
Poorest 20.38
Poorer 21.01
Middle 20.4
Richer 19.86
Richest 18.35
Occupation
Not working 86.85
Professional/Technical/Managerial 6.32
Agricultural/Self-employed 2.39
Clerical/Services/Unskilled & Skilled laborer 4.44
Living children
No children 10.00
1–2 children 24.61
3–4 children 26.18
5–16 children 39.21
Attitudinal acceptance of IPV 80.56
Father ever beat mother 38.51

All variables are expressed as proportions (in %)