Table 4 Distribution of domestic and social violence in term of economic and social characteristics of participants
Violence | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | Domestic Violence | Social Violence | ||||
Frequency | (%) | P value | Frequency | (%) | P value* | |
Gender | ||||||
male | 1324 | 10.8 | > 0.003 | 1055 | 8.6 | > 0.001 |
female | 1484 | 12.1 | 295 | 2.4 | ||
Residency | ||||||
Urban | 2026 | 11.3 | 0.424 | 1045 | 5.9 | > 0.001 |
Rural | 782 | 11.6 | 305 | 4.5 | ||
Age groups | ||||||
15–24 | 455 | 13.5 | > 0.001 | 273 | 8.1 | > 0.001 |
25–44 | 1198 | 13 | 659 | 7.1 | ||
45–64 | 872 | 1.2 | 354 | 4.2 | ||
≥ 65 | 282 | 8.2 | 63 | 1.8 | ||
Marriage status | ||||||
Married | 2040 | 11.4 | > 0.001 | 839 | 4.7 | > 0.001 |
Widowed | 126 | 9.6 | 26 | 2 | ||
Divorced | 53 | 16.9 | 35 | 11.2 | ||
Single | 12 | 19.7 | 5 | 8.2 | ||
Separated | 570 | 11.8 | 441 | 9.1 | ||
Education | ||||||
Illiterate and | 450 | 10.3 | > 0.001 | 94 | 2.1 | > 0.001 |
Read &Wright | 719 | 12.7 | 309 | 55 | ||
Elementary & secondary | 742 | 12 | 396 | 6.4 | ||
Diploma | 715 | 11.1 | 416 | 6.4 | ||
Above diploma & | 174 | 9.6 | 126 | 6.9 | ||
Job status | ||||||
Bachelor | 1066 | 10.8 | > 0.001 | 850 | 8.6 | > 0.001 |
Master and above | 254 | 16.4 | 132 | 8.5 | ||
Employed | 256 | 12.4 | 135 | 6.5 | ||
Unemployed | 983 | 12.3 | 142 | 1.8 | ||
Student | 32 | 15 | 8 | 3.7 | ||
Housewife | 206 | 7.4 | 78 | 2.8 | ||