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Table 2 Percentage Distribution of women by Experienced Violence types

From: Spousal age difference and associated predictors of intimate partner violence in Nigeria

Background

IPV

χ2-value

Emotional

χ2-value

Physical

χ2-value

Sexual

χ2-value

Variables

 

(p-value)

Violence

(p-value)

Violence

(p-value)

Violence

(p-value)

Total

23.5 (1589)

 

18.0 (1218)

 

13.5 (912)

 

4.7 (318)

 

Number of living children

89.4a

 

64.4a

 

63.2a

 

6.4

 None

12.0 (96)

(< 0.001)

9.4 (75)

(< 0.001)

5.9 (47)

(< 0.001)

3.5 (28)

(0.094)

 1–2

22.2 (561)

 

17.1 (431)

 

12.3 (310)

 

4.3 (108)

 

 3–4

28.3 (585)

 

22.0 (455)

 

16.4 (338)

 

5.1 (106)

 

 5+

25.2 (347)

 

18.6 (257)

 

15.7 (217)

 

5.5 (76)

 

Residence

 

1.89

 

0.864

 

3.089

 

21.8a

 Urban

24.5 (576)

(0.169)

18.6 (438)

(0.353)

14.5 (341)

(0.079)

3.1 (72)

(< 0.001)

 Rural

23.0 (1013)

 

17.7 (780)

 

12.9 (571)

 

5.6 (246)

 

Ethnicity

 

367.5a

 

242.9a

 

304.7a

 

95.5a

 Hausa/Fulani

11.4 (291)

(< 0.001)

9.4 (241)

(< 0.001)

4.4 (112)

(< 0.001)

2.8 (71)

(< 0.001)

Igbo

28.0 (161)

 

24.0 (138)

 

15.3 (88)

 

4.3 (25)

 

 Yoruba

24.5 (221)

 

16.2 (146)

 

17.2 (155)

 

1.4 (13)

 

 Others

33.5 (916)

 

25.3 (693)

 

20.4 (557)

 

7.6 (209)

 

Religion

 

297.5a

 

191.3a

 

359.7a

 

11.3b

 Christian

33.8 (952)

(< 0.001)

25.4 (715)

(< 0.001)

22.6 (635)

(< 0.001)

5.7 (161)

(0.004)

 Muslims

15.8 (605)

 

12.4 (475)

 

6.6 (254)

 

4.0 (153)

 

 Others

28.8 (32)

 

25.2 (28)

 

20.7 (23)

 

3.6 (4)

 

Household wealth

20.1a

 

5.68

 

20.6a

 

20.5a

 Poor

20.8 (595)

(< 0.001)

16.8 (480)

(0.058)

11.3 (323)

(< 0.001)

5.6 (161)

(< 0.001)

 Middle

25.8 (313)

 

19.6 (238)

 

15.4 (187)

 

5.7 (69)

 

 Rich

25.3 (681)

 

18.6 (500)

 

14.9 (402)

 

3.3 (88)

 

Education

 

198.4a

 

114.8a

 

246.7a

 

19.5a

 None

16.0 (467)

(< 0.001)

12.8 (374)

(< 0.001)

7.1 (206)

(< 0.001)

4.0 (116)

(< 0.001)

 Primary

32.5 (439)

 

23.9 (323)

 

21.9 (296)

 

6.7 (91)

 

 Secondary

29.6 (581)

 

22.5 (441)

 

18.8 (368)

 

4.8 (95)

 

 Higher

19.0 (102)

 

14.9 (80)

 

7.8 (42)

 

3.0 (16)

 

Marriage type

 

0.672

 

0.616

 

0.969

 

0.698

 Monogamy

23.7 (1292)

(0.412)

18.1 (990)

(0.432)

13.6 (745)

(0.325)

4.6 (251)

(0.403)

 Polygamy

22.6 (285)

 

17.2 (217)

 

12.6 (159)

 

5.1 (65)

 

Marital Duration

30.7a

 

23.4a

 

24.2a

 

2.8

 0–4

19.0 (336)

(< 0.001)

14.7 (260)

(< 0.001)

10.1 (178)

(< 0.001)

4.1 (73)

(0.425)

 5–9

25.8 (412)

 

20.4 (327)

 

14.7 (235)

 

4.5 (72)

 

 10–14

26.2 (394)

 

19.9 (299)

 

14.7 (222)

 

5.2 (79)

 

 15+

23.7 (447)

 

17.6 (332)

 

14.7 (277)

 

5.0 (94)

 

Husband drinking alcohol

403.8a

 

309.7a

 

502.6a

 

33.6

 No

18.5 (1027)

(< 0.001)

14.1 (781)

(< 0.001)

9.1 (501)

(< 0.001)

4.0 (221)

(< 0.001)

 Yes

45.4 (560)

 

35.4 (437)

 

33.2 (409)

 

7.9 (97)

 

Husband’s Education

159.3a

 

89.9a

 

184.7a

 

8.7c

 None

15.2 (343)

(< 0.001)

12.3 (278)

(< 0.001)

6.5 (146)

(< 0.001)

4.0 (90)

(0.033)

 Primary

30.6 (390)

 

23.1 (295)

 

19.6 (250)

 

6.1 (78)

 

 Secondary

28.9 (623)

 

21.4 (462)

 

18.3 (395)

 

4.7 (102)

 

 Higher

21.8 (223)

 

17.3 (177)

 

11.2 (114)

 

4.3 (44)

 

Number of marital union

3.133

 

2.369

 

2.23a

 

7.0b

 1

23.0 (1102)

(0.077)

17.7 (845)

(0.124)

13.1 (629)

(0.136)

4.3 (207)

0.008

 2+

25.1 (471)

 

19.3 (362)

 

14.5 (273)

 

5.9 (110)

 

Empowerment

 

28.6a

 

16.7a

 

20.7a

 

0.611

 Low

21.0 (516)

(< 0.001)

16.1 (397)

(< 0.001)

12.1 (299)

(< 0.001)

4.3 (106)

(0.434)

 High

28.1 (486)

 

21.1 (364)

 

17.1 (296)

 

3.8 (66)

 
  1. IPV Intimate partner violence
  2. aSignificant at 0.1%; bSignificant at 1.0%; cSignificant at 5.0%