Research Article
The Nexus between Child Marriage and Women Empowerment with Physical Violence in Two Culturally Distinct States of India
Table 2
Profile of the respondents in the age group 20–24 and their partner, NFHS-3 2006-07, India.
| Background characteristics | India | Bihar | Tamil Nadu |
| Witnessed father beating mother | | | | No | 75.5 | 66.1 | 57.6 | Yes | 18.6 | 24.5 | 39.4 | Do not know | 5.8 | 9.4 | 3.1 | Wife beating justified | | | | Not justified | 44.9 | 46.2 | 32.8 | Justified any one reason | 55.1 | 53.8 | 67.2 | Husband consuming alcohol | | | | No | 66.6 | 60.1 | 62 | Yes | 33.4 | 39.9 | 38 | Educational level of respondent | | | | No education | 33.8 | 58.7 | 13.6 | Primary | 15.8 | 12.6 | 18.5 | Secondary | 45.1 | 26.8 | 56 | Higher | 5.4 | 1.9 | 11.9 | Husband’s education | | | | No education | 20.1 | 34.6 | 12 | Primary | 15.0 | 11.8 | 18.4 | Secondary | 53.5 | 42.4 | 57.7 | Higher | 10.8 | 10.2 | 11.9 | Do not know | 0.7 | 1.1 | — | Occupation of the respondent | | | | Not working | 69.4 | 79.6 | 68.6 | Agricultural | 18.7 | 15.5 | 13.2 | Nonagricultural | 4.6 | 2.4 | 6.7 | Manual labor | 7.3 | 2.4 | 11.5 | Husband’s occupation | | | | Not working | 1.1 | 2.7 | 0.2 | Agricultural | 24.6 | 21.7 | 17.6 | Nonagricultural | 30.6 | 31.9 | 23.5 | Manual labor | 43.6 | 43.7 | 58.7 | Spousal age difference | | | | Less than 5 years | 41.9 | 40.2 | 35 | 5 to 9 years | 41.7 | 44.5 | 45.5 | 10 and above | 16.4 | 15.3 | 19.5 | Place of residence | | | | Urban | 39.4 | 35.1 | 53.5 | Rural | 60.6 | 64.9 | 46.5 | Household structure | | | | Nuclear | 46.4 | 43.3 | 61.6 | Nonnuclear | 53.6 | 56.7 | 38.4 | Household wealth | | | | Poor (40) | 34.4 | 54.4 | 19.5 | Middle (20) | 46.6 | 33.2 | 64.2 | Rich (40) | 19.0 | 12.3 | 16.3 | Caste/tribe | | | | SC/ST | 33.2 | 15.0 | 31.2 | Others | 66.8 | 85.0 | 68.8 | Religion | | | | Hindu | 74.8 | 80.4 | 88.9 | Muslim | 14.4 | 19.3 | 5 | Others | 10.9 | 0.3 | 6.1 | Total () | 10514 | 373 | 523 |
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