The Nexus between Child Marriage and Women Empowerment with Physical Violence in Two Culturally Distinct States of India

Table 4

Mean differences in age at marriage by experience of physical violence in the last 12 months, NFHS-3 2006-07, India.

Experience of physical violence in the last 12 months	India			Bihar			Tamil Nadu
	Mean		SD	Mean		SD	Mean		SD
No	17.41	8232	2.646	16.7	199	2.439	18.44	363	2.517
Yes	16.38	2282	2.374	16.08	174	1.995	17.64	160	2.556
Total	17.19	10514	2.624	16.41	373	2.261	18.2	523	2.553