Research Article
Variation in the Prevalence of Domestic Violence between Neighboring Areas
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of women participants in Khuzestan based on ethnic group.
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Characteristic | Total ( ) |
Arab () | Non-Arab () | value | | | | | Fars () | Lur () | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % |
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Age (years) | | | | | | | | | <0.001 | <18 | 24 | 1.3 | 14 | 2.7 | 8 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.5 | | 18–24 | 538 | 29.6 | 191 | 36.4 | 221 | 25.6 | 108 | 27.8 | | 25–29 | 549 | 30.2 | 144 | 27.4 | 259 | 30.0 | 138 | 35.6 | | 30–34 | 349 | 19.2 | 95 | 18.1 | 171 | 19.8 | 81 | 20.9 | | 35–39 | 206 | 11.3 | 61 | 11.6 | 108 | 12.5 | 35 | 9.0 | | ≥40 | 151 | 8.3 | 20 | 3.8 | 95 | 11.0 | 24 | 6.2 | | Woman’s education | | | | | | | | | <0.001 | Illiterate | 75 | 4.7 | 39 | 7.5 | 19 | 2.2 | 15 | 3.9 | | Elementary school | 257 | 14.2 | 147 | 28.1 | 36 | 4.2 | 74 | 19.1 | | Less than high school | 369 | 20.4 | 161 | 30.8 | 130 | 15.1 | 74 | 19.1 | | High school | 773 | 42.7 | 133 | 25.4 | 437 | 50.6 | 179 | 46.3 | | College | 337 | 18.6 | 43 | 8.2 | 238 | 27.5 | 45 | 11.6 | | Woman’s occupation | | | | | | | | | <0.0001 | Housewife | 1521 | 83.6 | 472 | 90.9 | 669 | 77.5 | 360 | 93.0 | | Employed | 287 | 15.8 | 47 | 9.1 | 194 | 22.5 | 27 | 7.0 | | Woman’s age at marriage (years) | | | | | | | | | <0.001 | <18 | 425 | 23.4 | 177 | 33.8 | 142 | 16.4 | 102 | 26.3 | 18–24 | 1144 | 63.0 | 289 | 55.2 | 606 | 70.1 | 220 | 56.7 | 25–29 | 209 | 11.5 | 49 | 8.8 | 97 | 11.2 | 59 | 15.2 | ≥30 | 39 | 2.1 | 12 | 2.3 | 20 | 2.3 | 7 | 1.8 | | Husband’s education | | | | | | | | | <0.001 | Illiterate | 60 | 3.3 | 29 | 5.6 | 13 | 1.5 | 17 | 4.4 | | Elementary school | 214 | 11.8 | 103 | 19.9 | 48 | 5.6 | 62 | 16.0 | | Less than high school | 458 | 25.2 | 192 | 37.1 | 147 | 17.0 | 109 | 28.1 | | High school | 651 | 35.8 | 139 | 26.8 | 359 | 41.5 | 136 | 35.1 | | College | 428 | 23.5 | 55 | 10.6 | 297 | 34.3 | 64 | 16.5 | | Consanguineous marriage | | | | | | | | | <0.001 | Yes | 749 | 41.2 | 273 | 52.0 | 243 | 28.1 | 224 | 57.7 | | No | 1071 | 58.8 | 252 | 48.0 | 621 | 71.9 | 164 | 42.3 | |
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Some values missing.
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