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Variation in the Prevalence of Domestic Violence between Neighboring Areas

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of women participants in Khuzestan based on ethnic group.


Characteristic	Total ( )		Arab ()		Non-Arab ()				value
					Fars ()		Lur ()
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%

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

Some values missing.