Research Article
Variation in the Prevalence of Domestic Violence between Neighboring Areas
Table 4
Binary logistic regression for risk factors for domestic violence against women in Khuzestan.
| | Characteristic | Type of violence | | Physical | Psychological | Sexual | Any form | | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) |
| | Woman | | | | | | Age | 0.97** (0.95–0.99) | 0.96*** (0.95–0.98) | 1.01 (0.99–1.03) | 0.97** (0.96–0.99) | | Education | 1.14 (0.97–1.34) | 1.19* (1.04–1.37) | 1.48*** (1.22–1.8) | 1.27** (1.11–1.45) | | Employment | 2.45*** (1.50–4.01) | 1.50* (1.08–2.09) | 1.31 (0.68–2.29) | 1.56** (1.13–2.15) | | Age at marriage | 0.99 (0.96–1.03) | 1.02 (0.99–1.05) | 0.95* (0.91–0.99) | 1.01 (0.98–1.04) | | Ethnicity | 2.56*** (1.81–3.63) | 1.13 (0.85–1.51) | 1.83** (1.22–2.75) | 1.40* (1.07–1.84) | | City of residence | 1.82*** (1.53–2.16) | 1.90*** (1.67–2.17) | 1.27* (1.04–1.56) | 1.78*** (1.57–2.02) | | Husband | | | | | | Literacy | 1.23** (1.06–1.42) | 1.03 (0.90–1.17) | 1.08 (0.90–1.30) | 1.01 (0.89–1.14) | | History of psychiatric disorder | 1.93** (1.20–3.11) | 2.52*** (1.62–4.08) | 2.27** (1.32–3.90) | 2.07** (1.30–3.29) |
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OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.
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