Magnitude of Domestic Violence and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women in Hulet Ejju Enessie District, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 1

Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of respondents and their intimate partners, Hulet Ejju Enessie district, northwest Ethiopia, March 2014 ().

Variable	Category	Number	Percentage
Age	15–24	80	18.8
	25–34	239	56.2
	35–49	106	24.9
Religion	Muslim	19	4.5
	Orthodox Christian	406	95.5
Ethnicity	Amhara	424	99.8
	Oromo	1	0.2
Occupation	No job (jobless)/student/daily labourer	15	3.5
	Housewife/farmers	387	91.1
	Government employee/merchant	22	5.2
	Others	1	0.2
Household monthly income	Highest	30	7.1
	High	41	9.6
	Medium	206	48.5
	Poor	98	23.1
	Poorest	50	11.8
Current Marital relationship	Married/lived with a man	420	98.8
	Have regular partner but living apart	5	1.2
Marriage type	Love marriage	32	7.6
	Arranged marriage	383	91.2
	Other	5	1.2
Age at first marriage	≤15 years	250	59.5
	>15 years	170	40.5
Educational status	Illiterate	288	67.8
	Read and write	81	19.1
	Primary (1–8)	31	7.3
	Secondary and above	25	5.9
Partner’s age (years)	<25	35	8.2
	25–35	189	44.5
	>35	196	46.1
Partner’s educational status	Illiterate	182	42.8
	Read and write	176	41.4
	Primary (1–8)	39	9.2
	Secondary and above	23	5.4