Association between Intimate Partner Violence and Abortion in Nepal: A Pooled Analysis of Nepal Demographic and Health Surveys (2011 and 2016)

Table 3

Characteristics of the study participants who experienced intimate partner violence in Nepal (2011-2016).

Characteristics	Categories	Total women ()	%	Violence-experienced women ()	% of violence
Ecological region	Mountain	272	9.1	61	7.3
	Hill	1368	46.0	280	33.4
	Terai	1338	44.9	498	59.3
Household wealth status (quintiles)	Poorest	711	23.9	206	24.6
	Poorer	583	19.6	189	22.5
	Middle	600	20.2	210	25.1
	Richer	584	19.6	152	18.2
	Richest	500	16.8	82	9.8
Women’s education	None	1112	37.3	443	52.8
	Primary	572	19.2	164	19.5
	Secondary or higher	1294	43.5	232	27.7
Husband’s education	None	489	16.4	232	27.7
	Primary	666	22.4	233	27.7
	Secondary or higher	1823	61.2	374	44.6
Ethnicity	Brahman/Chhetri	999	33.6	187	22.3
	Janajati	975	32.7	245	29.2
	Dalit	492	16.5	177	21.1
	Other (e.g., Muslims)	512	17.2	230	27.5
Age group in years	15-24	1181	39.7	308	36.7
	25-34	1421	47.7	407	48.5
	35-49	376	12.6	124	14.7
Living children	0	87	2.9	22	2.6
	1	1026	34.4	209	24.9
	2	905	30.4	231	27.5
	≥3	960	32.3	377	45.0
Women decision making on own health care	Involvement of husband or family member	1254	42.1	391	46.6
	Involvement of husband and women	1020	34.2	253	30.2
	Involvement of respondent alone	704	23.7	195	23.2
Husband’s alcohol drinking habit	No	1550	52.0	325	38.8
	Yes	1428	48.0	514	61.2