Research Article
Risk Factors of Domestic Violence in Iran
Table 1
Summary statistics of demographic characteristics of the studied women grouped based on location and type of residency (
).
| | Variable | Hashtgerd (urban)
() | Hashtgerd (rural)
() | Tehran
() | value |
| | Education | | | | 0.0001 | | Elementary | 120 (47.6) | 107 (43.3) | 60 (12.2) | | | High school graduate | 51 (20.2) | 71 (28.7) | 72 (14.4) | | | College | 81 (32.1) | 69 (27.9) | 369 (73.7) | | | Occupation | | | | 0.0001 | | Housekeeper | 232 (92.1) | 238 (96.4) | 335 (66.9) | | | Employed | 12 (4.8) | 5 (2.0) | 99 (19.8) | | | Other | 8 (3.2) | 4 (1.6) | 67 (13.4) | | | Current marital status | | | | 0.02 | | Married | 226 (89.7) | 237 (96.0) | 466 (93.0) | | | Divorced | 5 (2.0) | 5 (2.0) | 12 (2.4) | | | Widow | 21 (8.3) | 5 (2.0) | 23 (4.6) | | | Home ownership | | | | 0.0001 | | Owned | 164 (65.1) | 205 (83.0) | 319 (63.7) | | | Rented | 68 (27.0) | 34 (13.8) | 173 (34.5) | | | Other | 20 (7.9) | 8 (3.2) | 9 (1.8) | | | Physical illness | | | | 0.20 | | Yes | 67 (26.6) | 51 (20.6) | 108 (21.6) | | | No | 185 (73.4) | 196 (79.4) | 393 (78.4) | | | Mental illness | | | | 0.66 | | Yes | 21 (8.3) | 17 (6.9) | 33 (6.6) | | | No | 231 (91.7) | 230 (93.1) | 468 (93.4) | | | Handicapped children | | | | 0.60 | | Yes | 10 (4.0) | 8 (3.2) | 14 (2.8) | | | No | 242 (96.0) | 239 (96.8) | 486 (97.2) | |
| | Spouse’s demographic information | | Education | | | | 0.0001 | | Elementary | 104 (41.4) | 85 (34.4) | 41 (8.2) | | | High school graduated | 54 (21.5) | 85 (34.4) | 75 (15.1) | | | Academic | 93 (37.1) | 77 (31.2) | 382 (76.7) | | | Occupation | | | | 0.0001 | | Unemployed | 9 (3.6) | 14 (5.7) | 20 (4.0) | | | Worker/farmer | 146 (58.2) | 157 (63.6) | 177 (35.5) | | | Clerk/retired | 71 (28.3) | 65 (26.3) | 273 (54.8) | | | Other | 25 (10.0) | 11 (4.5) | 28 (5.6) | | | Physical illness | | | | 0.01 | | Yes | 56 (22.3) | 41 (16.6) | 70 (14.1) | | | No | 195 (77.7) | 206 (83.4) | 428 (85.9) | | | Mental illness | | | | 0.40 | | Yes | 16 (6.4) | 10 (4.0) | 29 (5.8) | | | No | 235 (93.6) | 237 (96.0) | 469 (94.2) | | | Smoking | | | | 0.30 | | Yes | 67 (26.7) | 73 (29.5) | 134 (26.9) | | | No | 184 (73.3) | 174 (70.4) | 364 (73.1) | |
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