Risk Factors of Domestic Violence in Iran

Table 4

Logistic regression analysis of risk factors of lifetime prevalence of domestic violence.

Variable	Coefficient estimate	𝑃 value	Odds ratio	CI for OR
Characteristics of wives
College education			Reference
High school graduate	0.056	0.81	1.05	0.66–1.68
Elementary	0.18	0.35	1.20	0.81–1.79
Married women			Reference
Divorced	1.69	0.004	5.46	1.70–17.5
Widow	0.26	0.44	1.30	0.65–2.59
Mental illness	0.48	0.07	1.62	0.94–2.79
Physical illness	0.07	0.67	0.92	0.64–1.33
Handicapped children	0.30	0.44	1.35	0.62–2.94
Tehran			Reference
Hashtgerd rural	0.004	0.98	1.00	0.67–1.50
Hashtgerd urban	0.51	0.009	1.68	1.13–1.50
Spouse’s characteristics
Age	0.006	0.30	1.00	0.99–1.02
College education			Reference
High school graduate	0.26	0.17	1.30	0.88–1.92
Elementary	0.46	0.05	1.59	1.0–2.54
Physical illness	0.04	0.82	1.04	0.70–1.55
Mental illness	0.53	0.08	1.70	0.92–3.12
Smoking	1.87	0.0001	6.50	2.73–15.6