Factors Associated with Attitude towards Wife-Beating among Married Women of the Reproductive Ages in Arba Minch Town, Southern Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Individual and household characteristics of currently married women at Arba Minch town, Southern Ethiopia, March 2017.

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percentage
Marriage arranged by	Both partners	611	87.8
	Others	85	12.2
Age difference with the partner	<10 yrs	516	74.1
	10 or more yrs	180	25.9
Household food security	Food secure	267	38.4
	Food insecure	429	61.6
Women occupation	Housewife	308	44.4
	Government employee	203	29.3
	Student, daily laborer	63	9.1
	Merchant, NGO employee	120	17.3
Partner’s occupation	Government employee	310	44.7
	Student, daily laborer	78	11.2
	Merchant, NGO employee	259	37.3
	Others	47	6.8
Family size	0–3	146	21.0
	4–7	494	71.0
	8 and above	54	7.8
Women’s educational status	No formal education	128	18.4
	Primary-level education	94	13.5
	Secondary education and above	474	68.1
Partner’s educational status	No formal education	126	18.1
	Primary-level education	401	57.6
	Secondary education and above	169	24.3
Woman’s age	Less than 30	433	62.2
	30–39	171	24.6
	40 and above	92	13.2
Partner’s age	Less than 30	248	35.6
	30–39	182	26.1
	40 and above	266	38.2
Household wealth index	Low	248	35.6
	Middle	359	51.6
	High	89	12.8
Household decision making	Low decision making	126	18.1
	High decision making	570	81.9
Partner drinks alcohol	Yes	264	37.9
	No	432	62.1
Partner chews khat	Yes	160	23.0
	No	536	77.0
Partner’s history of drug use	Not a user	383	55.0
	User	313	45.0
Exposure to mass media	Yes	626	89.9
	No	70	10.1
Years in marriage	<10 years	423	60.8
	≥10 years	253	36.4
	Do not know	20	2.9

Parents, relatives, siblings, community elders, and religious leaders.