Table 2 Participants' opinions about 16 potential causes of IPVAW. Items ranked in descending order of "complete agreement"
% respondents' opinions* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Potential causes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Addiction of a partner | 92.2 | 4.8 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.5 |
Mental disorder of a partner | 88.7 | 8.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
Husband's long term unemployment | 83.0 | 10.3 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 0.0 |
Unsatisfying sexual relationship | 75.9 | 12.2 | 3.0 | 6.9 | 0.5 |
Difficulties at husband's work | 62.1 | 20.5 | 2.3 | 11.5 | 0.3 |
Large age difference between husband and wife | 53.3 | 29.0 | 2.8 | 11.5 | 2.3 |
Unsolved marital conflict | 53.3 | 27.1 | 4.8 | 12.0 | 2.1 |
Economic problems in the household | 45.7 | 30.6 | 1.6 | 18.6 | 2.3 |
Difference in social class between husband and wife | 45.3 | 28.7 | 5.5 | 16.6 | 2.8 |
Poor verbal communication between husband and wife | 43.7 | 33.8 | 3.7 | 10.3 | 7.6 |
Marital instability (threat to survival of the marriage) | 40.2 | 30.1 | 6.2 | 18.9 | 3.9 |
Young age of the partners | 32.9 | 31.5 | 5.1 | 22.8 | 6.7 |
Difficulties in raising children | 29.7 | 44.1 | 3.7 | 16.6 | 4.4 |
Absence of male child | 26.0 | 17.9 | 6.0 | 26.4 | 22.8 |
Amount of dowry/mahrieh | 15.2 | 23.2 | 4.6 | 24.4 | 31.0 |
Disagreement about the share of housework | 12.9 | 18.4 | 5.5 | 22.8 | 38.9 |