Table 4 Respondents' socio-demographic characteristics and experience of moderate intimate partner violence* (n = 435)
Characteristics | Groups | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 25–29 | 39.5 | |
30–34 | 30.1 | ||
35–39 | 17.5 | ||
40–45 | 12.9 | ||
Marriage duration (years) | 5–9 | 44.1 | |
10–14 | 22.3 | ||
15–19 | 17.9 | ||
19+ | 15.4 | ||
Situation of job | Housewife | 85.7 | |
Employed or student | 14.3 | ||
Education level | Illiterate, primary and guidance school (up to 8th grade) | 54.5 | |
High school (9th to 12th grade) | 32.0 | ||
Under- and postgraduate | 13.3 | ||
Education level of husband | Illiterate, primary and guidance school (up to 8th grade) | 41.6 | |
High school (9th to 12th grade) | 36.6 | ||
Under- and postgraduate | 21.6 | ||
Ethnicity | Kurd | 65.5 | |
Fars | 20.0 | ||
Lak | 12.6 | ||
Others | 1.8 | ||
Kind of violence | % yes in all respondents | ||
Shouting at the respondent by her husband | 52.2 | ||
Being afraid by the way husband looks at the respondent or gestures | 50.2 | ||
Slamming the doors at home by respondent's husband | 25.3 | ||
Acting like "I have nothing to lose" by respondent's husband | 20.9 | ||
Destroying property by the respondent's husband | 14.7 | ||