Table 5 Percentages of the complete agreement on items reaching > 50% complete agreement by group of respondents
Potential triggers, causes and consequences | All | Experience of non-physical violencea | Occupation | Husband's education | Husband's ethnicity | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | House wife | Work or study | Up to grade 8 | High school | Graduate | Kurd | Fars | Lak | ||
Number of respondentsb | 435 | 319 | 115 | 373 | 62 | 181 | 159 | 94 | 294 | 73 | 56 |
Triggers | |||||||||||
Unpleasant verbal communication | 88.5 | 89.3 | 87.0 | 89.0 | 85.5 | 89.0 | 89.3 | 86.2 | 87.4 | 87.7 | 94.6 |
Unsuitable clothes | 86.9 | 88.1 | 84.3 | 88.7* | 75.8* | 90.1* | 86.8 | 80.9* | 85.7 | 89.0 | 91.1 |
Suspicion of infidelity | 75.9 | 77.4 | 72.2 | 76.9 | 69.4 | 78.5 | 74.8 | 72.3 | 75.2* | 69.9° | 87.5*° |
Arguing back | 72.9 | 76.5° | 63.5° | 75.1* | 59.7* | 80.7* | 73.6° | 57.4*° | 71.8 | 78.1 | 73.2 |
Not obeying | 69.2 | 72.7° | 59.1° | 71.8* | 53.2* | 77.9* | 68.6° | 54.3*° | 68.4 | 75.3 | 69.6 |
Quarrel about in-laws | 65.7 | 69.6° | 55.7° | 67.8* | 53.2* | 67.4* | 70.4° | 55.3*° | 65.0 | 71.2 | 66.1 |
Causes | |||||||||||
Addiction | 92.2 | 92.8 | 91.3 | 92.8 | 88.7 | 93.4 | 91.8 | 90.4 | 93.2 | 90.4 | 91.1 |
Mental disease | 88.7 | 91.2° | 82.6° | 90.1* | 80.6* | 89.5 | 87.4 | 89.4 | 89.8 | 86.3 | 85.7 |
Unemployment | 83 | 83.4 | 82.6 | 83.4 | 80.6 | 82.9 | 84.9 | 79.8 | 82.0 | 90.4 | 78.6 |
Unsatisfying sexual relationship | 75.9 | 74.6 | 80.0 | 76.7 | 71.0 | 77.9 | 76.1 | 72.3 | 73.1 | 80.8 | 82.1 |
Husband's work problems | 62.1 | 63.9 | 57.4 | 64.9* | 45.2* | 66.3* | 67.9° | 44.7*° | 61.6 | 65.8 | 57.1 |
Age difference | 53.3 | 54.5 | 50.4 | 54.7 | 45.2 | 56.9 | 52.2 | 48.9 | 51.4 | 61.6 | 51.8 |
Marital conflict | 53.3 | 54.2 | 51.3 | 51.7 | 62.9 | 53.0 | 52.2 | 55.3 | 52.7 | 60.3 | 53.6 |
Consequences | |||||||||||
Mental problems of children | 81.4 | 82.1 | 80.0 | 83.1* | 71.0* | 84.5* | 83.0° | 72.3*° | 81.3 | 86.3 | 75.0 |
Mental problems of wife | 80.2 | 81.8 | 76.5 | 82.3* | 67.7* | 84.5* | 81.8° | 69.1*° | 80.6 | 82.2 | 78.6 |
Learning problems of children | 69.9 | 69.9 | 70.4 | 71.0 | 62.9 | 74.6 | 67.9 | 63.8 | 68.4* | 82.2*° | 58.9° |
Inability of wife/mother to do her duties | 67.4 | 68.7 | 64.3 | 70.8* | 46.8* | 71.8* | 71.7° | 51.1*° | 68.7 | 68.5 | 62.5 |
Mental problems of husband | 63.2 | 66.5° | 54.8° | 63.3 | 62.9 | 61.3 | 64.2 | 64.9 | 62.6 | 71.2 | 57.1 |
Marital instability | 61.8 | 64.6 | 54.8 | 63.3 | 53.2 | 61.3 | 66.0 | 55.3 | 62.2 | 67.1 | 55.4 |