Table 3 Percentage of women with disability reporting experience of violence by selected background characteristics and p-values from chi-square test
From: Hidden voices: prevalence and risk factors for violence against women with disabilities in Nepal
Characteristics | Lifetime | Past year | N | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | ||
Women’s age | ** | ns | |||
<20 | 17 | 58.6 | 12 | 41.4 | 29 |
20-35 | 90 | 61.6 | 64 | 43.8 | 146 |
36-64 | 133 | 61.3 | 96 | 44.2 | 217 |
65 and over | 34 | 41.0 | 28 | 33.7 | 83 |
Caste/ethnicity | ns | ns | |||
Upper caste group | 120 | 58.3 | 88 | 42.7 | 206 |
Relatively advantaged indigenous groups | 71 | 51.1 | 52 | 37.4 | 139 |
Disadvantaged indigenous groups | 33 | 73.3 | 22 | 48.9 | 45 |
Non-touchable group (Dalit) | 50 | 58.8 | 38 | 44.7 | 85 |
Women’s education | ns | ns | |||
Illiterate | 128 | 57.1 | 94 | 42.0 | 224 |
Non formal education/1-5 years of schooling | 76 | 62.8 | 57 | 47.1 | 121 |
6-10 years of schooling | 44 | 55.0 | 31 | 38.8 | 80 |
Over 10 years | 26 | 52.0 | 18 | 36.0 | 50 |
Number of living children | * | ns | |||
Unmarried, no child | 80 | 51.6 | 55 | 35.5 | 155 |
Married, no child | 15 | 51.7 | 12 | 41.4 | 29 |
1-2 | 75 | 68.2 | 52 | 47.3 | 110 |
3 and over | 104 | 57.5 | 81 | 44.8 | 181 |
Women’s occupation | * | * | |||
Not working | 180 | 54.1 | 128 | 38.4 | 333 |
Working for pay | 94 | 66.2 | 72 | 50.7 | 142 |
Wealth quintile | ns | ns | |||
Lowest | 62 | 65.3 | 42 | 44.2 | 95 |
Second | 52 | 55.9 | 44 | 47.3 | 93 |
Middle | 54 | 55.7 | 41 | 42.3 | 97 |
Fourth | 55 | 57.9 | 39 | 41.1 | 95 |
Highest | 51 | 53.7 | 34 | 35.8 | 95 |
Exposure to radio | ns | ns | |||
Never/not applicable | 104 | 60.1 | 78 | 45.1 | 173 |
Rarely | 48 | 49.0 | 33 | 33.7 | 98 |
Sometimes (2–3 days a week) | 56 | 60.2 | 40 | 43.0 | 93 |
Almost everyday | 66 | 59.5 | 49 | 44.1 | 111 |
Disability status | ns | ns | |||
Blind or deaf | 66 | 55.9 | 55 | 46.6 | 118 |
Other physical disability but no blind | 208 | 58.3 | 145 | 40.6 | 357 |
Decision making | ns | ns | |||
Self | 56 | 59.6 | 38 | 40.4 | 94 |
Joint | 4 | 33.3 | 4 | 33.3 | 12 |
Other family member | 214 | 58.0 | 158 | 42.8 | 369 |
Able to visit friends or relatives | ns | ns | |||
Yes | 93 | 55.0 | 64 | 37.9 | 169 |
No | 181 | 59.2 | 136 | 44.4 | 306 |
Able to visit health center or hospital | ns | * | |||
Yes | 93 | 55.4 | 59 | 35.1 | 168 |
No | 181 | 59.0 | 141 | 45.9 | 307 |
Able to visit any organization | ns | ** | |||
Yes | 74 | 52.9 | 46 | 32.9 | 140 |
No | 200 | 59.7 | 154 | 46.0 | 335 |
Able to hold membership in the community group | ns | ns | |||
Yes | 80 | 57.1 | 53 | 37.9 | 140 |
No | 194 | 57.9 | 147 | 43.9 | 335 |
Agrees with justifying husband beating his wife for any reason | ns | ns | |||
Agree | 116 | 56.9 | 89 | 43.6 | 204 |
Disagree | 158 | 58.3 | 111 | 41.0 | 271 |
Whether a wife can refuse sex with her husband for any reason | * | * | |||
Yes | 49 | 71.0 | 37 | 53.6 | 69 |
No | 225 | 55.4 | 163 | 40.1 | 406 |
Total | 274 | 57.7 | 200 | 42.1 | 475 |