Table 1 Percentage Distribution of Couples by mean age of the Husband age, mean age of the Wife, mean spousal age difference according to domains of violence
From: Spousal age difference and associated predictors of intimate partner violence in Nigeria
Violence domain | Experienced violence status | Husband’s mean age | F-value | Wife’s mean age | F-value | Mean age difference | F-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indicators | \( \left(\overline{\mathrm{x}}\pm \upsigma \right) \) | (p-value) | \( \left(\overline{\mathrm{x}}\pm \upsigma \right) \) | (p-value) | \( \left(\overline{\mathrm{x}}\pm \upsigma \right) \) | (p-value) | |
Total | 36.3 ± 7.4 | 28.1 ± 7.1 | 8.20 ± 5.0 | ||||
IPV | No | 36.1 ± 7.4 | 4.138c | 27.8 ± 7.2 | 27.124a | 8.34 ± 5.1 | 18.284a |
Yes | 36.6 ± 7.2 | (0.042) | 28.8 ± 6.7 | (< 0.001) | 7.72 ± 4.8 | (< 0.001) | |
Emotional | No | 36.2 ± 7.5 | 0.912 | 27.9 ± 7.1 | 12.801a | 8.30 ± 5.1 | 5.452c |
Yes | 36.4 ± 7.0 | (0.340) | 28.7 ± 6.6 | (< 0.001) | 7.82 ± 5.0 | (0.020) | |
Physical | No | 36.2 ± 7.4 | 5.888c | 27.8 ± 7.1 | 36.715a | 8.32 ± 5.1 | 8.349b |
Yes | 36.8 ± 7.3 | (0.150) | 29.4 ± 6.8 | (< 0.001) | 7.56 ± 4.8 | (0.002) | |
Sexual | No | 36.3 ± 7.4 | 0.367 | 28.1 ± 7.1 | 0.097 | 8.20 ± 5.1 | 0.650 |
Yes | 36.0 ± 7.4 | (0.544) | 27.9 ± 7.0 | (0.755) | 8.07 ± 4.7 | (0.206) |