Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of women and associations with domestic violence due to husband’s drinking behavior
Socio-demographic variables | Total N = 660 | Overall domestic violence | Overall P value | Husband alcohol drinking behavior | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Drinker | Non-drinker | ||||||
DV | Total | DV | Total | ||||
n = 109 | n = 327 | n = 56 | n = 333 | ||||
Age of women | 0.278 | ||||||
< =25 | 431 | 114 (26.5) | 75 (35.7) | 210 | 39 (17.6) | 221 | |
25> | 229 | 51 (22.3) | 34 (29.1) | 117 | 17 (15.2) | 112 | |
Religion | < 0.001 | ||||||
Hindu | 498 | 108 (21.7) | 74 (30) | 247 | 34 (13.5) | 251 | |
Othera | 162 | 57 (35.2) | 35 (43.8) | 80 | 22 (26.8) | 82 | |
Ethnicity | < 0.001 | ||||||
Bramin/chhetri/Newar | 356 | 57 (16) | 37 (23.7) | 156 | 20 (10) | 200 | |
Janjati | 304 | 108 (35.5) | 72 (42.1) | 171 | 36 (27.1) | 133 | |
Address of women | < 0.001 | ||||||
within Kathmandu | 520 | 108 (20.8) | 70 (26.7) | 262 | 38 (14.7) | 258 | |
Outside Kathmandu | 140 | 57 (40.7) | 39 (60) | 65 | 18 (24) | 75 | |
Education | < 0.001 | ||||||
Literate | 622 | 140 (22.5) | 94 (30.8) | 305 | 46 (14.5) | 317 | |
Illiterate | 38 | 25 (65.8) | 15 (68.2) | 22 | 10 (62.5) | 16 | |
Occupational status | 0.916 | ||||||
Employed | 156 | 40 (25.6) | 32 (37.2) | 86 | 8 (11.4) | 70 | |
Housewife | 504 | 125 (24.8) | 77 (32) | 241 | 48 (18.3) | 263 | |
Marriage type | 0.092 | ||||||
Arranged marriage | 383 | 86 (22.5) | 52 (31.1) | 167 | 34 (15.7) | 216 | |
Love marriage | 277 | 79 (28.5) | 57 (35.6) | 160 | 22 (18.8) | 117 | |
Marriage duration(years) | 0.001 | ||||||
< =1 | 198 | 31 (15.7) | 17 (19.5) | 87 | 14 (12.6) | 111 | |
2–5 | 256 | 77 (30.1) | 53 (41.1) | 129 | 24 (18.9) | 127 | |
> =6 | 206 | 57 (27.7) | 39 (35.1) | 111 | 18 (18.9) | 95 | |
Pregnancy intended | 0.1 | ||||||
Wanted | 571 | 136 (23.8) | 90 (31.9) | 282 | 46 (15.9) | 289 | |
Unwanted | 89 | 29 (32.6) | 19 (42.2) | 45 | 10 (22.7) | 44 | |
Preference of Child | 0.003 | ||||||
Daughter | 172 | 28 (16.3) | 19 (24.7) | 77 | 9 (9.5) | 95 | |
Son | 488 | 137 (28.1) | 90 (36) | 250 | 47 (19.7) | 238 | |
Women’s drinking habit | 0.079 | ||||||
No | 597 | 143 (24) | 90 (32.4) | 278 | 53 (16.6) | 319 | |
Yes | 63 | 22 (34.9) | 19 (38.8) | 49 | 3 (21.4) | 14 | |
Family type | 0.211 | ||||||
Nuclear family | 475 | 112 (23.6) | 80 (33.5) | 239 | 32 (13.6) | 236 | |
Joint family | 185 | 53 (28.6) | 29 (33) | 88 | 24 (24.7) | 97 | |
Age of Husband | 1 | ||||||
< =25 | 230 | 57 (24.8) | 36 (33.6) | 107 | 21 (17.1) | 123 | |
25> | 430 | 108 (25.1) | 73 (33.2) | 220 | 35 (16.7) | 210 | |
Husband education | 0.004 | ||||||
Literate | 632 | 151 (23.9) | 101 (32.3) | 313 | 50 (15.7) | 319 | |
Illiterate | 28 | 14 (50) | 8 (57.1) | 14 | 6 (42.9) | 14 | |
Occupational status | 0.412 | ||||||
Employed | 617 | 157 (25.4) | 103 (33.2) | 310 | 54 (17.6) | 307 | |
Unemployed | 43 | 8 (18.6) | 6 (35.3) | 17 | 2 (7.7) | 26 | |
Extra marital affair | < 0.001 | ||||||
No | 594 | 136 (22.9) | 82 (29.4) | 279 | 54 (17.1) | 315 | |
Yes | 66 | 29 (43.9) | 27 (56.2) | 48 | 2 (11.1) | 18 | |
Control behavior by husband | < 0.001 | ||||||
No | 507 | 90 (17.8) | 53 (22.9) | 231 | 37 (13.4) | 276 | |
Yes | 153 | 75 (49) | 56 (58.3) | 96 | 19 (33.3) | 57 | |
Household income | 0.001 | ||||||
Above poverty line | 378 | 76 (20.1) | 49 (26.9) | 182 | 27 (13.8) | 196 | |
below poverty line | 282 | 89 (31.6) | 60 (41.4) | 145 | 29 (21.2) | 137 | |