Socio-demographic variables
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Total N = 660
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Overall domestic violence
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Overall P value
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Husband alcohol drinking behavior
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Drinker
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Non-drinker
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DV
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Total
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DV
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Total
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n = 109
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n = 327
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n = 56
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n = 333
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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
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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
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Ethnicity
| | |
< 0.001
| | | | |
Bramin/chhetri/Newar
|
356
|
57 (16)
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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)
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39 (60)
|
65
|
18 (24)
|
75
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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)
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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
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> =6
|
206
|
57 (27.7)
| |
39 (35.1)
|
111
|
18 (18.9)
|
95
|
Pregnancy intended
| | |
0.1
| | | | |
Wanted
|
571
|
136 (23.8)
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90 (31.9)
|
282
|
46 (15.9)
|
289
|
Unwanted
|
89
|
29 (32.6)
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19 (42.2)
|
45
|
10 (22.7)
|
44
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Preference of Child
| | |
0.003
| | | | |
Daughter
|
172
|
28 (16.3)
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19 (24.7)
|
77
|
9 (9.5)
|
95
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Son
|
488
|
137 (28.1)
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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)
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101 (32.3)
|
313
|
50 (15.7)
|
319
|
Illiterate
|
28
|
14 (50)
| |
8 (57.1)
|
14
|
6 (42.9)
|
14
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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
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- P-value is for comparison between levels of each variables and domestic violence due to husband’s drinking behavior
- Numbers of frequencies and percentages in brackets were shown above
- aBuddhist, Muslim, Christian, Kirat