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Table 1 Background characteristics of currently married women who participated in the violence module of the NFHS-4 Women’s Survey (n = 58,409) in India

From: Association of intimate partner violence and other risk factors with HIV infection among married women in India: evidence from National Family Health Survey 2015–16

Background variables

Sample

Percentage

HIV

 No

58,296

99.80

 Yes

113

0.20

IPV

 No

56,680

97.04

 Yes

1729

2.96

Alcoholic husband

 No

40,281

68.96

 Yes

18,128

31.04

No. of lifetime partner

 One

56,230

96.27

 More than one

2179

3.73

Ever used condom/nirodh

 Yes

8660

14.83

 No

49,749

85.17

Sexually active

 Yes

42,172

72.19

 No

16,237

27.81

Age group

 15–24

9732

16.66

 25–29

12,855

22.01

 30–34

12,308

21.07

 35–39

10,026

17.17

 40–49

13,488

23.09

Number of children alive

 No

5314

9.10

 Single

10,991

18.82

 More than one

42,104

72.08

Education

 No

19,194

32.86

 Primary

8517

14.58

 Secondary

25,251

43.23

 Higher

5447

9.33

Husband’s education

 No

10,866

18.60

 Primary

8781

15.03

 Secondary

31,136

53.31

 Higher

7626

13.06

Wealth status

 Poorest

11,403

19.52

 Poorer

12,417

21.26

 Middle

12,183

20.86

 Rich

11,577

19.82

 Richest

10,829

18.54

Access to electricity

 No

6217

10.92

 Yes

50,716

89.08

Access to television

 No

19,565

34.36

 Yes

37,368

65.64

Religion

 Hindu

44,423

76.06

 Muslim

7712

13.20

 Christian

3527

6.04

 Others

2747

4.70

Caste

 SC

10,512

18.00

 ST

10,029

17.17

 OBC

22,986

39.35

 Others

14,882

25.48

Place of residence

 Rural

41,565

71.16

 Urban

16,844

28.84