Table 4 Operational definitions of potential correlates
Variable | Operational definition |
|---|---|
Women’s Age | Age group (15–29 years; 30–39 years; and 40–49 years) |
Women’s education | Highest level attended (primary or none; ≤ 3 years of lower secondary; > 3 years of upper secondary; any post-secondary) |
Household wealth | Wealth terciles (poorest; middle; richest) generated by principal component analysis |
Residence | Based on National Statistics Office (NSO) definitions |
 Colombia and Peru | (1 = urban; 0 = rural) |
 Mexico | (1 = urban; 2 = semi-urban; 0 = rural) |
Indigenous ethnicity | (1 = indigenous; 0 = not indigenous) |
 Colombia | Indigenous by culture, community or physical characteristics, per household questionnaire |
 Mexico | Speaks indigenous language, per household questionnaire |
 Peru | Maternal tongue was indigenous, per women’s questionnaire |
Married/mother age < 18 | (1 = married, cohabited and/or gave birth at age < 18; 0 = did not marry, cohabit or give birth at age < 18) |
Number of children | (1 = more than one daughter/son aged 1–14 living in the household; 0 = only one) |
Age of youngest child | Age of youngest age-eligible (1–14) daughter/son living in the household in years (1; 2–5; 6–9; 10–14) |
Husband/partner tries to socially isolate her (1 = yes; 0 = no) | |
 Colombia | He has prevented her from meeting friends or tried to limit her contact with her family in the past year |
 Mexico | He gets angry if she visits or goes out with friends or family |
 Peru | He prevents her from visiting friends or tries to limit her visits or contact with her family |
Husband/partner drinks to excess (1 = yes; 0 = no) | |
 Colombia | Not measured |
 Mexico | She gets mad at her husband/partner because he drinks alcohol or takes drugs |
 Peru | Her partner gets drunk sometimes or frequently |
Joint decisions about money (1 = yes; 0 = no) | |
 Colombia, Peru | She and her husband/partner both have a say in decisions about large purchases and daily necessities |
 Mexico | She and her husband/partner each have an equal say in deciding how to spend and save money |
She and her husband/partner share responsibility for household chores (1 = yes; 0 = no) | |
 Colombia | They equally divide responsibility for cleaning the house, cooking or washing |
 Mexico | They are both responsible for domestic chores such as cleaning, cooking, ironing and washing |
 Peru | Not measured |
She agrees wife-beating is justified for 1+ reason (1 = yes; 0 = no, don’t know or unsure all reasons) | |
 Colombia and Peru | Agrees with 1+ of the following reasons: 1. she leaves without telling him; 2. she neglects the children; 3. she argues with him; 4. she refuses sex; 5. she burns the food |
 Mexico | Not measured |
She believes physical punishment is necessary (1 = sometimes or frequently; 0 = no or never) | |
 Colombia, Mexico | Not measured |
 Peru | She believes physical punishment is necessary for raising a child |
Violence in respondent’s childhood (1 = caregiver violence only; 2 = co-occurrence; 3 = IPV only; 0 = none) | |
Caregiver violence against respondent in childhood (1 = yes; 0 = no) | |
 Colombia | Her parents or stepparents punished her by spanking/smacking, pushing or beating with objects |
 Mexico | People she lived with before age 15 hit her sometimes or often |
 Peru | Her parents punished her by spanking/smacking, beating or burning |
Respondent exposed to physical IPV in childhood (1 = yes; 0 = no or doesn’t know) | |
 Colombia | Her father beat her mother |
 Mexico | Adults in her childhood home hit or beat each other sometimes or frequently |
 Peru | Her father ever hit her mother |
Violence in husband/partner’s childhood (1 = caregiver violence only; 2 = co-occurrence; 3 = IPV only; 0 = none) | |
Caregiver violence against husband/partner in childhood (1 = yes; 0 = no or doesn’t know) | |
 Colombia | He was mistreated/abused ("maltratada") by his parents or stepparents as a child |
 Mexico | He was hit or insulted in his childhood household sometimes or often before age 15 |
 Peru | Not measured |
Husband/partner exposed to physical IPV in childhood (1 = yes; 0 = no or doesn’t know) | |
 Colombia | His father beat his mother |
 Mexico | His mother was hit/beaten by her husband before age 15 |
 Peru | Not measured |