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Table 4 Mutivariate analysis of current domestic violence (n = 355)

From: Domestic violence and its associated factors among married women of a village development committee of rural Nepal

Variables

Categories

p value

AOR

95 % CI

Occupation of women

Housewife/don’t earn

0.583

1.352

0.4603.971

Daily wage based work

0.333

1.950

0.5047.549

Service/small business

 

Ref.

 

Educational status of women

No formal education

0.867

1.069

0.489–2.340

Formal education

 

Ref.

 

Educational status of husband

No formal education

0.190

0.615

0.298–1.271

Formal education

 

Ref.

 

Employment status of husband

Unemployed

0.679

1.176

0.546–2.533

Unskilled workers

0.306

0.684

0.331–1.415

Skilled/semiskilled workers

 

Ref.

 

Alcohol consumption habit of husband

Never

 

Ref.

 

Sometimes/rarely

0.752

0.867

0.359–2.095

Often

0.225

1.619

0.744–3.522

Mental health status of respondents

Unhealthy

0.034

2.057

1.0564.008

Healthy

 

Ref.

 

Husband controlling behavior

Yes

<0.001

7.607

3.98014.540

No

 

Ref.

 

Marriage type

Arrange marriage

0.228

0.666

0.344–1.289

Love marriage

 

Ref.

 

Family size

>5 members

0.192

1.518

0.811–2.840

≤5 members

 

Ref.

 

Income of the family

Enough for less than 1 year

0.386

1.351

0.684–2.666

Enough for 1 year

 

Ref.

 

Caste distribution of respondents

Dalits

0.367

1.665

0.550–5.046

Disadvantaged Janajatis

0.459

0.698

0.270–1.806

Advantaged Janajatis

0.390

0.546

0.138–2.165

Upper caste

 

Ref.

 

Polygamous relationship

Yes

0.170

2.026

0.738–5.559

No

 

Ref.

 
  1. p value and COR in italics indicates significant