Table 5: Variables associated with experience of at least one type of domestic violence, multivariate analysis.
Variables | Domestic violence | Adjusted OR (CI at 95%) | p-value | |
Yes (%) | No (%) | |||
Education | ||||
Illiterate or primary | 7 (46.7) | 8 (53.3) | 1 | |
Secondary or higher secondary and above | 71 (63.4) | 41 (36.6) | 0.71 (0.20-2.60) | 0.608 |
Ethnicity | ||||
Dalit, newar, janajati or muslim | 32 (50.8) | 31 (49.2) | 1 | |
Brahmin or chhetri | 46 (71.9) | 18 (28.1) | 3.39 (1.21-9.51) | 0.021 |
Religion | ||||
Buddhist, muslim, kirat and christian | 12 (46.2) | 15 (53.8) | 1 | |
Hindu | 66 (65.3) | 35 (34.7) | 0.81 (0.24-2.71) | 0.733 |
Marital status | ||||
Married | 71 (77.2) | 21 (22.8) | 1 | |
Unmarried, widowed, divorced or separated | 7 (20) | 28 (80) | 0.08 (0.03-0.22) | 0.000 |
Occupation | ||||
Student or housewife | 38 (52.1) | 35 (47.9) | 1 | |
Employed | 40 (74.1) | 14 (25.9) | 0.72 (0.28-1.87) | 0.499 |