Table 4

Associations between socio-demographic and psychosocial variables and lifetime and past year psychological abuse alone, age adjusted. N = 883

Variables
Lifetime prevalence of psychological abuse alone (n = 230)
Past year prevalence of psychological abuse alone (n = 224)


% (n) with Violence
OR (95%CI)
% (n) with Violence
OR (95%CI)

1. Respondent 's age




     46–60
26.4 (73)
1
20.6 (57)
1
     30–45
25.1 (103
1.32 (0.68–2.53)
26.4 (107)
1.43 (0.73–2.80)
     17–29
27.5 (55)
1.96 (0.66–5.78)
30.0 (60)
1.76 (0.59–5.27)
2. Respondent's Education




     High School & Higher Education
17.2 (23)
1
18.7 (25)
1
     Secondary school
29.5 (165)
2.00 (1.23–3.25)
29.3 (164)
1.83 (1.14–2.94)
     Primary School
22.2 (42)
1.29 (0.72–2.33)
18.5 (35)
1.19 (0.63–2.25)
3. Husband's Education




     High School & Higher Education
25.6 (46)
1
22.8 (41)
1
     Secondary school
28.3 (136)
1.14 (0.77–1.69)
28.1 (135)
1.34 (0.89–2.00)
     Primary School
25.2 (40)
0.95 (0.58–1.55)
25.8 (41)
1.24 (0.75–2.04)
4. Annual household Income




     > 570 USD
27.4 (96)
1
23.9 (84)
1
     288 – 570 USD
26.3 (93)
1.27 (0.83–1.95)
28.0 (99)
1.19 (0.85–1.68)
     < 288 USD
22.7 (40)
1.22 (0.80–1.86)
22.2 (39)
0.86 (0.56–1.33)
5. Number of children




     From 1-2 children
25.1 (117)
1
26.2 (122)
1
     From 3 children and more
28.0 (109)
1.20 (0.84–1.73)
24.4 (95)
0.91 (0.67–1.24)
6. Husband's Working specifics




     Professional
14.0 (24)
1
17.0 (29)
1
     Unskilled & semi-skilled
30.2 (173)
2.68 (1.68–4.28)
31.2 (179)
2.23 (1.44–3.44)
7. Husbands having more than one




     wife/partner




     No
27.6 (196)
1
26.9 (191)
1
     Yes
21.5 (28)
0.69 (0.44–1.10)
20.0 (26)
0.68 (0.43–1.08)

OR: Odds ratios; CI: confidence interval.

Vung et al. BMC Public Health 2008 8:55   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-55