Table 2 Attitude towards domestic physical violence by background characteristics among Ghanaian women age 15–49 year old 2003-2008
Variable | Goes out without telling him | Neglects the children | Argues with him | Refusal to have sexual intercourse with him | Burns the food | At least one reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | |||||||
15-24 | 23.8*** | 27.4*** | 22.4*** | 10.7*** | 9.8*** | 39.4** | |
25-34 | 22.4 | 27.1 | 21.1 | 13.2 | 8.0 | 35.9 | |
35-49 | 30.8 | 24.4 | 20.3 | 13.3 | 7.4 | 34.4 | |
Level of education | |||||||
No education | 32.9*** | 34.7*** | 30.7*** | 21.2*** | 12.1*** | 49.9*** | |
Primary | 24.9 | 31.3 | 24.5 | 14.4 | 10.4 | 42.4 | |
Secondary | 18.3 | 22.5 | 17.7 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 31.6 | |
Higher | 6.3 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 2.6 | 11.1 | ||
Occupation | |||||||
Working | 22.4*** | 26.6 | 21.4 | 12.8*** | 7.9* | 36.7 | |
Not working | 22.1 | 25.4 | 20.8 | 10.4 | 9.5 | 36.7 | |
Marital status | |||||||
Never married | 20.4*** | 24.0** | 20.4*** | 8.7*** | 7.5*** | 34.8 | |
Currently married | 23.3 | 27.7 | 22.0 | 13.7 | 9.0 | 37.6 | |
Formerly married | 22.2 | 26.0 | 20.3 | 15.4 | 6.9 | 37.8 | |
Place of residence | |||||||
Urban | 16.1*** | 20.4*** | 16.0*** | 8.8*** | 5.5*** | 28.7*** | |
Rural | 28.0 | 31.8 | 26.3 | 15.5 | 10.9 | 44.4 | |
Religion | |||||||
Christian | 19.6*** | 24.3*** | 19.3*** | 10.2*** | 7.2*** | 33.4*** | |
Traditional | 35.0 | 39.8 | 35.4 | 25.9 | 15.6 | 56.0 | |
Moslem | 31.6 | 31.5 | 26.5 | 18.6 | 10.4 | 48.1 | |
Others | 26.2 | 32.5 | 28.8 | 16.8 | 11.9 | 42.5 | |
Wealth Index | |||||||
Poorest | 33.5*** | 35.5*** | 33.0*** | 21.3*** | 12.9*** | 54.1*** | |
Poor | 30.2 | 32.9 | 27.4 | 16.2 | 11.8 | 45.0 | |
Middle | 23.4 | 28.3 | 21.3 | 10.8 | 8.3 | 37.9 | |
Rich | 17.8 | 23.0 | 18.3 | 10.1 | 6.7 | 32.3 | |
Richest | 11.6 | 16.3 | 11.6 | 6.2 | 4.0 | 22.5 | |