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Table 4 Relationship between the socio-demographic characteristics and women’s exposure to different forms of violence, Egypt, 2020

From: Domestic violence against women during coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic lockdown in Egypt: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Physical violence

N (%)

N = 111

P value

Emotional violence

N (%)

N = 124

P value

Sexual violence

N (%)

N = 50

P value

Age

 15–24

18 (31.6)

0.46

18 (31.6)

0.57

3 (5.3)

0.001

 25–34

43 (24.2)

49 (27.5)

11 (6.2)

 35–49

50 (28.6)

57 (32.6)

36 (20.6)

Marital status

 Married

82 (25.1)

0.01*

92 (28.1)

0.002*

50 (15.3)

0.002∆

 Single

17 (27.4)

18 (29)

0

 Divorced

10 (55.6)

11 (61.1)

0

 Widow

2 (66.7)

3 (100)

0

Women’s education

 Primary education

18 (62.1)

0.001*

21 (72.4)

0.001*

8 (27.6)

0.007*∆

 Secondary education/higher

51 (27.6)

56 (30.3)

26 (14.1)

 Postgraduate

42 (21.4)

47 (24)

16 (8.2)

Husband’s education

 Primary education

5 (83.3)

0.000*∆

5 (83.3)

0.000*

2 (33.3)

0.000*∆

 Secondary education /higher

76 (31.3)

85 (35)

42 (17.3)

 Postgraduate

13 (13.1)

16 (16.2)

6 (6.1)

Husband addiction

 Yes

17 (85)

0.000*

17 (85)

0.000*

11 (55)

0.000*

 No

94 (24.1)

107 (27.4)

39 (10)

Work status

 Working for cash

58 (21.9)

0.001*

63 (23.8)

0.000*

19 (7.2)

0.000*

 Not working for cash

53 (36.6)

61 (42.1)

31 (21.4)

Monthly income

 Sufficient

76 (23.4)

0.001*

87 (26.8)

0.003*

39 (12)

0.813

 Not sufficient

35 (41.2)

37 (43.5)

11 (12.9)

Age at marriage

 < 20 years

24 (52.2)

0.000*∆

25 (54.3)

0.003*∆

16 (34.8)

0.000*∆

 20–30 years

68 (23.2)

78 (26.6)

33 (11.3)

 ≥ 30 years

2 (22.2)

3 (33.3)

1 (11.1)

Total

94

106

50

  1. ∆ Fisher’s exact test
  2. * Significant