| Percentage of Men Age 15-49 who Agree that Husband Justified in Hitting or Beating his Wife for Specific Reasons by Background Characteristics in India (2005-2006) | |||||||||
| Background Characteristic | Percentage who Agree that a Husband is Justified in Hitting or Beating his Wife if | %age who Agree with at Least One Speci- fied Reason | No. of Men | ||||||
| She Goes Out With- out Telling him | She Negl- ects House or Child- ren | She Argues with him | She Refuses to have Sexual Inter- course with him | She Doesn`t Cook Prop- erly | He Susp- ects She is Unfai- thful | She Shows Disres- pect for In-Laws | |||
| Age | |||||||||
| 15-19 | |||||||||
| 20-24 | |||||||||
| 25-29 | |||||||||
| 30-39 | |||||||||
| 40-49 | |||||||||
| Residence | |||||||||
| Urban | |||||||||
| Rural | |||||||||
| Education | |||||||||
| No education | |||||||||
| <5 years complete | |||||||||
| 5-7 years complete | |||||||||
| 8-9 years complete | |||||||||
| 10-11 years complete | |||||||||
| 12 or more years complete | |||||||||
| Employment (Past 12 Months) | |||||||||
| Employed | |||||||||
| Employed, for cash | |||||||||
| Employed, not for cash | |||||||||
| Not employed | |||||||||
| Marital Status | |||||||||
| Never married | |||||||||
| Currently married | |||||||||
| Widowed/divorced/ separated/deserted | |||||||||
| Number of Living Children | |||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||
| 1-2 | |||||||||
| 3-4 | |||||||||
| 5 + | |||||||||
| Household Structure1 | |||||||||
| Nuclear | |||||||||
| Non-nuclear | |||||||||
| Religion | |||||||||
| Hindu | |||||||||
| Muslim | |||||||||
| Christian | |||||||||
| Sikh | |||||||||
| Buddhist/ Neo-Buddhist | |||||||||
| Jain | |||||||||
| Other | |||||||||
| Caste/Tribe | |||||||||
| Scheduled caste | |||||||||
| Scheduled tribe | |||||||||
| Other backward class | |||||||||
| Other | |||||||||
| Don`t know | |||||||||
| Wealth Index | |||||||||
| Lowest | |||||||||
| Second | |||||||||
| Middle | |||||||||
| Fourth | |||||||||
| Highest | |||||||||
| Total age 15-49 | |||||||||
| Age 50-54 | |||||||||
| Total age 15-54 | |||||||||
