Percentage of Ever-Married Women Who Agree with Specific Reasons for Justifying a Husband Beating his Wife by Background Characteristics in India (1998-1999) | ||||||||
Background Characteristic | % who agree with at least one reasons | % who agree with specific reasons | ||||||
Husband suspects wife is unfaithful | Natal family does not give money or other items | Wife shows disrespect for in-laws | Wife goes out without telling husband | Wife neglects house or children | Wife does not cook food properly | Number of women | ||
Age | ||||||||
15-19 | ||||||||
20-29 | ||||||||
30-39 | ||||||||
40-49 | ||||||||
Marital duration (in years) | ||||||||
< 5 | ||||||||
5-9 | ||||||||
10 or more | ||||||||
Not currently married | ||||||||
Residence | ||||||||
Urban | ||||||||
Rural | ||||||||
Education | ||||||||
Illiterate | ||||||||
Literate, < middle school | ||||||||
complete | ||||||||
Middle school complete | ||||||||
High school complete | ||||||||
and above | ||||||||
Religion | ||||||||
Hindu | ||||||||
Muslim | ||||||||
Christian | ||||||||
Sikh | ||||||||
Jain | ||||||||
Buddhist/Neo-Buddhist | ||||||||
Other | ||||||||
No religion | ||||||||
Caste tribe | ||||||||
Scheduled caste | ||||||||
Scheduled tribe | ||||||||
Other backward class | ||||||||
Other | ||||||||
Household composition | ||||||||
Nuclear household | ||||||||
Non-nuclear household | ||||||||
Cash employment | ||||||||
Working for cash | ||||||||
Working but not for cash | ||||||||
Not worked in past 12 months | ||||||||
Standard of living index | ||||||||
Low | ||||||||
Medium | ||||||||
High | ||||||||
Total |