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Table 1 The characteristics of the study samples

From: Quality of life in women who were exposed to domestic violence during pregnancy

 

Total (n = 230)

Non-abused (n = 81)

Physical-abused (n = 76)

Psychological-abused (n = 73)

p-value

Age group (No., %)

    

0.07*

15–20

31 (13.5)

9 (11.1)

11 (14.5)

11 (15.1)

 

21–25

87 (37.8)

32 (39.5)

27 (35.5)

28 (38.4)

 

26–30

73 (31.7)

34 (42.0)

21 (27.6)

18 (24.7)

 

31–40

39 (17.0)

6 (7.4)

17 (22.4)

16 (21.9)

 

Mean (SD)

26.0 (4.9)

25.4 (4.0)

26.2 (5.2)

26.6 (5.4)

0.33**

Education (No., %)

    

0.0005*

Primary

60 (26.1)

11 (13.6)

24 (32.9)

25 (32.9)

 

Secondary

157 (68.2)

62 (76.5)

48 (65.8)

47 (61.8)

 

Higher

13 (5.7)

8 (9.9)

1 (1.4)

4 (5.3)

 

Parity

    

0.01*

No child

54 (23.5)

17 (21.0)

17 (22.4)

20 (27.4)

 

1–2 children

140 (60.9)

59 (72.8)

46 (60.5)

35 (47.9)

 

3–5 children

36 (15.7)

5 (6.2)

13 (17.1)

18 (24.7)

 

Mean (SD)

1.35 (1.13)

1.2 (0.94)

1.5 (1.33)

1.36 (1.09)

0.26**

  1. * Derived from chi-square (secondary and higher education was treated as one category)
  2. ** Derived from one-way analysis of variance