Table 1 Prevalence of ever experience of sexual violence among currently married pregnant women
Variables | N (%) | Sexual violence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | P-value | ||
Total number | 3646 | 3401 | 245 | |
Overall Prevalence | 100 | 92.6 | 6.4 | |
Age | 0.287 | |||
15–24 | 1785 (49) | 93.1 | 6.9 | |
25–49 | 1861 (51) | 94.2 | 5.8 | |
First cohabitation age | < 0.001 | |||
< 19 years | 1591 (43.6) | 90.4 | 9.6 | |
> 19 years | 2055 (56.4) | 96.1 | 3.9 | |
Place of residence | < 0.01 | |||
Urban | 917 (25.2) | 96.4 | 3.6 | |
Rural | 2729 (74.8) | 92.5 | 7.6 | |
Women Education | < 0.001 | |||
No education | 958 (26.3) | 89.8 | 10.3 | |
Primary | 478 (13.1) | 92.2 | 7.8 | |
Secondary | 1776 (48.7) | 94.5 | 5.5 | |
Higher | 434 (11.9) | 98.4 | 1.6 | |
Husband education | < 0.001 | |||
No education | 593 (16.3) | 89.2 | 10.8 | |
Primary | 497 (13.6) | 87.1 | 12.9 | |
Secondary | 2003 (54.9) | 94.7 | 5.3 | |
Higher | 553 (15.2) | 98.1 | 1.9 | |
Wealth Index | < 0.001 | |||
Poorest | 865 (23.7) | 89.2 | 10.8 | |
Poor | 858 (23.5) | 91.5 | 8.5 | |
Middle | 746 (20.5) | 93.6 | 6.4 | |
Richer | 631 (17.3) | 97.5 | 2.5 | |
Richest | 546 (15) | 97.1 | 2.9 | |
Religion | 0.77 | |||
Hindu | 2677 (73.4) | 93.6 | 6.4 | |
Muslim | 537 (14.7) | 93.4 | 6.6 | |
Christian | 283 (7.8) | 95.3 | 4.7 | |
Others | 149 (4.1) | 93.1 | 6.9 | |
Caste | 0.001 | |||
Scheduled Caste & Schedule Tribes | 1466 (40.2) | 91.7 | 8.3 | |
Others | 2180 (59.8) | 94.5 | 5.5 | |
Parity | < 0.001 | |||
None | 1260 (34.6) | 95.7 | 4.3 | |
1 | 1778 (48.8) | 93.9 | 6.1 | |
2+ | 608 (16.7) | 86.6 | 13.4 | |
Household members | 0.09 | |||
1–3 members | 939 (25.8) | 94.7 | 5.3 | |
4–6 members | 1970 (54) | 93.2 | 6.8 | |
7+ members | 737 (20.2) | 93.6 | 6.4 | |
Mass media exposure | < 0.001 | |||
No | 1280 (35.1) | 90.7 | 9.3 | |
Yes | 2366 (64.9) | 94.9 | 5.1 | |
Ever experienced Physical violence | ||||
Never | 2925 | 97.8 | 2.17 | |
Yes | 721 | 79.90 | 20.1 | |