| Percentage of Ever-Married Women Who Agree with Specific Reasons for Justifying a Husband Beating his Wife by Selected 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 | ||||||||
