Percentage of Women Age 15-49 who Agree that Husband is Justified in Hitting or Beating his Wife for Specific Reasons by Background Characteristics in India (2005-2006) | |||||||||
Background Characteristic | %age 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 Women | ||||||
She Goes Out without 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 Properly | He Suspects 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 | |||||||||
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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 |