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Table 1 Characteristics of the weighted sample stratified by domestic violence acceptance, N = 19,443

From: Empowerment through technology: domestic violence acceptance among Iraqi women in an intersectional context

   

Domestic violence

acceptance

Domestic violence acceptance

   

No

 

Yes

 

Total

  

Unweighted

Weighted

Unweighted

Weighted

Unweighted

Weighted

 
   

N

%

N

%

N

%

P-Value

   

10,029

51.6%

9414

48.4%

19,443

100%

 

Individual

Age

15–19

533

5.31%

641

7%

1174

6.0%

< 0.001

20–24

1406

14.02%

1424

15%

2830

14.6%

 

25–29

1933

19.27%

1721

18%

3654

18.8%

 

30–34

1774

17.69%

1662

18%

3436

17.7%

 

35–39

1719

17.14%

1561

17%

3280

16.9%

 

40–44

1457

14.53%

1323

14%

2780

14.3%

 

45–49

1207

12.04%

1082

11%

2289

11.8%

 

Education

Pre-primary or none

1268

12.64%

2151

22.8%

3419

17.46%

< 0.001

Primary

3893

38.82%

4822

51.2%

8715

44.51%

 

Lower secondary

1995

19.89%

1479

15.7%

3474

17.74%

 

Upper secondary +

2873

28.65%

962

10.2%

3835

19.59%

 

Ever used a computer or a tablet

Yes

1578

15.73%

430

4.57%

2008

10.26%

< 0.001

No

8432

84.08%

8984

95.43%

17,416

88.95%

 

Own a mobile phone

Yes

8134

81.10%

5953

63.24%

14,087

71.95%

< 0.001

No

1892

18.87%

3460

36.75%

5352

27.34%

 

Functional difficulties

Yes

400

3.99%

605

6.43%

1005

5.13%

< 0.001

No

9424

93.97%

8563

90.96%

17,987

91.87%

 

Mass Media Exposure

Yes

9172

91.5%

8576

91.1%

17,886

91.3%

0.415

No

854

8.5%

833

8.9%

1702

8.7%

 

Interpersonal

First husband related to you

Yes

5078

50.63%

5944

63.14%

11,022

56.30%

< 0.001

No

4945

49.31%

3468

36.84%

8413

42.97%

 

Husband/Partner Has More Wives or Partners

Yes

448

4.47%

668

7.10%

1116

5.70%

< 0.001

No

9563

95.35%

8737

92.81%

18,300

93.47%

 

Community

Wealth Quantile

Poorest

1511

15.07%

3052

32.42%

4563

23.31%

< 0.001

Second

1809

18.04%

2350

24.96%

4159

21.24%

 

Middle

2035

20.29%

1846

19.61%

3881

19.82%

 

Fourth

2247

22.41%

1348

14.32%

3595

18.36%

 

Richest

2427

24.20%

818

8.69%

3245

16.57%

 

Area

Urban

7463

74.41%

5352

56.85%

12,815

65.45%

< 0.001

Rural

2566

25.59%

4062

43.15%

6628

33.85%

 

Region

Kurdistan

1841

18.36%

573

6.09%

2414

12.33%

< 0.001

South/Central Iraq

8188

81.64%

8841

93.91%

17,029

86.98%

 

Home Safety

Yes

7107

70.9%

6156

65.4%

13,364

68.2%

< 0.001

No

2920

29.1%

3256

34.6%

6229

31.8%

 

Societal

Neighborhood Safety

Yes

5716

56.99%

4621

49.09%

10,337

52.80%

< 0.001

No

4313

43.01%

4793

50.91%

9106

46.51%

 
  1. Note Bolded means significant at p < 0.05, “N” represents unweighted counts and the “%” represents weighted proportions