Locked Down: Experiences of Domestic Violence in Central India

Anusha Kamath; Anita Yadav; Jyoti Baghel; Shuchita Mundle

doi:10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00630

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Details of Physical Abuse Among Women Who Experienced Domestic Violence, Nagpur, India
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Types of Assistance Sought by Women Who Experienced Domestic Violence, Nagpur, India

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TABLE 1.

Sociodemographic Characteristics of Participants in a Study on Domestic Violence Among Women in 2 Health Care Facilities, Nagpur, India, June to August 2020

Variables	No. (%), (N=412)
Age, years
19–29	195 (47.3)
30–39	149 (36.1)
40–49	48 (11.6)
≥50	20 (4.9)
Education
Illiterate	12 (2.9)
Primary	12 (2.9)
Middle school	46 (11.1)
Secondary	62 (15)
Higher secondary	117 (28.3)
Graduate and above	163 (39.5)
Occupation
Housewife	205 (49.7)
Unskilled worker	49 (11.8)
Skilled work	90 (21.8)
Self-employed	68 (16.6)
Education of husband
Illiterate	16 (3.8)
Primary	12 (2.9)
Middle school	22 (5.3)
Secondary	61 (14.8)
Higher secondary	54 (13.2)
Graduate and above	247 (59.9)
Occupation of husband
Unskilled worker	76 (18.4)
Office work	145 (35.2)
Self-employed	191 (46.3)
Residence
Urban	289 (70.2)
Rural	123 (29.8)
Type of family
Nuclear	284 (69)
Joint family with in-laws	114 (27.6)
Joint family with wife’s parents	6 (1.4
Extended joint family	1 (0.2)

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TABLE 2.

Experience of Domestic Violence Among Women in 2 Health Care Facilities, Nagpur, India, June to August 2020

N=412	Yes No. (%), n=134	More in the Last 3Months No. (%), n=134
Only verbal	63 (47.0)	9 (6.7)
Only physical	17 (12.7)	3 (2.2)
Only sexual	8 (6.0)	1 (0.7)
Verbal and physical	22 (16.4)	2 (1.4)
Verbal, physical, and sexual	16 (12.0)	3 (2.2)
Verbal and sexual	8 (6.0)	2 (1.4)
Total	134 (32.5)

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TABLE 3.

Inferential Analysis of Various Demographic Variables With Domestic Violence History Women in 2 Health Care Facilities, Nagpur, India, June to August 2020

	Domestic Violence, No. (N=412)
	Yes	No	P Value
Mean age of woman, years	25±4.2	23±5.7
Education
Up to secondary school	8	41
Higher education	48	237	<.001^a
Type of family
Nuclear	91	144
Joint	43	134	.28
Husband’s addiction
Yes	56	14
No	78	264	<.001^a