A Cross-Sectional Study to Explore Intimate Partner Violence and Barriers to Empowerment of Women in Armenia

Table 2

Crosstabulation of characteristics of respondents with intimate partner violence.

Background Characteristics	IPV		p-value
	Yes (%)	No (%)
Place of Residence
Urban	58.9	57
Rural	41.1	43	≥0.12
Highest educational level
No education	0.1	0.1
Basic	4.7	8.6
Secondary	42.9	41.4
Higher	52.3	49.9	≤0.001
Age group
15-24	10.5	43.6
25-34	43.2	25
35-49	46.3	31.4	≤0.001
Children in the household
1 child	58.7	78.4
2-3 Children	39.8	20.2
More than 4 children	1.4	1.4	≤0.001
Household members
1	0.6	1.3
2-3	20	20.5
4+	79.4	78.1	≤0.01
Employment Status
No	65.1	69.2
Yes	34.9	30.8	≤0.001
Owns a Mobile phone
No	2.5	4
Yes	97.5	96	≤0.001
Cover by Health Insurance
No	90.6	93.7
Yes	9.4	6.3	≤0.001
Has a bank account
No	78.7	82
Yes	21.3	18	≤0.001
Wealth index
Poorest	17.4	19.8
Poorer	21.4	23
Middle	22.2	21.1
Richer	22	20.3
Richest	17	15.8	≤0.02
Empowerment Status
Have decision making power	11	67
Have no decision-making power	89	33	≤0.001
Husband/partner characteristics	IPV		p-value
	Yes	No
Age
20-29	15.2	15.7
30-39	41.1	23.8
40-49	29.4	38.8
50-59	13.9	20.9
60+	0.4	0.8	≤0.001
Husband/partner drinks alcohol
No	40.8	19.3
Yes	59.2	80.7	≤0.001
Husband/partner education
No education	0.2	0.1
Primary	9.4	10.0
Secondary	48.2	54.2
Secondary Special	42.1	35.7	≤0.001