Associations between sociodemographic characteristics of respondents and experience of domestic violence (n=170)
| Variables | Ever experienced DV | Test statistic | P value | |
| No | Yes | |||
| Age (years) | ||||
| 15–24 | 26 (44.1) | 33 (55.9) | χ2=3.26 | 0.35 |
| 25–34 | 30 (42.9) | 40 (57.1) | ||
| 35–44 | 19 (61.3) | 12 (38.7) | ||
| ≥45 | 5 (50.0) | 5 (50.0) | ||
| Tribe | ||||
| Hausa | 23 (42.6) | 31 (57.4) | χ2=1.54 | 0.67 |
| Igbo | 12 (52.2) | 11 (47.8) | ||
| Yoruba | 14 (56.0) | 11 (44.0) | ||
| Others | 31 (45.6) | 37 (54.4) | ||
| Religion | ||||
| Islam | 26 (44.1) | 33 (55.9) | χ2=0.32 | 0.57 |
| Christianity | 54 (48.6) | 57 (51.4) | ||
| Marital status | ||||
| Single | 23 (47.9) | 25 (52.1) | χ2=6.46 | 0.04* |
| Married | 46 (42.6) | 62 (57.4) | ||
| Divorced /widowed | 11 (78.6 | 3 (21.4) | ||
| Educational level | ||||
| None | 13 (81.3) | 3 (18.8) | χ2=11.03 | 0.01* |
| Primary | 6 (46.2) | 7 (53.8) | ||
| Secondary | 29 (51.8) | 27 (48.2) | ||
| Tertiary | 32 (37.6) | 53 (62.4) | ||
| Occupation | ||||
| Unemployed | 46 (56.1) | 36 (43.9) | χ2=5.20 | 0.02* |
| Employed | 34 (38.6) | 54 (61.4) | ||
| Estimated income | ||||
| Less than 100 000 | 77 (47.5) | 85 (52.5) | 0.72 | |
| ≥100 000 | 3 (37.5) | 5 (62.5) | ||
| Family type | ||||
| Monogamous | 65 (46.8) | 74 (53.2) | χ2=0.03 | 0.87 |
| Polygamous | 15 (48.4) | 16 (51.6) | ||
| Parity | ||||
| None | 19 (40.4) | 28 (59.6) | ||
| 1–4 | 46 (47.4) | 51 (52.6) | χ2=2.02 | 0.37 |
| 5 and above | 15 (57.7) | 11 (42.3) | ||
| Financial dependence on a partner | ||||
| Yes | 30 (46.9) | 34 (53.1) | χ2=0.001 | 0.97 |
| No | 50 (47.2) | 56 (52.8) | ||
| Partner consumes alcohol/drugs | ||||
| Yes | 31 (79.5) | 8 (20.5) | χ2=21.36 | 0.001* |
| No | 49 (37.4) | 82 (62.6) | ||
*Statistically significant, p<0.05.
DV, domestic violence.