Background characteristics	Type of violence
Background characteristics	Les severe	Severe	Sexual
Age
15 - 19	16.1^*	5.7^**	11.9
20 - 24	19.7^*	9.2^**	12.6
25 - 29	22.4^*	9.3^**	13.6
30 - 34	23.9^*	9.7^**	16.1
35 - 39	24.7^*	11.2^**	14.6
40 - 44	26.6^*	11.9^**	15.9
45 - 49	25.9^*	15.3^**	14.8
Working status
No	21.9	7.7^**	12.9
Yes	23.3	11.6^**	14.9
Marital status
Married	22.7	9.8^**	14.0^*
Divorce/separated/widow	26.4	20.7^**	20.0^*
No of living children
0	14.6^**	6.8^**	11.9^**
1 - 2	19.8^**	7.8^**	12.2^**
3 - 4	26.5^**	12.0^**	15.4^**
5+	33.8^**	19.2^**	22.5^**
Residence
Urban	20.7	8.3^*	12.5^*
Rural	23.5	10.9^*	14.9^*
Region
Mountain	17.6^**	9.0^**	14.0^**
Hill	17.4^**	8.5^**	11.0^**
Terai	30.1^**	12.6^**	18.0^**
Level of education
No education	30.3^**	13.4^**	17.2^**
Primary	19.4^**	8.5^**	12.1^**
Secondary	15.4^**	7.5^**	11.1^**
Higher	7.1^**	3.3^**	10.9^**
Religion
Hindu	22.0^**	9.8^**	14.1^**
Buddhist	16.6^**	8.3^**	10.4^**
Muslim	55.2^**	23.2^**	25.0^**
Other	32.6^**	17.9^**	18.9^**
Wealth Index
Poorest	23.4^**	11.0^**	14.4^**
Poorer	26.7^**	13.4^**	17.2^**
Middle	30.1^**	12.0^**	16.2^**
Richer	23.6^**	11.5^**	14.2^**
Richest	12.0^**	4.3^**	10.3^**
Total	22.8	10.3	14.3