Socio-demographic characteristics

CivilianN = 108

Yesn (%)

Non (%)

Total (%)

Yesn (%)

Non (%)

Total(%)

Respondent’s educational level

None

2 (66.7)

1 (33.3)

3 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

5 (100.0)

5 (100.0)

Primary

4 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

4 (100.0)

6 (35.3)

11 (64.7)

17 (100.0)

Secondary

3 (8.8)

31 (91.2)

34 (100.0)

34 (43.6)

44 (56.4)

78 (100.0)

Tertiary

9 (13.4)

58 (86.6)

67 (100.0)

7 (23.3)

23 (76.7)

30 (100.0)

X2 = 27.41

p = 0.000*

X2 = 6.84

p = 0.077

Respondent’s ethnicity

Igbo

2 (8.0)

23 (92.0)

25 (100.0)

5 (38.5)

8 (61.5)

13 (100.0)

Hausa

0 (0.0)

10 (100.0

10 (100.0)

5 (3.8)

31 (23.8)

36 (100.0)

Yoruba

4 (16.0)

25 (84.0)

29 (100.0)

9 (6.9)

7 (5.4)

16 (100.0)

Others

8 (18.2)

36 (81.8)

44 (100.0)

28 (21.5)

37 (28.5)

65 (100.0)

X2 = 3.12

p = 0.37

X2 = 11.91

p=0.010*

Partner’s use of hard drug

Yes

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

5 (62.5)

3 (37.5)

8 (100.0)

No

10 (9.7)

93 (90.3)

103(100.0)

37 (33.0)

75 (67.0)

112(100.0)

Don’t know

4 (80.0)

1 (20.0)

5 (100.0)

7 (70.0)

3 (30.0)

10(100.0)

X2 = 20.88

p=0.000*

X2 = 7.57

p = 0.022*

Partner ever involved in physical fight

Yes

10 (41.7)

14 (58.3)

24 (100.0)

10 (27.0)

27 (77.0)

37(100.0)

No

7 (13.1)

77 (86.9)

84 (100.0)

13 (14.0)

80 (86.0)

93(100.0)

X2 = 15.49

p = 0.00*

X2 = 3.07

p = 0.08

Duration of relationship with partner

£2

0 (0.0)

6 (100.0)

6 (100.0)

2(15.4)

11 (84.6)

13 (100.0)

3-9

7 (22.6)

24 (77.4)

31(100.0)

29 (55.8)

33 (53.2)

62 (100.0)

³10

7 (9.9)

64 (90.1)

71(100.0)

16 (29.1)

39 (70.9)

55 (100.0)

X2= 4.04

p = 0.132

X2 = 6.65

p = 0.04*

Frequency of quarrel

Never

3 (9.7)

28 (90.3)

31(100.0)

2 (33.3)

4 (66.7)

6 (100.0)

Rarely

8 (13.1)

53 (86.9)

61(100.0)

34 (37.0)

54 (63.0)

88 (100.0)

Often

3 (75.0)

1 (25.0)

4(100.0)

10 (66.7)

5 (33.3)

15 (100.0)

Very often

12 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

12(100.0)

11 (64.7)

6 (35.3)

17 (100.0)

X2= 4.04

p = 0.132

X2 = 6.65

p = 0.04*

Number of children alive

None

0 (0.0)

8(100.0)

8 (100.0)

3 (33.3)

6 (66.7)

9 (100.0)

1-2

6 (14.0)

37(86.0)

43 (100.0)

17 (44.0)

33 (66.0)

50 (100.0)

3-4

7 (20.0)

38(80.0)

45 (100.0)

19 (31.7)

41 (68.3)

60 (100.0)

³5

1 (8.3)

11(91.7)

12 (100.0)

8 (72.7)

3 (27.3)

11 (100.0)

X2 =1.725

p=0.63

X2 = 7.03

p = 0.07