Socio-demographic characteristics

CivilianN= 108

MilitaryN=130

Yes

n (%)

No

n (%)

Total

n(%)

Yes

n (%)

No

n (%)

Total

n (%)

Respondent’s level of education

None

0 (0.0)

3 (100.0)

3 (100.0)

1 (20.0)

4 (80.0)

5 (100.0)

Primary

1 (25.0)

3 (75.0)

4 (100.0)

2 (11.8)

15 (88.2)

17 (100.0)

Secondary

0 (0.0)

34(100.0)

34 (100.0)

16 (20.5)

62 (79.5)

78 (100.0)

Tertiary

8 (11.9)

59 (88.1)

67 (100.0)

3 (10.0)

27 (90.0)

30 (100.0)

X² = 5.96

p = 0.113

X² = 2.09

p = 0.55

Respondent’s religion

Christianity

13 (14.9)

74 (85.1)

87 (100.0)

15 (17.2)

72 (82.8)

87 (100.0)

Islam

8 (38.1)

13 (61.9)

21 (100.0)

6 (14.3)

36 (85.7)

42 (100.0)

Traditional

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (100.0)

0(0.0)

1 (100.0)

X² = 5.79

p = 0.02^*

X² = 5.12

p = 0.077

Respondent’s ethnicity

Igbo

9 (36.0)

16 (64.0)

25 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

13 (100.0)

13 (100.0)

Hausa

6 (60.0)

4 (40.0)

10 (100.0)

4 (11.1)

32 (88.9)

36 (100.0)

Yoruba

4 (13.8)

25 (86.2)

29 (100.0)

4 (25.0)

12 (75.0)

16 (100.0)

Others

2 (4.5)

42 (95.5)

44 (100.0)

14 (21.5)

51 (78.5)

65 (100.0)

X² = 21.70

p = 0.00^*

X² = 5.24

p = 0.155

Respondent’s occupation

Professional & Skilled

17 (22.1)

60 (77.9)

77 (100.0)

2 (14.3)

12 (85.7)

14 (100.0)

Partly Skilled

2 (15.5)

11 (84.6)

13 (100.0)

2 (4.2)

46 (95.8)

48 (100.0)

Unskilled

2 (12.5)

16 (87.5)

18 (100.0)

18 (26.5)

50 (72.5)

68 (100.0)

X² = 1.28

p = 0.528

X² = 10.03

p = 0.06

Partner’s level of education

None

1 (33.3)

2 (66.7)

3 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Primary

4 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

4 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Secondary

8 (23.6)

26(76.4)

34 (100.0)

23 (23.0)

77 (77.0)

100 (100.0)

Tertiary

12 (17.9)

55(82.1)

67 (100.0)

3 (10.0)

27 (90.0)

30 (100.0)

X² = 14.49

p = 0.002

X² = 2.40

p = 0.31

Partner consumed alcohol regularly

Yes

5 (18.5)

22(81.5)

27 (100.0)

14 (35.9)

25 (64.1)

39 (100.0)

No

16 (19.8)

65(80.2)

81 (100.0)

8 (8.8)

83 (91.2)

91 (100.0)

X² = 0.02

p = 0.89

X² = 14.27

p = 0.00^*

Partner use of hard drugs

Yes

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

4 (50.0)

4 (50.0)

8 (100.0)

No

16 (15.5)

87(84.5)

103(100.0)

16(14.0)

98 (86.0)

114 (100.0)

Don’t know

5 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

5 (100.0)

4 (40.0)

6 (60.0)

10 (100.0)

X² = 21.72

p = 0.00^*

X² = 9.96

p =0.006

Frequency of quarrels with partner

Never

4 (12.9)

27(87.1)

31 (100.0)

3 (11.5)

23 (88.5)

6 (100.0)

Rarely

10 (16.4)

51(83.6)

61 (100.0)

5 (33.3)

10 (66.7)

92 (100.0)

Often

4 (100)

0 (0.0)

4 (100.0)

(0.0)

0 (0.0)

15 (100.0)

Very often

3 (25.0)

9 (75.0)

12 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

6 (100.0)

17 (100.0)

X² = 18.02

p = 0.00^*

X² = 4.63

p = 0.20