Socio-economic variables/factors | Respondents | Victim of forced marriage | Value of chi-square χ2(d.f.) | ||||
Yes | No | ||||||
Number | % | Number | % | Number | % |
| |
Education of the respondentsIlliterate Literate |
46 100 |
31.5 68.5 |
20 23 |
43.5 23.0 |
26 77 |
56.5 77.0 | χ2(1) = 6.36a |
Occupation of the respondents Household activities Others (Agriculture, business, Job, poultry, laborer, day laborer) |
76 70
|
52.1 47.9
|
26 17
|
34.2 24.3
|
50 53
|
65.8 75.7
| χ2(1) = 1.73 |
Monthly income of the family Lower income (<8000 Taka) Higher income (³8000 Taka) |
75 50 |
60.0 40.0 |
28 7 |
37.3 14.0 |
47 43 |
62.7 86.0 | χ2(1) = 8.10a |
Religion Muslim Non Muslim |
132 14 |
90.4 9.6 |
39 4 |
29.5 28.6 |
93 10 |
70.5 71.4 | χ2(1) = 0.006 |
Exposure to mass mediaReads newspapers at least once in a week Yes No |
34 109 |
23.8 76.2 |
5 38 |
14.7 34.9 |
29 71 |
85.3 65.1 | χ2(1) = 5.01b |
Watches television or listens to radio at least once in a week Yes No |
73 69 |
51.4 48.6 |
16 26 |
21.9 37.7 |
57 43 |
78.1 62.3 | χ2(1) = 4.23b |
District of residence Sylhet Maulvibazar Sunamganj Habiganj |
79 37 27 3 |
54.1 25.3 18.5 2.1 |
24 8 11 0 |
30.4 21.6 40.7 00.0 |
55 29 16 3 |
69.6 78.4 59.3 100 | χ2(3) = 4.03 |
Decision on household matters Self-decision Other’s decision |
17 123 |
12.1 87.9 |
5 35 |
29.4 28.5 |
12 88 |
70.6 71.5 | χ2(1) = 0.007 |
Autonomy to mobility Restricted Unrestricted |
82 56 |
59.4 40.6 |
27 13 |
32.9 23.2 |
55 43 |
67.1 76.8 | χ2(1) = 1.51 |