The prevalence and determinants of sexual violence against young married women by husbands in rural Nepal
Identifieur interne : 001373 ( Pmc/Corpus ); précédent : 001372; suivant : 001374The prevalence and determinants of sexual violence against young married women by husbands in rural Nepal
Auteurs : Mahesh Puri ; Melanie Frost ; Jyotsna Tamang ; Prabhat Lamichhane ; Iqbal ShahSource :
- BMC Research Notes [ 1756-0500 ] ; 2012.
Abstract
Sexual violence within marriage is a public health and human rights issue; yet it remains a much neglected research area, especially in Nepal. This paper represents one of the first attempts to quantify the extent of sexual violence and its determinants among young married women in Nepal.
A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 1,296 married women aged 15–24 years in four major ethnic groups in rural Nepal. The survey data were used to estimate the prevalence and identify determinants of sexual violence. The relative importance of different correlates of sexual violence in the past 12 months at the individual, household and community levels were examined by using a multi-level multivariate statistical approach.
Of the young women surveyed 46% had experienced sexual violence at some point and 31% had experienced sexual violence in the past 12 months. Women’s autonomy was found to be particularly protective against sexual violence both at the individual and community level. Women’s educational level was not found to be protective, while the educational level of the husband was found to be highly protective.
The high prevalence of sexual violence against young women by husbands found in this study is a matter for serious concern and underscores the need for a comprehensive response by policymakers.
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Box 9626, Kathmandu, Nepal</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Frost, Melanie" sort="Frost, Melanie" uniqKey="Frost M" first="Melanie" last="Frost">Melanie Frost</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I2">Department of International Development, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Tamang, Jyotsna" sort="Tamang, Jyotsna" uniqKey="Tamang J" first="Jyotsna" last="Tamang">Jyotsna Tamang</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I1">Center for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities, Kusunti, P.O. Box 9626, Kathmandu, Nepal</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Lamichhane, Prabhat" sort="Lamichhane, Prabhat" uniqKey="Lamichhane P" first="Prabhat" last="Lamichhane">Prabhat Lamichhane</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I1">Center for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities, Kusunti, P.O. Box 9626, Kathmandu, Nepal</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Shah, Iqbal" sort="Shah, Iqbal" uniqKey="Shah I" first="Iqbal" last="Shah">Iqbal Shah</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I3">Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland</nlm:aff></affiliation></author></analytic><series><title level="j">BMC Research Notes</title><idno type="eISSN">1756-0500</idno><imprint><date when="2012">2012</date></imprint></series></biblStruct></sourceDesc></fileDesc><profileDesc><textClass></textClass></profileDesc></teiHeader><front><div type="abstract" xml:lang="en"><sec><title>Background</title><p>Sexual violence within marriage is a public health and human rights issue; yet it remains a much neglected research area, especially in Nepal. This paper represents one of the first attempts to quantify the extent of sexual violence and its determinants among young married women in Nepal.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 1,296 married women aged 15–24 years in four major ethnic groups in rural Nepal. The survey data were used to estimate the prevalence and identify determinants of sexual violence. The relative importance of different correlates of sexual violence in the past 12 months at the individual, household and community levels were examined by using a multi-level multivariate statistical approach.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Of the young women surveyed 46% had experienced sexual violence at some point and 31% had experienced sexual violence in the past 12 months. Women’s autonomy was found to be particularly protective against sexual violence both at the individual and community level. Women’s educational level was not found to be protective, while the educational level of the husband was found to be highly protective.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusions</title><p>The high prevalence of sexual violence against young women by husbands found in this study is a matter for serious concern and underscores the need for a comprehensive response by policymakers.</p></sec></div></front><back><div1 type="bibliography"><listBibl><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Zierler, S" uniqKey="Zierler S">S Zierler</name></author><author><name sortKey="Feingold, L" uniqKey="Feingold L">L Feingold</name></author><author><name sortKey="Laufer, D" uniqKey="Laufer D">D Laufer</name></author></analytic></biblStruct><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Garcia Moreno, C" uniqKey="Garcia Moreno C">C Garcia-Moreno</name></author><author><name sortKey="Watts, C" uniqKey="Watts C">C 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<front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">BMC Res Notes</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="iso-abbrev">BMC Res Notes</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>BMC Research Notes</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">1756-0500</issn><publisher><publisher-name>BioMed Central</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="pmid">22695085</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="pmc">3474176</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1756-0500-5-291</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1186/1756-0500-5-291</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>The prevalence and determinants of sexual violence against young married women by husbands in rural Nepal</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes" id="A1"><name><surname>Puri</surname><given-names>Mahesh</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I1">1</xref><email>mahesh@crehpa.org.np</email></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" id="A2"><name><surname>Frost</surname><given-names>Melanie</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I2">2</xref><email>melanie.frost@qeh.ox.ac.uk</email></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" id="A3"><name><surname>Tamang</surname><given-names>Jyotsna</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I1">1</xref><email>j.tamang@gmail.com</email></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" id="A4"><name><surname>Lamichhane</surname><given-names>Prabhat</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I1">1</xref><email>prabhatone@gmail.com</email></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" id="A5"><name><surname>Shah</surname><given-names>Iqbal</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I3">3</xref><email>shahi@who.int</email></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="I1"><label>1</label>Center for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities, Kusunti, P.O. Box 9626, Kathmandu, Nepal</aff><aff id="I2"><label>2</label>Department of International Development, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom</aff><aff id="I3"><label>3</label>Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland</aff><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2012</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>13</day><month>6</month><year>2012</year></pub-date><volume>5</volume><fpage>291</fpage><lpage>291</lpage><history><date date-type="received"><day>16</day><month>11</month><year>2011</year></date><date date-type="accepted"><day>13</day><month>6</month><year>2012</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright ©2012 Puri et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2012</copyright-year><copyright-holder>Puri et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.</copyright-holder><license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0"><license-p>This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0</ext-link>), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/5/291"></self-uri><abstract><sec><title>Background</title><p>Sexual violence within marriage is a public health and human rights issue; yet it remains a much neglected research area, especially in Nepal. This paper represents one of the first attempts to quantify the extent of sexual violence and its determinants among young married women in Nepal.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 1,296 married women aged 15–24 years in four major ethnic groups in rural Nepal. The survey data were used to estimate the prevalence and identify determinants of sexual violence. The relative importance of different correlates of sexual violence in the past 12 months at the individual, household and community levels were examined by using a multi-level multivariate statistical approach.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Of the young women surveyed 46% had experienced sexual violence at some point and 31% had experienced sexual violence in the past 12 months. Women’s autonomy was found to be particularly protective against sexual violence both at the individual and community level. Women’s educational level was not found to be protective, while the educational level of the husband was found to be highly protective.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusions</title><p>The high prevalence of sexual violence against young women by husbands found in this study is a matter for serious concern and underscores the need for a comprehensive response by policymakers.</p></sec></abstract></article-meta></front><body><sec><title>Background</title><p>Gender-based violence, including intimate partner violence - physical violence perpetrated by men against their female partners - and sexual violence (SV) are worldwide public health problems associated with a wide range of negative physical, psychological, social and economic consequences for abused women themselves and their children [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref>-<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">5</xref>]. Despite this myriad of adverse outcomes, few studies on intimate partner violence have been conducted in developing countries, particularly in South Asia. The experiences of young married women in particular remain largely unexplored. Though limited, research in developing countries suggests that between 2% and 48% of young women have experienced coerced sex within a formal marriage [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">6</xref>-<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B14">14</xref>]. The World Health Organization’s multi-country study on domestic violence also found that between 4% and 57% of ever-partnered 15–19 year old women had experienced sexual violence by an intimate partner at some point [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref>]. Studies conducted elsewhere in the world show that sexual violence occurs virtually across all regions and cultures [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B15">15</xref>].</p><p>The factors influencing a woman’s risk of sexual violence within marriage (SVWM) are complex and not easily amenable to a simple and comprehensive conceptual framework; furthermore, no such framework currently exists. In order to guide the analysis of data, this paper builds upon the evidence reviewed in the literature. We consider that a number of interrelated factors at the individual, household and community levels act together to mutually reinforce or offset their influence on the risk of SVWM. Women’s autonomy is viewed as the most proximate determinant of SVWM, which is in turn influenced by a host of individual, couple and household factors. There are also contextual community factors, which exert their influence by changing the context within which SVWM may or may not take place. The variables included in this study cover all these levels and are explained in detail within the methods section.</p><p>Information from developing countries on the factors underlying SVWM is sparse. The limited evidence available from India and Bangladesh identified several risk factors among young women. An early and arranged marriage, lack of information on sexual matters, inability to exercise sexual and reproductive rights, unequal gender norms and lack of alternative support systems were all found to increase the vulnerability of young married women to coercive sex within marriage [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B16">16</xref>-<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B22">22</xref>]. Limited evidence available from Bangladesh, India and Nepal suggests that women who marry after age 20 years are somewhat less likely to report coercive sexual experiences than women who marry earlier [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B20">20</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B23">23</xref>]. Studies of early marital sexual relations suggest that a lack of awareness of sexual matters contributes to reported traumatic experiences associated with first sex [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B20">20</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B23">23</xref>].</p><p>Few studies from developing countries have reported that alcohol consumption by men plays a significant precipitating role in domestic violence, but there is barely any evidence on the effect of alcohol consumption on sexual violence [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B24">24</xref>-<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B26">26</xref>]. A study from Uganda showed that women whose partners consumed alcohol faced almost a four-fold increased risk of both physical and sexual violence relative to women whose partners did not consume alcohol [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13">13</xref>]. Another study from South India found that expenditure on alcohol was a significant risk factor for domestic violence [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B27">27</xref>].</p><p>Empirical evidence on the broader contextual and community-level factors shaping risk of SVWM is even sparser. A study conducted in Bangladesh showed that the effect of women’s status on violence was context specific. In more culturally conservative areas, higher individual women’s autonomy and short- term membership in savings and credit groups were both associated with significantly elevated risks of violence while community-level factors were unrelated to violence. In less culturally conservative areas, meanwhile, individual-level women’s status indicators were unrelated to the risk of violence, and community-level measures of women’s status were associated with a significantly lower risk of violence [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B28">28</xref>]. Another study conducted in four states of India showed no statistically significant relationship between women’s status and sexual violence among young women. Whether or not improvements in women’s status and autonomy contribute to reductions in sexual violence thus remains an unresolved issue [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B11">11</xref>].</p><p>Patriarchal family structure, cultural, social and religious patterns in Nepal all enforce the lower status of women in family and society; these may act as a catalyst for sexual violence [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B29">29</xref>]. Moreover, Nepali women are generally shy and introverted on matters relating to sex and husbands generally see no problem in exercising some force when they desire sexual intercourse [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B30">30</xref>]. Sex education in school and counselling services related to sex and sexuality are still taboo subjects [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B31">31</xref>]. Moreover, many women in Nepal hold the view that it is in their <italic>dharma</italic> (defined as religion, moral duty and universal law) to be obedient, respectful and pleasing to their husbands [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B32">32</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B33">33</xref>].</p><p>In 2009, the Government of Nepal passed a comprehensive law on gender-based violence which made it a criminal offence for a husband to have forced sex with his wife. The new law stipulated that the punishment for such an offence range from a fine to six months in prison depending on the type of sexual violence [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B34">34</xref>]. In practice, however, this law is rarely enforced strictly. Moreover, the majority of Nepalese people, including local authorities, local police and other agencies that supposedly deal with gender-based violence, are still unaware of its existence [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B35">35</xref>].</p><p>In addition, there is very limited evidence on the prevalence of violence against women or its dynamics in Nepal and sexual violence in particular has been neglected. A woman is defined as having experienced SVWM if she has suffered one or more of the following: (a) forced sexual intercourse; (b) being forced to do something sexual that was found by her to be degrading or humiliating; (c) fearing the consequences of refusing sex; and/or (d) being threatened by her husband that he would leave or go to another woman if she refused him sex. A study conducted among married women of reproductive age in four districts of Nepal found that nearly 58% of women had experienced some form of sexual coercion by their husbands. The study also showed that literate women were less likely to experience sexual coercion, as were women who had some degree of control over decisions regarding their own healthcare [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B36">36</xref>]. Likewise, another study undertaken to examine experience of violence among young married women in rural Nepal revealed that nearly half (46.2%) reported ever experiencing sexual violence and 31.3% reported having experienced sexual violence in the past 12 months. Results in the study indicated that women’s autonomy and inter-spousal communication were significant predictors of violence [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B36">36</xref>]. However, the study had combined both physical and sexual violence as a measure of violence and, importantly, neither paper [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B36">36</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B37">37</xref>] took account of community level factors.</p><p>To better understand, the role of individual and community level factors in women’s experience of SVWM, this paper uses cross-sectional survey data which has already been analysed to examine women’s status and ‘violence in general’ [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B37">37</xref>]. More specifically, we examine whether women’s autonomy, level of education, inter-spousal communication, family support, traditional cultural practices (early and arranged marriage) and selected men’s characteristics (alcohol use, multiple partners, education, occupation etc.) are associated with SVWM. In addition, the paper examines the role of community level indicators.</p><p>This paper aims to contribute to the limited body of population-based evidence on the prevalence and determinants of SVWM among young married women in developing countries and also to inform policies and programs for its prevention in Nepal.</p></sec><sec sec-type="methods"><title>Methods</title><sec><title>Data</title><p>Data for this paper come from a cross-sectional survey, carried out in four districts (Dolkha, Sindhupalchowk, Dang and Kapilvastu) among four major ethnic groups (Brahmin/Chhetri, Tamang, Tharu and Muslims) by the Centre for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities (CREHPA) in 2009. These districts were selected because they have a high concentration of the study’s ethnic communities (more than 50%of the total population in the districts) and also represent geographic variation (two hill and two terai or plains).</p><p>The survey interviewed 1,296 married women aged 15 to 24 years old, selected by using a two-stage systematic random sampling technique. In the first stage, 48 clusters in the selected districts were chosen using the population proportionate to size sampling technique. In the second stage, sample households were selected from the sampled clusters. Before selection, a list of households was updated with the help of community leaders and this list served as a sampling frame for selecting households. A systematic random sampling technique was applied to the list to select 27 households from each cluster. After selecting a house, a short screening questionnaire was administered to the head of the household in order to identify eligible respondents. A total of 5,080 households were visited to identify eligible respondents. Although all the eligible respondents (a total of 1,811 married women aged 15–24 years) were identified in the households visited, the desired sample size for the study (i.e. 1,296) was achieved using systematic random sampling and the respondents were interviewed. Only respondents who gave their informed consent to participate in the study were included. In the case of non-availability of eligible respondents, interviews were terminated after completing the short screening household questionnaire. In households with more than one eligible respondent, one respondent was selected randomly for interview. Interviews were conducted individually at a convenient location for the respondents, usually away from their homes, by well-trained female Nepali interviewers. During the field study, two authors of this article visited the study sites and supervised the interviewers to ensure interview quality and the respondent’s privacy.</p><p>A structured questionnaire was used for the face-to face individual interviews. Both the format and the questions were based on the WHO Multi-country Study on Women’s Health and Domestic Violence against Women, but were adapted to the local setting and study population. The questionnaire was first developed in English and then translated into Nepali. It was pre-tested among similar population subgroups outside the selected study areas and necessary modifications were made.</p><p>The core protocol and research instruments were approved by the Nepal Health Research Council (the Nepal government’s ethical approval agency) and the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Research Ethics Review Committees (ERC). Participants’ verbal consent was obtained regarding their participation in the study. Confidentiality of information was ensured by removing personal identification from the data and by securing access to all data and information. Interviewers orally provided the name and address of organizations that deal with sexual violence and conflicts within marriage to all women. Moreover, if any respondent reported having experienced violence and wished to seek help (requiring counselling or other services), the interviewers facilitated their access to an appropriate service facility or referred them to their nearest health centre. None of the respondents eligible for the study refused to be interviewed.</p></sec><sec><title>Dependent variable</title><p>The dependent variable in the multivariate analysis was whether or not the individual woman reported having experienced sexual violence by her husband in the 12 months preceding the interview. This variable was based on a series of questions that were asked in the survey – these questions were:</p><p>Did your husband ever physically force you to have sexual intercourse with him even when you did not want to?</p><p>Was there ever a time when you were afraid to say ‘no’ to sex with your husband?</p><p>Did your husband ever threaten you that if you didn’t have sex with him he would leave or go to another woman?</p><p>Did your husband ever force you to do something sexual that you found degrading or humiliating?</p><p>Women who answered affirmatively to any of these questions were counted as having experienced SVWM. Women who answered yes to any of these questions were also asked if those experiences had occurred at all in the past 12 months, and if so how frequently. Women who responded affirmatively that they had experienced one or more of these acts in the past 12 months were categorized as having experienced sexual violence in the 12 months preceding the interview.</p></sec><sec><title>Independent variables</title><p>At the individual level, apart from typical background characteristics (age, number of living children, occupation, education of both the woman and her husband), variables reflecting women’s autonomy, involvement in community groups and access to mass media were considered. Also, variables reflecting young women’s transition to marriage and sexual life as indicated by age at marriage, type of marriage and knowledge about sex before marriage were included in the analysis. At the couple level, we included a variable reflecting inter-spousal communications, while at the household level an asset index was included. At the community-level, women’s autonomy (discussed further below), women’s education and men’s education were included.</p><p>Independent variables that were thought to be conceptually important (based on the literature review and the conceptual framework) were initially included in the analysis. Variables in the multivariate analysis were included on the basis of forward model selection. The coding categories of most of the variables included in the analysis are self-explanatory. Nevertheless, details on the key individual level variables have been presented in Table <xref ref-type="table" rid="T1">1</xref>.</p><table-wrap position="float" id="T1"><label>Table 1</label><caption><p>Description of measures</p></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups" border="1"><colgroup><col align="left"></col><col align="left"></col><col align="left"></col></colgroup><thead valign="top"><tr><th align="left"><bold>Variable</bold></th><th align="left"><bold>Coding</bold></th><th align="left"><bold>Description</bold></th></tr></thead><tbody valign="top"><tr><td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Household and individual level<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Age of women at time of survey<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">Continuous<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">Completed age of woman at the time of survey in years<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Age of woman at marriage<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1 = Under 15 years<hr></hr></td><td rowspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Age of woman at marriage in years<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">2 = 15–17 years<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">3 = 18 and over<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="bottom">Type of marriage<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1 = Love marriage<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">Self-reported. A love marriage is a marriage in which participant and her husband decided themselves to get married.<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">2 = Arranged marriage<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">An arranged marriage is one in which family members decided that the couple would get married.<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sex composition of the child<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0 = No child<hr></hr></td><td rowspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sex composition of the living child<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">1 = At least one son<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">2 = Only daughter<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4" align="left" valign="bottom">Caste/ethnicity<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1 = Brahmin/Chhetri<hr></hr></td><td rowspan="4" align="left" valign="bottom">Caste/Ethnicity of the woman<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">2 = Tamang<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">3 = Tharu<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">4 = Muslims<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4" align="left" valign="bottom">Woman’s education<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0 = Illiterate/never been to school<hr></hr></td><td rowspan="4" align="left" valign="bottom">Number of years of education completed by the women<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">1 = Literate up to 8 class/NFE<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">2 = Secondary<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">3 = Higher secondary and above<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Women’s occupation<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1 = Do not earn/housewife<hr></hr></td><td rowspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Occupation of the woman at the time of survey<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">2 = Agriculture/daily wage/livestock<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">3 = Other employment/small business<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="bottom">Membership in community groups<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0 = No<hr></hr></td><td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="bottom">Membership of a community group<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">1 = Yes<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Current age of husband<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1 = 15–24 years<hr></hr></td><td rowspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Completed age of husband at the time of survey<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">2 = 25–34 years<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">3 = 35 and above years<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Husband’s level of education<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0 = Illiterate/never been to school<hr></hr></td><td rowspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Number of years of education completed by the women’s husband<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">1 = Literate up to 8 class/NFE, 2 = Secondary<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">3 = Higher secondary and above<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="6" align="left" valign="bottom">Husband’s occupation<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1 = Unemployed<hr></hr></td><td rowspan="6" align="left" valign="bottom">Occupation of the woman’s husband at the time of survey<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">2 = Agriculture<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">3 = Daily wage labor<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">4 = Service<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">5 = Foreign employment<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">6 = Business<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Husband’s alcohol consumption<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1 = Often<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">Frequency of alcohol consumption of husband<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">2 = Sometimes<hr></hr></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td align="left"> </td><td align="left">3 = Never/rarely</td><td align="left"> </td></tr></tbody></table></table-wrap><p>Some of the variables were generated from the individual data. The women’s autonomy variable was constructed through latent class analysis [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B38">38</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B39">39</xref>]. We considered women’s autonomy as a latent construct because it is not directly observable and it is most appropriately measured through multiple observable manifest variables. The advantage of latent class analysis is that it probabilistically categorizes women into latent classes on the basis of the distribution of their responses to the specified manifest variables. In order to construct an index of women’s autonomy, we used 14 questions (Table <xref ref-type="table" rid="T2">2</xref>) reflecting three key dimensions of women’s autonomy drawing on work by Jejeebhoy (2000) and Koenig (2003) – these three dimensions were autonomy/mobility, familial decision making power and control of resources [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13">13</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B40">40</xref>]. The possible answers for questions relating to decision-making were ‘respondent’, ‘husband’, ‘respondent and her husband’, mother-in-laws’, father-in-laws’ and other. The first two responses were condensed into “self or joint” and the last three to “others”. The question on easiness in sharing feeling with husband was dichotomized into “very easy/easy” and “difficult/very difficult”. Rest of the questions were coded as “Yes” or “No”.</p><table-wrap position="float" id="T2"><label>Table 2</label><caption><p>Description of indices</p></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups" border="1"><colgroup><col align="left"></col><col align="left"></col><col align="left"></col></colgroup><thead valign="top"><tr><th align="left"><bold>Index</bold></th><th align="left"><bold>Coding</bold></th><th align="left"><bold>Questions used in survey</bold></th></tr></thead><tbody valign="top"><tr><td rowspan="15" align="left" valign="bottom">Women’s autonomy<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1 = High autonomy<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">· Generally who makes decisions about purchasing domestic goods?<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">2 = Medium autonomy<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="13" align="left" valign="bottom">3 = Low autonomy<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">· Generally who makes decisions about you giving birth or not?<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">· Generally who makes decisions about the number of children you should have?<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">· Generally who makes decisions about your using or not using a family planning method?<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">· Are you able to visit friends or relatives without permission of your husband or other family members<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">· Are you able to visit the health centre or hospital without permission of your husband or other family members?<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">· Are you able to visit any organization without permission of your husband or other family members?<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">· Are you able to hold any group membership in the community without permission of your husband or other family members?<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">· Are you able to spend money without permission of your husband or other family members?<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">· Do you earn something to contribute to the family income?<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">· In general do you talk to your husband about money matters?<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">· In general do you talk to your husband about things that worry you?<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">· In general do you talk to your husband about things that worry him?<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">How easy do you feel in sharing your feelings with your husband?<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="9" align="left" valign="bottom">Inter-Spousal Communication<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0 = None<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">In general, would you say you talk to your (current or most recent) husband/partner about the the following topics:<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">1 = Discussed on 1–3 matters<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">· Money matters<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="7" align="left" valign="bottom">2 = Discussed on 4 or more matters<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">· Things that have happened to him in the day<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">· Things that happen to you during the day<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">· Things that worry you<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">· Your feelings, love<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">· Things that worry him<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">His feelings, love<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Whether or not the household have<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="11" align="left" valign="bottom">Household wealth index<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1 = Poorest<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">· electricity<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">2 = Poor<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">· a radio<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">3 = Middle<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">· a television<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">4 = Rich<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">· a telephone<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="7" align="left" valign="bottom">5 = Richest<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">· a gas stove<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">· a kerosene stove<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">· tap water,<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">· a bicycle or a motorbike or tractor<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">· type of floor of house<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">· type of roof of house<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">number of rooms<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Exposure to media<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0 = No/rare exposure<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">· How often do you read newspapers and magazines?<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1 = Frequent exposure to all three media<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">· How often do you listen to the radio?<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left"> </td><td align="left"> </td><td align="left">· How often do you view television?</td></tr></tbody></table></table-wrap><table-wrap position="float" id="T3"><label>Table 3</label><caption><p>Distribution of young married women aged 15–24 years by selected background characteristics: Rural Nepal, 2009</p></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups" border="1"><colgroup><col align="left"></col><col align="left"></col><col align="left"></col></colgroup><thead valign="top"><tr><th align="left"><bold>Background characteristics</bold></th><th align="left"><bold>Number</bold></th><th align="center"><bold>%</bold></th></tr></thead><tbody valign="top"><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Age of women<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">79<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">6.1<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">15–17 years<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">398<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">30.7<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">18–20 years<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">819<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">63.2<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">21–24 years<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Median age at marriage(years)<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">17.0<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Duration of marriage<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Less than one year<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">127<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">9.8<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">1–2 years<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">318<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">24.5<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">3–4 years<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">320<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">24.7<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">5 years and above<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">521<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">41.0<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Mean duration of marriage<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">4.0<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Type of marriage<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Arranged<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">908<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">70.1<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Love marriage<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">388<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">29.9<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Number of living children<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">0<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">352<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">27.2<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">1<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">502<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">38.7<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">2<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">326<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom"><italic>25.2</italic><hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">3 or more<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">116<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">8.9<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Caste/Ethnicity<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Brahmin/Chhetri<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">324<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">25.0<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Tamang<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">324<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">25.0<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Tharu<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">324<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">25.0<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Muslim<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">324<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">25.0<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Woman’s level of education<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Illiterate<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">371<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">28.6<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Literate up primary<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">664<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">51.2<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Secondary<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">212<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">16.4<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Higher secondary and above<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">49<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">3.8<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Woman’s occupation<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Do not earn/housewife<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">1019<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">78.6<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Agriculture/poultry/daily wages<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">220<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">17.0<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Other employment (Service/small business)<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">57<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">4.4<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Women’s autonomy<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">High<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">488<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">37.7<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Moderate<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">484<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">37.3<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Low<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">324<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">25.0<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Household wealth index<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Poorest<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">250<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">19.3<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Poor<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">265<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">24.5<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Middle<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">259<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">20.0<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Rich<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">261<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">20.1<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Richest<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">261<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">20.1<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Membership in community groups<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Yes<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">480<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">37.0<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">No<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">816<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">63.0<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Media exposure<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">No/rare<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">742<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">57.3<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Frequent<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">554<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">42.7<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Husband’s education<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Illiterate<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">180<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">13.9<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Literate up to primary<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">695<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">53.6<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Secondary<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">282<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">21.8<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Higher secondary and above<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">139<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">10.7<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Total</td><td align="center">1296</td><td align="center">100.0</td></tr></tbody></table></table-wrap><table-wrap position="float" id="T4"><label>Table 4</label><caption><p>Percentage of young married women reporting experiences of sexual violence by their selected individual characteristics: Rural Nepal, 2009</p></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups" border="1"><colgroup><col align="left"></col><col align="left"></col><col align="left"></col><col align="left"></col></colgroup><thead valign="top"><tr><th align="left"><bold>Background characteristics</bold></th><th align="left"><bold>% reporting life time experience of SV</bold></th><th align="left"><bold>% reporting experience of SV in last 12 months</bold></th><th align="center"><bold>N</bold></th></tr></thead><tbody valign="top"><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Current age of women<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">***<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">15–17 years<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">51.9<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">45.6<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">79<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">18–20 years<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">47.5<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">35.9<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">398<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">21–24 years<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">45.1<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">27.6<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">819<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Age at marriage<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">**<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Les than 15<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">59.3<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">34.1<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">91<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">15–17<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">48.1<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">32.1<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">672<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">18 and over<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">41.6<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">29.6<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">533<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Duration of marriage<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">***<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Less than 1 year<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">52.0<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">48.8<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">127<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">1–2 years<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">42.5<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">32.7<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">318<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">2–4 years<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">45.0<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">28.4<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">320<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">5 and more years<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">47.8<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">27.9<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">531<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Type of marriage<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Arranged<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">47.8<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">31.4<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">908<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Love marriage<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">42.5<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">30.9<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">388<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Sex composition of living child<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">***<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Childless<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">46.9<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">40.6<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">352<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">At least one son<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">46.1<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">28.0<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">601<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Only daughter<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">42.3<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">27.4<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">343<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Woman’s level of education<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">**<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Illiterate<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">46.4<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">34.8<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">371<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Literate up primary (up to 8 years)<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">47.9<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">32.5<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">664<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Secondary (9–10 years)<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">42.9<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">24.1<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">212<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Higher secondary and above (11 years and above)<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">36.7<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">18.4<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">49<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Woman’s occupation<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">**<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Do not earn/housewife<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">46.3<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">30.2<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">1019<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Agriculture/poultry/daily wages<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">47.7<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">39.6<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">220<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Other employment (Service/small business)<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">38.6<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">17.5<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">57<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Knowledge of sex prior to marriage<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Yes<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">46.9<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">33.5<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">698<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">No<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">45.5<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">28.6<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">598<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Media exposure<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">*<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">No/rare<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">47.3<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">33.6<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">742<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Frequent<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">44.8<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">28.2<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">554<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Women’ autonomy<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">***<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">***<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">High<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">38.9<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">23.4<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">488<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Moderate<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">49.2<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">32.0<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">484<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Low<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">52.8<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">42.0<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">324<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Total</td><td align="center">46.2</td><td align="center">31.3</td><td align="center">1296</td></tr></tbody></table><table-wrap-foot><p>Chi-square test of significant at * p ≤ 0.05; ** p ≤ 0.01; ** *p ≤ 0.001.</p></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap><table-wrap position="float" id="T5"><label>Table 5</label><caption><p>Percentage of young married women reporting experiences of sexual violence by their selected household and interpersonal characteristics: Rural Nepal, 2009</p></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups" border="1"><colgroup><col align="left"></col><col align="left"></col><col align="left"></col><col align="left"></col></colgroup><thead valign="top"><tr><th align="left"><bold>Background characteristics</bold></th><th align="left"><bold>% reporting life time experience of SV</bold></th><th align="left"><bold>% reporting experience of SV in last 12 months</bold></th><th align="center"><bold>N</bold></th></tr></thead><tbody valign="top"><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Household asset index<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">**<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Poorest<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">46.0<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">25.2<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">250<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Poor<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">46.4<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">28.3<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">265<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Middle<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">46.0<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">28.2<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">259<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Rich<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">48.7<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">35.3<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">261<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Richest<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">44.1<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">39.1<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">261<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Caste/Ethnicity<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">***<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Brahmin/Chhetri<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">48.2<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">19.8<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">324<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Tamang<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">40.4<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">21.9<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">324<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Tharu<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">48.2<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">40.4<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">324<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Muslim<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">48.2<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">42.9<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">324<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Frequency of contact with maternal family<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">**<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">***<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">At least once a week<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">43.3<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">29.5<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">349<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Once a month<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">42.5<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">25.8<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">562<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Rare/never<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">54.3<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">40.8<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">385<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Membership in community groups<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">***<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Yes<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">47.3<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">34.9<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">480<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">No<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">44.4<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">25.9<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">816<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Inter-spousal communication<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">***<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">***<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">None<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">73.2<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">69.6<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">56<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Discussed on 1–3 matters<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">55.5<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">48.7<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">119<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Discussed on 4–7 matters<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">43.9<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">27.5<hr></hr></td><td align="center" valign="bottom">1121<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Total</td><td align="center">46.2</td><td align="center">31.3</td><td align="center">1296</td></tr></tbody></table><table-wrap-foot><p>Chi-square test of significant at * p ≤ 0.05; ** p ≤ 0.01; ** *p ≤ 0.001.</p></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap><p>We used posterior probabilities of class membership in order to assign each woman to a modal class [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B41">41</xref>]. Our analysis included three latent classes for women’s autonomy. Women belonging to class 1 were most likely to be able to make their own decisions concerning allocation of household resources, contraception, medication, visits to their maternal family and group membership as well as being most likely to be able to communicate freely with their husbands on a variety of topics. Women belonging to class 2 were generally not involved with household decision making, except in terms of contraception and tended to have some restrictions on things like becoming a member of community groups, but they still did well in terms of communication and tended to be free to visit friends and family. Women in class 3 were the least likely to be involved with any kind of family decision making, even in terms of their own health; women in this group also felt less able to communicate with their husband.</p><p>Similarly, the inter-spousal communication variable was generated by using seven questions (Table <xref ref-type="table" rid="T2">2</xref>). Affirmative responses on these inter-spousal communications questions were summed up and categorised into “none/low” communication on any matters (discussed no matters), medium (discussed 1–3 matters) and high (discussed 4 or more matters). Likewise, exposure to mass media was based on woman’s frequency of exposure to newspapers and magazines, radios and television which was then dichotomized into “no/rare” and frequent exposure to all three media (Table <xref ref-type="table" rid="T2">2</xref>).</p><p>The household wealth index variable was constructed using 13 indicators of household possessions. The household possession or dwelling characteristics used for creating household wealth index has been listed in Table <xref ref-type="table" rid="T2">2</xref>. Each asset was assigned a weight (factor score) generated through Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and the resulting asset scores were standardized in relation to a normal distribution with a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B42">42</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B43">43</xref>]. Each household was then assigned a score for each asset and the scores were summed for each household; women were ranked according to the score of the households in which they resided. The sample was then divided into quintiles from one (poorest) to five (richest).</p><p>The community-level variables were generated by taking the average of individual responses at the cluster level. The cluster level variables were the percentage of women with a high level of autonomy, the percent of women with any education and the percent of husbands with any education. These variables were created from the individual level data.</p></sec><sec><title>Statistical analysis</title><p>Bi-variate and multivariate statistical analyses were carried out. Chi-squared tests were performed in order to explore bi-variate associations. The bi-variate associations were tested on the variables that were important for theoretical reasons and on the basis of evidence from other countries. Multivariate analysis was then conducted in order to control for possible confounding.</p><p>Due to the binary nature of the dependent variable (having experienced sexual violence in the past 12 months), logistic regression was used. A multilevel model was used to account for the clustered nature of the data. A binary logistic regression model is presented alongside a multilevel logistic regression (wherein we introduce a random intercept in the linear predictor in order to account for the clustered nature of the data and allow for the inclusion of community level variables). Both models are presented in order to explore how community level variables affect the risk of SVWM, but also to show that the results of the logistic regression are robust to the inclusion of community effects as well as clustering within the data. The multilevel model presented uses a forward modelling selection procedure and is more parsimonious than the single level model, which includes all the variables thought to be of interest for comparison purposes. The random intercept accounts for unobserved heterogeneity within clusters. 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During the process of analysis, multi-collinearity between the variables was assessed and this resulted in dropping the variable on religion as it was highly correlated with caste/ethnicity. We also dropped the variables on husband’s drug use as it was correlated with husband’s alcohol intake.</p></sec></sec><sec sec-type="results"><title>Results</title><sec><title>Characteristics of respondents</title><p>One-third of respondents were less than 20 years old. The median age at marriage was 17 years and 70% had an “arranged” marriage. The mean duration of marriage was four years and about 10 percent of respondents had been married for less than one year. Twenty-seven percent of women had no living children. About 29% of women had no schooling while 51% had completed 8 years of schooling. Nearly 80% were not working for money. A quarter of women were in the category of “low autonomy”. Over half of women (57%) had no/rare exposure to the mass media. About half of the husbands were literate up to primary school level (54%) and nearly one-third had secondary or higher level education (33%).</p></sec><sec><title>Prevalence of sexual violence</title><p>Overall, 46% of young married women reported that they had experienced sexual violence by their husband at some point and 31% reported having experienced sexual violence in the last 12 months.</p></sec><sec><title>Determinants of sexual violence</title><p>To inform an optimal multivariate analysis and to consider the simple (bivariate) associations between background variables and SVWM, chid-squared tests for association were used.</p><p>Younger women were more likely to have experienced sexual violence in the last 12 months but there was no significant difference by age in lifetime experience. This implies that sexual violence is more common at younger ages since for younger women the last 12 months will be the majority of their lifetime experience. Similarly, recent sexual violence decreased with an increase in the duration of marriage, but lifetime experience did not, indicating that SVWM is most common at the beginning of a marriage. Women with children were less likely to experience sexual violence in the last 12 months, particularly those with a living son.</p><p>Differences by educational level were substantial with illiterate women and women with illiterate husbands being most likely to have experienced SVWM in the last 12 months. In line with this, those women who did not have a cash income or who were employed in lower status jobs (agriculture, poultry, daily wage labour etc.) were most likely to experience sexual violence compared to those women who were involved in service or small business. Women with the lowest autonomy also experienced the highest levels of violence (42% versus 23% with the highest autonomy in the last 12 months).</p><p>Women who could rely on support from their natal family were less likely to have experienced sexual violence, indicating the importance of social networks; this association was strongest in relation to sexual violence experienced in the 12 months prior to the survey. In contrast, women who were a member of any community organisation/groups were actually more likely to have experienced sexual violence, especially in the last 12 months. This is somewhat surprising, but probably the result of another confounding variable. Women who had no communication with their husband on family or personal matters were more likely to experience sexual violence.</p><p>Moreover, a variety of the husband’s characteristics affected a woman’s likelihood of being exposed to sexual violence (results not shown in table). Having a husband with a high educational level was found to be protective as was having a husband working in service, business or foreign employment. The highest prevalence was associated with a husband who was unemployed or a daily wage labourer. Husband’s age worked in the opposite direction to women’s age as older husbands (over 35) were more highly associated with incidence of sexual violence. Women with husbands who used drugs, often consumed alcohol and had multiple casual partners were unsurprisingly at greater risk of sexual violence.</p></sec><sec><title>Multivariate analysis</title><p>The relationships observed in the bi-variate analysis were reassessed by using multivariate analysis to identify statistically significant determinants, adjusting for the confounding effects of other factors. In the multivariate analysis, we considered the determinants of SVWM in the 12 months prior to the survey. Two different models are presented – model 1 is a logistic regression, which includes just the household and individual-level factors, while model 2 is a multilevel model including a more parsimonious version of the logistic regression as well as community-level variables. Results are presented in Table <xref ref-type="table" rid="T6">6</xref>.</p><table-wrap position="float" id="T6"><label>Table 6</label><caption><p>Logistic regression models of determinants of sexual violence against young women in the past 12 months: Rural Nepal, 2009</p></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups" border="1"><colgroup><col align="left"></col><col align="left"></col><col align="left"></col><col align="left"></col><col align="left"></col><col align="left"></col><col align="left"></col></colgroup><thead valign="top"><tr><th rowspan="3" align="left"><bold>Variables</bold></th><th colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom"><bold>Model 1</bold><hr></hr></th><th colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom"><bold>Model 2</bold><hr></hr></th></tr><tr><th colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom"><bold>Single level</bold><hr></hr></th><th colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom"><bold>Random effects</bold><hr></hr></th></tr><tr><th align="left"><bold>Odds Ratio</bold></th><th align="left"> </th><th align="left"><bold>SE</bold></th><th align="left"><bold>Odds Ratio</bold></th><th align="left"> </th><th align="left"><bold>SE</bold></th></tr></thead><tbody valign="top"><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom"><italic>Woman and household level variables</italic><hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Age at time of survey<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.900<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">***<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.028<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.902<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">***<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.028<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Woman has no children<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">2.000<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">**<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.440<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1.994<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">**<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.438<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">No knowledge of sex prior to marriage<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.712<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">*<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.111<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.744<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">+<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.115<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Frequent media exposure<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.737<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">+<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.130<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.728<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">+<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.126<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Woman’s autonomy (ref: low)<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Medium<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.838<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.150<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.827<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.147<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">High<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.459<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">***<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.098<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.403<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">***<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.088<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Caste/Ethnicity (ref: Brahmin/Chhetri)<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Tamang<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.803<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.221<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.642<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">**<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.171<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Tharu<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1.439<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.418<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1.216<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.332<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Muslim<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1.764<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">+<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.560<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">3.930<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">***<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1.532<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Never watched a pornographic film<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.507<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">**<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.109<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.496<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">**<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.106<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Contact with maternal family (ref: at least weekly)<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Once a month<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.703<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">*<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.124<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.717<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.126<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Rare/never<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1.343<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.257<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1.363<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.259<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Age of woman at marriage (ref: under 15)<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">15–17<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1.086<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.306<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">-<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">-<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">18+<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1.046<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.316<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">-<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">-<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Woman’s education (ref: illiterate)<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Literate up to grade 8<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1.381<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.242<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">-<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">-<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Secondary<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1.347<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.387<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">-<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">-<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Above Secondary<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1.232<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.627<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">-<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">-<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Woman’s occupation (ref: none)<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Agriculture/poultry/daily wage<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1.331<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.28<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">-<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">-<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Other employment<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.745<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.297<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">-<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">-<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Member of community group/groups<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.924<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.166<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">-<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">-<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">HH asset index (ref: poorest)<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Poor<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1.284<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.308<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">-<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">-<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Middle<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1.1<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.274<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">-<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">-<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Rich<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1.442<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.381<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">-<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">-<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Richest<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1.365<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.406<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">-<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">-<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom"><italic>Husband level variables</italic><hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Age of husband (ref: 15–24)<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">25–34<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1.308<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.214<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1.341<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.219<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">35 and above<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">3.282<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">**<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1.277<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">3.304<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">***<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1.286<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Husband’s education (ref: illiterate)<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Literate up to grade 8<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.712<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.149<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.703<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">**<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.147<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Secondary<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.402<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">***<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.104<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.395<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">***<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.101<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Above Secondary<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.420<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">**<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.142<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.435<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">*<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.144<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Husband’s occupation (ref: unemployed)<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Agriculture<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.604<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.198<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.58<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.189<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Daily wage labour<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.655<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.225<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.591<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.202<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Service<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.738<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.248<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.662<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.222<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Foreign employment<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.25<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">***<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.088<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.233<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">***<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.082<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Business<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.663<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.261<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.631<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.248<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Husband’s alcohol consumption (ref: often)<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Sometimes<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.645<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">*<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.140<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.609<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">*<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.133<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Never/rarely<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.435<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">***<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.102<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.428<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">***<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.101<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Husband has casual partners<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">2.901<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">***<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.678<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">2.822<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">***<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.659<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Inter-Spousal communication (ref: low)<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">Medium<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.446<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">*<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.173<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.439<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">*<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.169<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">High<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.2<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">***<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.069<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.201<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">***<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.068<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom"><italic>Community level variables</italic><hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">% of women with high autonomy<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">-<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">-<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.632<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">**<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.113<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="bottom">% of women with education<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">-<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">-<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">1.01<hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom"> <hr></hr></td><td align="left" valign="bottom">0.014<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left">% of men with education</td><td align="left">-</td><td align="left"> </td><td align="left">-</td><td align="left">0.969</td><td align="left"> </td><td align="left">0.019</td></tr></tbody></table><table-wrap-foot><p>+ p ≤ 0.10; *p ≤ 0.05; **p ≤ 0.01; ***p ≤ 0.001.</p></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap><p>As shown in the bi-variate analysis, younger women were more likely to have experienced SVWM, adjusting for the confounding effects of other variables. Women with older husbands (over 35) also had an increased risk of SVWM, indicating that a large age gap between husband and wife could cause SVWM. Muslim women were found at significantly higher risk of SVWM compared with Brahmin/Chhetri women. A highly educated husband was a protective factor against experiencing SVWM; the odds of a woman with a husband educated to higher secondary level or above experiencing sexual violence were about 60% lower than for women whose husbands were illiterate or had no formal education. Husband’s occupation did not have much of an effect, though having a husband in foreign employment was found to be protective. It should be noted that the characteristics of the woman’s husband were generally found to be the most significant factors in determining whether the woman had experienced sexual violence.</p><p>Being childless proved to be a significant risk factor with childless women having odds of experiencing sexual violence that were about twice as high as women with children. As expected, women’s status/autonomy was found to be significant and protective. Women with high autonomy had odds of experiencing sexual violence that were about 50 or 60% lower than those with low autonomy. Inter-spousal communication was also found to be significant with high levels of communication being associated with much lower levels of violence (the odds were 80% lower for women with high inter-spousal communication levels compared to those with low communication levels). Women whose husbands had casual sexual partners or more than one wife (as reported by women) were more than twice as likely as others to have experienced SVWM in the last 12 months.</p><p>Model 2 includes three community level variables – the percentage of women with high autonomy, the percentage of women with any education and the percentage of husbands with any education. The variables found to be statistically insignificant in Model 1 were excluded from model 2. Overall a similar pattern emerged. However, some of the previously discussed individual and family-level effects were modified with the addition of community-level indicators. For example, the effect of frequency of contact with maternal family was weakened.</p><p>Of the three community level variables included only one was found to be statistically significant and this was the community level of women’s autonomy. Women living in a community where most women had a high level of autonomy were much less likely to experience sexual violence, even if they had low autonomy themselves. Given that autonomy is significantly protective at both the individual and community level improving women’s autonomy might be one of the most important paths to reducing the high levels of sexual violence found in Nepal.</p></sec></sec><sec sec-type="discussion"><title>Discussion</title><p>This study represents one of the first efforts of its kind to quantify the extent of SVWM among young married women in rural Nepal. Given the wide variability in sampling procedures, interview conditions and question wording, any comparison to other societies is difficult to make. However, the prevalence of SVWM among young married women in Nepal appears similar to those in other developing countries and especially South Asia [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10">10</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B11">11</xref>].</p><p>Many risk factors are also similar. However, the analysis carried out in this paper has highlighted some new findings. It was found that women’s education and occupation were unrelated to SVWM, as was the household wealth (as measured by an asset index). Furthermore, no evidence was found that community-level education of either men or women affected the risk of SVWM. On the other hand women’s autonomy was found to be extremely important both at the individual level and the community level. Higher levels of individual women’s autonomy were significantly associated with lower risks of SVWM. This could be due to the fact that women’s greater overall mobility, decision making power and control of resources may reinforce or solidify nascent normative changes in gender relations and rules governing women’s behaviour within the family and the community more broadly. These changes bring with them attendant changes in men’s behaviour vis-à-vis women, including the <italic>presumed</italic> right of husbands to resort to sexual violence with their wives [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B28">28</xref>].</p><p>Husband’s education and inter-spousal communication were also statistically significant. This implies that one of the most important ways to curtail SVWM is to involve and educate men on the issues. Indeed, variables associated with the husband tended to have more of an effect than variables associated with just the woman’s characteristics. Men need to be taught about women’s rights and to respect their wives and also learn to communicate with them. Aside from educating men on both preventing sexual violence and respecting women, it is important to continue to try and raise each woman’s autonomy/status in order to reduce SVWM. The increased risk of SVWM with increased consumption of alcohol by the husband is not a new finding. This study supports the earlier findings from Nepal and other developing countries which reported that alcohol use plays a significant precipitating role in sexual violence [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13">13</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B24">24</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B26">26</xref>-<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B28">28</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B36">36</xref>]. Therefore, any campaign against alcohol use should also cover the issue of sexual violence, among other issues. Additionally, women with husbands who have multiple casual partners or wives were at especially high risk.</p><p>This study showed some surprising findings, especially in regards to education. One expects that a higher level of education would lead to an increase in the woman’s negotiating skills and power and that this would contribute to a lower risk of SVWM. However, this was not the case for our study population. This result was similar to the findings reported in our earlier paper in which women’s education was not associated with violence in general in the past 12 months [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B37">37</xref>]. On the other hand, the result was inconsistent with another study which showed that women’s educational status was significantly associated with women’s experience of violence [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B36">36</xref>]. Second, women with knowledge of sexual matters prior to marriage were at greater risk of SVWM. This is in contrast to the findings from a previous study [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">9</xref>]. We explored our data for other potential confounders such as women who knew about sex being more likely to report violence. However, we did not find any evidence for this. Therefore, this issue requires further investigation. Third, only one of the three community level variables (women’s autonomy) included in our analysis was significantly associated with SVWM. This highlights the importance of women’s autonomy, and that the advantages of increased gender parity in any individual household may spread to the surrounding community. Conversely, the lack of a community level education effect suggests that SVWM is mainly influenced by the education of individual men.</p><p>This study has some limitations. First, we cannot rule out the possibility of underreporting associated with reluctance to report highly sensitive experiences. However, data were collected by highly experienced interview teams using a carefully designed questionnaire and with extensive training and supervision. Thus, the observed findings are unlikely to be attributable to differential levels of reporting. Second, the cross-sectional nature of the data erodes our ability to establish temporality or causality in the observed relationships. It is possible that the observed relationships work in the reverse direction or that the outcomes are caused by unmeasured intermediate factors. In order to study the causes of sexual violence a panel study following women through the course of their marriage would be necessary.</p><p>These limitations notwithstanding, our analysis makes several new and important contributions to the literature on the determinants of SVWM in developing countries. First, it has identified a number of individual, households-level socioeconomic and interpersonal factors that are strongly predictive of the risk of SVWM. Second, it has reaffirmed the pivotal role of women’s autonomy both at an individual and a community level. Third, it has shown that women’s education actually plays a less significant role compared to other individual, household and interpersonal-level characteristics. Fourth, it has highlighted the importance of husband’s education as a protective factor for SVWM for young women.</p></sec><sec sec-type="conclusions"><title>Conclusions</title><p>This study has shown that SVWM among young women in Nepal is common. The determinants of SVWM are complex. However, women’s autonomy, education of husbands, interpersonal communication and alcohol use of husbands were all highly related to SVWM. In particular, the study highlights the critical importance of women’s autonomy at both the individual and community level. Some of the critical interventions to enhance women’s autonomy and rights, improving their economic status, and addressing gender norms and practices would, therefore, benefit from strong community level efforts. As a priority, program managers and policy makers must develop strategies that increase women’s autonomy, involve men and educate them on gender issue and encourage them to engage in inter-spousal communication. It should also be remembered that even though women’s education did not have a statistically significant relationship with SVWM, education of women could be used as a tool to improve women’s autonomy; the fact that education was not found to be significantly associated with sexual violence indicates that education of women in Nepal may need to be refocused so as to provide women with the life skills they need.</p></sec><sec><title>Authors’ contributions</title><p>MP conceived and designed the study. He monitored and supervised the data collection, analysed the data, and prepared the manuscript. MF assisted in the analysis of the data and preparing the first draft of the manuscript. JT developed study instruments, and was involved in training of researchers and monitored the data collection. PL reviewed and revised the paper for its content. IS reviewed the paper and contributed to revising it critically for intellectual content. All authors read and approved the final content of the manuscript.</p></sec><sec><title>Competing interests</title><p>The authors declare that they have no competing interests.</p></sec></body><back><sec><title>Acknowledgements</title><p>The authors are grateful to the UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, for the financial and technical support for this study. We would also like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Nepal Health Research Council and WHO Research Ethics Review Committee (ERC) for the scientific and ethical review and for the approval to conduct the study. We are grateful to the Specialist Panel for Social Science and Operations Research in Sexual and Reproductive Health for the scientific and technical review of the project and for providing helpful comments and suggestions. 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