Economic abuse as a female battering form: A cross-sectional study among physicians and nurses

Table 3 Comparative analysis of Revised Scale of Economic Abuse and Individual Work Performance Questionnaire scores across demographic characteristics

Effective factor	Total SEA2	Economic exploitation	Economic restriction	IWPQ
Age
r	0.116	0.315	0.147	0.292
P value	0.043a	0.058	< 0.001a	< 0.001a
Profession
Physician	1.62 ± 3.25	0.43 ± 1.45	1.19 ± 2.15	3.67 ± 0.62
Nurse	3.32 ± 5.18	1.14 ± 2.61	2.18 ± 3.04	3.94 ± 0.57
t	-2.928	-3.029	-3.241	-3.675
P value	0.004a	0.003a	0.001a	< 0.001a
Education
Bachelor’s degree	3.20 ± 5.23	1.12 ± 2.66	2.07 ± 2.99	3.87 ± 0.56
Postgraduate	2.10 ± 3.61	0.58 ± 1.58	1.51 ± 2.49	3.82 ± 0.66
t	2.160	2.223	1.660	0.731
P value	0.032a	0.027a	0.098	0.465
Length of marriage
0-5 years	2.37 ± 4.45	0.91 ± 2.30	1.46 ± 2.60	3.68 ± 0.55
6-10 years	2.54 ± 3.95	0.82 ± 2.22	1.71 ± 2.09	3.73 ± 0.58
11 years and above	3.20 ± 5.18	0.97 ± 2.47	2.22 ± 2.18	4.02 ± 0.60
F	1.033	0.093	2.321	11.770
P value	0.357	0.912	0.100	< 0.001a
Having children
Yes	3.21 ± 5.20	1.09 ± 2.59	2.12 ± 3.05	3.89 ± 0.60
No	1.56 ± 2.53	0.43 ± 1.19	1.13 ± 1.82	3.74 ± 0.58
t	3.656	2.995	3.409	1.902
P value	< 0.001a	0.003a	< 0.001a	0.058
Spouse education
Secondary school graduates	4.31 ± 6.14	1.43 ± 3.51	2.87 ± 3.28	4.04 ± 0.62
Bachelor’s degree	2.99 ± 4.94	1.11 ± 2.42	1.87 ± 2.87	3.84 ± 0.55
Postgraduate	1.94 ± 3.52	0.45 ± 1.42	1.48 ± 2.49	3.81 ± 0.65
F	4.058	3.687	3.648	2.417
P value	0.018a	0.026a	0.027a	0.091
Decision-making process at home
The family’s decisions are primarily determined by the elders	3.66 ± 5.50	1.33 ± 2.30	2.33 ± 3.21	4.23 ± 0.48
My spouse’s decision is decisive	9.21 ± 8.04	3.10 ± 4.31	6.10 ± 4.21	3.85 ± 0.72
We decide jointly	2.36 ± 4.12	0.78 ± 2.09	1.57 ± 2.48	3.85 ± 0.59
Other/ (I decide)	2.66 ± 1.52	0.00 ± 0.00	2.66 ± 1.52	3.95 ± 0.45
F	14.024	6.308	17.844	0.419
P value	< 0.001a	< 0.001a	< 0.001a	0.740
Household sharing at home
Completely belong to female	10.88 ± 8.36	4.41 ± 5.48	6.47 ± 3.76	4.02 ± 0.60
Majority belongs to female	2.82 ± 4.03	0.93 ± 1.90	1.88 ± 2.55	3.84 ± 0.58
Majority belongs to male	1.60 ± 2.30	1.40 ± 2.19	0.20 ± 0.44	4.07 ± 0.85
Equal	1.70 ± 3.87	1.01 ± 1.70	1.29 ± 2.48	3.84 ± 0.61
F	22.815	16.823	20.598	0.651
P value	< 0.001a	< 0.001a	< 0.001a	0.583

^aCorrelation is significant at the P < 0.001.

P < 0.05 statistical significance. F: One-way analysis of variance test. SEA2: Revised Scale of Economic Abuse; IWPQ: Individual Work Performance Questionnaire.