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Table 5 Relation between risk factor and type of violence among the studied cases

From: A medicolegal study of domestic violence in south region of Jordan

Type

Risk Factor

Total

X2

P-value

family &financial problems

Study problems

family disintegration &poverty

servant

MR

Physical

17

3

1

0

7

28

36.08

0.003*

Sexual

39

3

9

2

0

53

  

Mixed (Physical&Sexual)

3

0

2

0

0

5

  

Neglect

8

0

3

0

0

11

  

Psychic

24

2

5

0

0

31

  

Total

91

8

20

2

7

128

  
  1. P-value was considered significant (*) if ≤ 0.05