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the woman suffering from the domestic violence. Table-7 shows that politically

empowered women compared to other have 0.3% point lower probability of

having experience of domestic violence. The result supports our hypothesis.

Table 6. Estimates of the Probit Model for Domestic Violence (N=125)

Explained Variable: DVIO

Method: ML –Binary Probit (Newtow Raphson)

Convergence achieved after Iteration 4

Z

Explanatory Variables

Coefficient

Std.

Error

Statistic

Prob.

Constant

1.63459

0.74921

2.18

0.029

ECOEMP (Composite Index)

-.0076812

.0038832

-1.98

0.048

AGE (Year)

-.0169592

.0096447

-1.76

0.079

EDU (Year)

-.0261829

.0445014

-0.59

0.556

OCUW (Home maker)

-.3697836

.2667385

-1.39

0.166

DURSHGM ( Month)

.0115464

.0058543

1.97

0.049

POLEMP (1= yes)

-.7609838

.3483696

-2.18

0.029

HUSEDU (Year)

.0158933

.0386875

0.41

0.681

FAMTY (1= Nuclear)

.5184124

.2742763

1.89

0.059

HUSOCU (1= FARM)

-.1229678

.3122495

-0.39

0.694

PCIN (₹)

-3.32e-06

.0000322

-0.10

0.918

CASTE (1= SC)

1.005419

.283347

3.55

0.000

Summary Statistics

Sum squared residual

21.30463

Avg. log likelihood

-0.50657

Log likelihood

-63.3207

McFadden R-squared

0.26507

Restr. log likelihood

-86.1588

Probability(LR stat)

3.69E-06

Source: Authors’ computation based on primary data, 2010

The estimates of probit model demonstrate that impacts of husband’s education

and occupation on likelihood of domestic violence are statistically insignificant.

Type of family is a statistically significant determinant of domestic violence

against women. It tells us women in nuclear family experiences more domestic

violence compared to those in joint family. The estimated marginal probability

reveals that if a woman shifts from joint to nuclear family the probability of having

experience of domestic violence increases by 0.2% point. Though we have found

that higher per capita family income reduces the probability of experiencing

domestic violence against women, this relation is not statistically significant. The

coefficient of caste is positive and significant. This result is indicative that the

women belonging to scheduled castes are suffering more from domestic violence

in contrast to that of the women belonging to other castes.

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