Factors affecting domestic violence risk behaviors among Thai Muslim married couples in Satun province

Abstract

     The purpose of this study was to investigate factors affecting domestic violence risk behaviors among Thai Muslim married couples in Satun Province. The data were collected from 1,920 wives as representatives of families, and analyzed using the R program to find out frequencies, percentages, chi-square test, odds ratios, and logistic coefficients. The results revealed that 34.3 percent of Thai Muslim married couples in Satun Province had domestic violence risk behaviors, and the factors affecting domestic risk behaviors with statistical significance consisted of six variables, namely jealous wives, suspicious wives, drinking husbands, drug abusive husbands, being not ready to have one's own family, and lack of time for discussions. Married couples who had high domestic violence risk behaviors were those with wives who were regularly jealous, and those with wives who were occasionally jealous were 3.70 times, and 3.43 times more likely to have risk behaviors than those with wives who were never jealous; those with wives who were regularly suspicious, and those with wives who were occasionally suspicious were 3.19 times, and 1.76 times more likely to have risk behaviors than those with wives who were never suspicious; those with husbands who regularly drank, and those with husbands who occasionally drank were 2.14 times, and 1.41 times more likely to have risk behaviors than those with husbands who never drank alcohol; those with husbands who regularly used drugs, and those with husbands who occasionally used drugs were 1.86 times, and 1.39 times more likely to have risk behaviors than those with husbands who never used drugs; married couples who were not ready, and those who were moderately ready to have their own families were 1.79 times, and 1.44 times more likely to have risk behaviors than those who were very ready to have a family, and married couples who did not have time for discussions, and those who moderately had time for discussions were 1.72 times, and 1.47 times more likely to have risk behaviors than those who had a lot of time for discussions.