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BackgroundcharacteristicsTable 6.1 Causes of physical violence from women’s perspective - 1Percentage of women reporting physical violence by husband or partner on causes of domestic violence insociety, grouped based on type of residence, education, and income.Georgia 2009noparticularreasonmandrunkmoneyproblemsdifficultiesat hisworkhe’sunemployedno foodat homeproblemswithfamilyshe’spregnanthe’s jealousNumberof womenexperiencedviolenceType ofresidenceUrban 15.7 53.1 28.5 11.3 17.3 14.5 14.8 2.3 25.0 38Rural 15.3 44.9 22.3 5.3 12.1 11.3 10.2 2.1 20.4 45Tbilisi 14.3 59.9 26.7 5.7 23.2 11.8 2.6 0 20.5 39Age groups15 – 24 17 23 6 8 0 8 4 6 0 [12]25 – 34 14 18 3 13 3 8 5 3 2 4035 – 44 16 22 2 9 5 7 3 2 2 5345 – 49 16 16 0 10 3 8 10 6 1 [19]EducationIncomplete28.3 26.6 17.4 0 0 10.3 12.5 0 19.5secondary[22]Completesecondary17.2 45.9 22.6 3.1 13.9 18.3 8.4 0 35.2 34Technical 7.6 64.1 24.5 5.5 28.5 12.9 11.3 4.5 14.3 41Higher 13 58.9 38.2 21.7 18.4 5.9 4.1 0 18.2 26IndependentincomeYes 6.8 63.7 26.3 9.3 19.6 15.3 6.7 0 19.2 35No 18.4 46.4 25.4 6.5 16.4 11.3 10.2 2.1 22.9 88Georgia 15.1 51.3 25.6 7.3 17.3 12.4 9.2 1.5 21.9 123BackgroundcharacteristicsTable 6.2 Causes of physical violence from women’s perspective - 2Percentage of women reporting physical violence by husband or partner on causes of domestic violence insociety, grouped based on region, type of residence, education and incomeGeorgia 2009Sherefusessexshe’sdisobedientspouse’simpotencebecauseofchildrenillnesswomanisjealousdon’t loveeach otherNumberof womenexperiencedviolenceType of residenceUrban 21 21.1 3.4 0 2.8 2.5 0 38Rural 5.4 1.3 2.1 2.2 0 1.6 2.6 45Tbilisi 7.9 20.9 2.7 0 0 2.6 0 39EducationIncomplete secondary 6.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 [22]Complete secondary 15.8 10.7 0 0 0 2.8 0 34Technical 3.9 17.5 2.3 0 0 2.5 2.8 41Higher 19.7 23.2 9.1 0 4.1 2.8 0 26Independent incomeYes 9.8 15.5 3 0 3 2.1 0 35No 11.5 13 2.6 1.1 0 2.3 1.3 88Georgia 11 13.7 2.7 0.8 0.9 2.2 0.9 12352