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Table 4 Output from the binary logistic regression analysis that shows factors associated with experiencing domestic violence among women age 15–49 in Ethiopia 2016

From: Spatial distribution and predictors of domestic violence against women: evidence from analysis of Ethiopian demographic health survey 2016

Variables

 

AOR

95% CI

Lower

Upper

Intercept

***

.024

.012

.050

Age

 45–49

***

3.08

1.84

5.15

 40–44

***

2.59

1.56

4.29

 35–39

***

2.50

1.56

4.01

 30–34

***

2.35

1.49

3.73

 25–29

***

2.03

1.31

3.14

 20–24

***

2.08

1.36

3.17

 15–19

 

1

  

Highest education

 Higher

 

.76

.41

1.44

 Secondary

 

1.07

.69

1.65

 Primary

**

1.28

1.04

1.58

 No education

 

1

  

Religion

 Other

 

1.88

.84

4.19

 Traditional

**

2.85

1.22

6.64

 Muslim

 

1.28

1.00

1.63

 Protestant

 

1.24

.93

1.65

 Catholic

 

1.99

.86

4.58

 Orthodox

 

1

  

Wealth index

 Richest

***

.52

.36

.75

 Richer

***

.58

.45

.77

 Middle

 

.80

.62

1.03

 Poorer

 

.78

.60

1.01

 Poorest

 

1

  

Number of living children

 > 6 children

 

1.01

.64

1.59

 4–6 children

 

.98

.66

1.47

 1–3 children

 

.99

.69

1.429

 No child

 

1

  

Husband/partner's education

 I don’t know

 

.79

.36

1.72

 Higher

 

.78

.50

1.20

 Secondary

***

.58

.41

.82

 Primary

**

.81

.66

.97

 No education

 

1

  

Husband/partner drinks alcohol

 Yes

***

2.62

2.09

3.29

 No

 

1

  

Respondent's father ever beat her mother

 I don’t know

 

1.22

.85

1.75

 Yes

***

2.16

1.81

2.58

 No

 

1

  

Respondent afraid of husband/partner

 Sometimes

***

2.26

1.83

2.81

 Most of the time

***

4.41

3.45

5.61

 Don’t afraid

 

1

  

Number of unions

 More than once

 

1.13

.91

1.41

 Once

 

1

  

Type of place of residence

 Rural

 

.85

.57

1.26

 Urban

 

1

  

Marital controlling by partner

 I don’t know

***

11.16

4.96

25.06

 Yes

***

4.26

3.55

5.11

 No

 

1

  

Attitude towards wife-beating

 Justified

 

1.11

.92

1.33

 Not justified

 

1

  

Decision-making power

 Yes

 

1.22

.94

1.58

 No

 

1

  

Community acceptance of WB

 High

***

1.39

1.16

1.66

 Low

 

1

  

Region

 Addis Ababa

 

1.08

.49

2.39

 SNNP

 

.77

.51

1.18

 Somali

 

.28

.06

1.16

 Oromia

 

.95

.65

1.40

 Amhara

 

1.13

.77

1.66

 Afar

 

.00

.00

.00

 Tigray

 

1

  
  1. ***P value < 0.01; **P value < 0.05