Factors related to autonomy among Lebanese women: a web-based cross-sectional study

BMC Women's Health

Table 4 Multivariable analysis

Factor	Unstandardized beta	Standardized beta	95% CI	p value
Linear regression 1 taking the Women’s Autonomy Index as dependent variable in the context of the woman’s characteristics
University education versus school education^a	1.263	0.268	0.847; 1.679	< 0.001
Alcohol consumption (Yes vs. No^a)	0.586	0.117	0.119; 1.053	0.014
Woman intermediate income versus no income^a	0.702	0.207	0.381; 1.024	< 0.001
Woman high income versus no income^a	0.911	0.218	0.504; 1.318	< 0.001
Woman employed versus unemployed^a	0.559	0.176	0.263; 0.855	< 0.001
Woman age (years)	0.033	0.133	0.011; 0.054	0.003
Living in South Lebanon versus Mount Lebanon^a	− 0.668	− 0.106	− 1.205; − 0.132	0.015
Woman Druze versus Christian^a	− 0.323	− 0.086	− 0.638; − 0.008	0.044
Linear regression 2 taking the Women’s Autonomy Index as dependent variable in the context of the partner’s characteristics
High monthly income versus no income^b	0.628	0.185	0.285; 0.972	< 0.001
Alcohol consumption (yes vs. no^b)	0.661	0.208	0.347; 0.975	< 0.001
University education versus school education^b	0.420	01.125	0.082; 0.758	0.015
Woman Druze versus Christian^b	− 0.401	− 0.106	− 0.761; − 0.040	0.030
Age	0.021	0.098	0.001; 0.042	0.050

^aVariables entered: region of living, work status, education level, religion, physical activity, income, age, alcohol consumption
^bVariables entered: partner’s alcohol consumption, partner’s education level, partner’s religion, partner’s work status, partner’s income
Variables that were not entered in the model (p values not significant): partner’s work status, partner’s type of smoking, partner’s physical activity, partner’s age at marriage, partner’s age at birth of first child

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