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Table 2 Binary logistic regression results of refusing wife beating among women of reproductive age

From: Wife beating refusal among women of reproductive age in urban and rural Ethiopia

Variables

Classification

Rural

Urban

Number of cases

Adjusted odd ratios

Number of cases

Adjusted odd ratios

  

I

II

III

IV

Region

Tigray

1339

ref

386

ref

Afar

1027

0.66** (.13)

251

1.33 (.18)

Amhara

1809

0.71***(.09)

259

0.66* (.17)

Oromia

1766

1.09 (.10)

354

1.73** (.16)

Somalia

581

0.40***(.16)

307

0.60** (.19)

Ben-Gumuz

1083

1.41** (.10)

169

1.55* (.20)

SNNP

1784

0.64***(.11)

238

1.06 (.19)

Gambella

898

0.84 (.12)

226

0.83 (.19)

Harari

442

0.68* (.15)

649

1.13 (.14)

Addis Ababa

–

–

1724

3.05***(.13)

Dire Dawa

368

1.00 (.15)

722

1.84***(.14)

Level of education

No Education

7070

ref

1133

ref

Primary

3681

1.49***(.06)

2139

1.61***(.09)

Secondary

243

2.27***(.14)

1140

2.70***(.11)

Higher

103

7.54***(.23)

873

5.12***(.13)

Age

15–24

4376

0.73***(.08)

2427

0.83***(.09)

25–34

3513

ref

1729

ref

35–49

3208

1.12***(.07)

1129

1.01 (.10)

Access to media

Not at all

5269

ref

451

ref

Sometimes

3791

0.97 (.05)

1335

1.29 (.13)

Frequently

2037

1.06 (.07)

3499

1.49** (.13)

Workstatus

Not working

5519

ref

2386

ref

Family business

2382

0.95 (.05)

465

1.17 (.11)

Employed

3196

0.96 (.04)

2434

0.90 (.07)

Religion

Orthodox

3901

ref

3053

ref

Protestant

2317

0.79** (.09)

610

0.94 (.11)

Muslim

4525

1.12 (.07)

1572

0.68***(.08)

Others

354

0.67** (.16)

50

0.80 (.33)

Number of living children

None

3134

ref

2590

ref

1–2

2619

0.99 (.09)

1604

1.30* (.11)

3–4

2447

0.73** (.11)

685

1.27 (.14)

5 and above

2897

0.78* (.11)

406

1.21 (.17)

Household wealth Status

Low

4565

ref

1149

ref

Medium

3355

1.02 (.06)

1194

1.17 (.09)

High

3177

1.07 (.06)

2942

1.47***(.09)

Marital status

Never married

2227

1.54***(.09)

2153

1.17 (.11)

Currently in union

7710

ref

2405

ref

Ever married

1160

1.27** (.08)

727

1.01 (.10)

Intercept

 

0.35***(.12)

 

0.29*** (.20)

Total

11,097

 

5285

 
  1. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001