Table 3 Fixed-effects of multilevel logistic regression showing influence of explanatory variables on likelihood of spousal violence

 Childless^ref

–

–

–

–

 Only one child

0.790 2.114

0.762 2.051

0.789 2.126

0.739 2.023

 Two or more children

1.074 2.294

1.037 2.247

1.140 2.452

1.017 2.234

 35–39 years^ref

–

–

 40–44 years

0.813 1.056

 45–49 years

0.751 0.988

 None^ref

–

–

 Primary

1.351 1.816

 Secondary

1.086 1.519

 Higher

0.591 0.961

 Less than 15 years^ref

–

–

 15–19 years

0.893 1.203

 20–24 years

1.041 1.471

 25 years or older

0.887 1.332

 Ever terminated^ref

–

–

 Never terminated

0.613 0.816

 Low

–

–

 High

1.245 1.718

1.216 1.671

 Low

–

–

 High

1.294 1.761

1.167 1.582

 Urban^ref

–

–

 Rural

0.979 1.292

0.855 1.182

 North-central^ref

–

–

 North-east

0.879 1.319

1.120 1.590

 North-west

0.326 0.478

0.439 0.676

 South-east

0.911 1.471

0.618 1.014

 South-south

0.600 0.988

0.417 0.698

 South-west

0.411 0.676

0.372 0.616

 Monogamy^ref

–

 Polygyny

1.125 1.448

 Does not drink^ref

–

 Drinks

2.563 3.400

 Not male dominated^ref

–

 Male dominated

0.774 0.998

 Poorest^ref

–

 Poorer

0.915 1.323

 Middle

0.861 1.301

 Richer

0.737 1.188

 Richest

0.580 1.024