Skip to main content

Table 4 Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios* of last year physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence and women's and men’s individual indicators of economic empowerment among women aged 15 to 49, by age groups

From: Economic empowerment and intimate partner violence: a secondary data analysis of the cross-sectional Demographic Health Surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa

 

15–24 (n = 19,870)

25–34 (n = 31,793)

35–49 (n = 19,032)

OR

95% CI

AOR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

AOR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

AOR

95% CI

Household Hwealth (Ref: Middle)

            

Poorer

0.84**

[0.75,0.93]

0.95

[0.87,1.04]

0.92

[0.84,1.01]

1.02

[0.95,1.10]

0.97

[0.86,1.09]

1.06

[0.96,1.16]

Richer

0.99

[0.87,1.12]

1.00

[0.91,1.11]

0.79***

[0.72,0.87]

0.86***

[0.80,0.93]

0.80***

[0.70,0.91]

0.83***

[0.75,0.92]

Men’s age (ref: 15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24)

            

25–34

0.65***

[0.54,0.77]

0.86**

[0.77,0.96]

0.72***

[0.67,0.76]

0.83***

[0.79,0.88]

0.77*

[0.61,0.97]

0.84

[0.69,1.01]

35–49

0.51*

[0.28,0.93]

0.79

[0.51,1.22]

0.56***

[0.46,0.70]

0.85

[0.72,1.00]

0.65***

[0.51,0.83]

0.76**

[0.62,0.93]

Woman’s educational level (Ref: Primary)

            

None

0.44***

[0.39,0.50]

0.74***

[0.66,0.82]

0.52***

[0.48,0.57]

0.75***

[0.69,0.82]

0.57***

[0.51,0.64]

0.77***

[0.70,0.85]

Secondary

0.81***

[0.73,0.90]

0.82***

[0.75,0.91]

0.70***

[0.64,0.76]

0.89**

[0.82,0.96]

0.64***

[0.56,0.73]

0.82***

[0.73,0.92]

Higher

0.44**

[0.24,0.79]

0.51**

[0.32,0.80]

0.30***

[0.24,0.38]

0.47***

[0.39,0.58]

0.29***

[0.22,0.40]

0.51***

[0.39,0.67]

Man’s educational level (Ref: Primary)

            

None

0.44***

[0.38,0.51]

0.72***

[0.64,0.81]

0.51***

[0.46,0.56]

0.81***

[0.74,0.89]

0.58***

[0.52,0.65]

0.87*

[0.78,0.97]

Secondary

0.94

[0.85,1.03]

0.95

[0.87,1.04]

0.78***

[0.73,0.85]

0.92*

[0.85,0.98]

0.79***

[0.70,0.89]

0.96

[0.87,1.06]

Higher

0.50***

[0.38,0.65]

0.56***

[0.45,0.69]

0.41***

[0.35,0.48]

0.71***

[0.61,0.81]

0.44***

[0.36,0.53]

0.71***

[0.59,0.85]

Woman worked in the last 12 months (Ref: no)

1.25***

[1.14,1.37]

1.32***

[1.23,1.42]

1.15***

[1.08,1.24]

1.25***

[1.18,1.32]

1.31***

[1.18,1.46]

1.29***

[1.18,1.40]

Man worked in the last 12 months (Ref: no)

0.86*

[0.75,0.99]

0.99

[0.88,1.11]

0.94

[0.83,1.06]

1.08

[0.97,1.19]

1.12

[0.95,1.32]

1.22**

[1.07,1.39]

  1. Exponentiated coefficients; 95% confidence intervals in brackets; * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001
  2. * Adjusted for all other variables in the table