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Table 5 Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios* of last year physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence and women's and men’s relative indicators of economic empowerment among women aged 15 to 49 (adjusted for marital status, household wealth, women’s and men’s age in addition to those in the table), nationally (n = 46,396) and by urban (n = 12,260) and rural (n = 34,136)

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

 

ALL

All

Urban

Urban

Rural

Rural

OR

CI

AOR

CI

OR

CI

AOR

CI

OR

CI

AOR

CI

Who decides on her earnings (ref: she)

            

Not She

1.44***

[1.31,1.58]

1.33***

[1.21,1.47]

1.34**

[1.09,1.64]

1.31*

[1.06,1.61]

1.45***

[1.31,1.61]

1.35***

[1.21,1.50]

She has no earnings

1.01

[0.96,1.06]

1.39

[0.87,2.23]

0.95

[0.85,1.05]

0.60

[0.22,1.67]

1.02

[0.96,1.08]

1.85*

[1.10,3.12]

Who earns more (ref: Same)

            

She

1.34***

[1.17,1.53]

1.41***

[1.23,1.61]

1.58***

[1.24,2.01]

1.52***

[1.19,1.95]

1.26**

[1.07,1.49]

1.35***

[1.14,1.59]

He

0.92

[0.83,1.01]

1.12*

[1.01,1.23]

1.00

[0.82,1.21]

1.09

[0.89,1.34]

0.89*

[0.80,0.99]

1.14*

[1.01,1.27]

Who has a higher level of education (ref: he)

            

Same

0.96

[0.91,1.01]

0.98

[0.92,1.04]

1.02

[0.91,1.14]

1.07

[0.92,1.24]

0.93*

[0.87,0.99]

0.96

[0.89,1.03]

She

1.11*

[1.02,1.20]

1.02

[0.93,1.13]

1.11

[0.95,1.30]

1.22*

[1.01,1.48]

1.11*

[1.02,1.22]

0.96

[0.86,1.08]

Who is currently working (ref: he)

            

Both

0.84***

[0.80,0.88]

0.96

[0.87,1.07]

0.92

[0.82,1.02]

1.12

[0.88,1.43]

0.81***

[0.77,0.87]

0.92

[0.82,1.03]

She

1.08

[0.97,1.20]

0.93

[0.83,1.05]

1.20

[0.89,1.61]

1.10

[0.80,1.51]

1.04

[0.93,1.17]

0.89

[0.79,1.01]

Cash income

0.86***

[0.81,0.92]

1.28

[0.79,2.05]

0.83*

[0.70,0.99]

0.55

[0.20,1.55]

0.89***

[0.83,0.95]

1.70*

[1.00,2.87]

  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