Table 5 Output from a random coefficient multilevel logistic regression that shows factors associated with experiencing domestic violence among women age 15–49 in Ethiopia 2016

Intercept

***

.017

.006

.05

***

.03

.007

.10

Age

 45–49

***

4.35

1.87

10.08

***

4.22

1.82

9.82

 40–44

***

3.89

1.50

10.08

***

3.82

1.45

10.04

 35–39

**

3.04

1.25

7.40

**

2.95

1.21

7.18

 30–34

**

2.78

1.18

6.53

**

2.74

1.16

6.45

 25–29

**

2.26

1.06

4.81

**

2.24

1.05

4.79

 20–24

**

2.19

1.05

4.55

**

2.18

1.05

4.54

 15–19

1

1

Highest education

 Higher

.63

.781

.28

2.17

.69

.240

2.001

 Secondary

.82

.922

.44

1.91

.85

.404

1.824

 Primary

.33

1.19

.82

1.73

1.19

.822

1.728

 No education

1

1

Religion

 Other

1.72

.22

13.37

1.86

.22

15.47

 Traditional

3.82

.77

18.86

3.82

.71

20.33

 Muslim

1.09

.69

1.72

1.17

.71

1.92

 Protestant

1.05

.67

1.63

1.14

.68

1.91

 Catholic

.82

.27

2.50

.88

.28

2.75

 Orthodox

1

1

Wealth index

 Richest

**

.493

.285

.854

***

.41

.22

.77

 Richer

**

.563

.373

.851

***

.55

.36

.84

 Middle

.799

.482

1.327

.78

.47

1.31

 Poorer

.794

.549

1.147

.78

.54

1.13

 Poorest

1

1

Number of living children

 More than 6

.89

.42

1.88

.92

.44

1.94

 4–6 children

.83

.42

1.62

.84

.43

1.63

 1–3 children

1.02

.59

1.76

1.01

.58

1.74

 No child

1

1

Partner's education

 Higher

.68

.120

3.956

.66

.12

3.66

 Secondary

.77

.37

1.60

.79

.38

1.64

 Primary

.55

.29

1.02

.55

.29

1.04

 No education

1

1

Partner drinks alcohol

 Yes

***

2.75

1.88

4.02

***

2.71

1.84

4.01

 No

Respondent's father ever beat her mother

 I don’t know

1.35

.642

2.87

1.35

.641

2.87

 Yes

***

2.49

1.86

3.34

***

2.51

1.86

3.37

 No

1

1

Respondent afraid of partner

 Sometimes

***

2.42

1.62

3.61

***

2.46

1.63

3.72

 Most of the time

***

5.33

3.54

8.02

***

5.39

3.52

8.2

 Don’t afraid

1

1

Number of unions

 More than once

1.07

.74

1.55

1.05

.72

1.55

 Once

1

1

Women involved in decision making

 Yes

1.27

.741

2.19

1.27

.73

2.21

 No

The attitude of a woman to WB

 Justified

1.27

.953

1.69

1.24

.91

1.67

 Not justified

Marital controlling behaviors

 I don’t know

***

23.6

10.31

54.01

***

22.83

9.97

52.24

 Yes

***

4.17

3.10

5.62

***

4.17

3.09

5.63

 No

1

1

Place of residence

 Rural

.57

.30

 Urban

1

The community acceptance level of WB

 High

1.30

.92

1.85

 Low

1

Region

 Addis Ababa

.84

.32

2.17

 SNNP

.78

.42

1.47

 Somali

.26

.06

1.16

 Oromia

.93

.51

1.70

 Amhara

1.04

.58

1.85

 Afar

.00

00

.01

 Tigray

1