Table 4 Adjusted multivariable analyses of attitudes towards negotiating safe sexual practices and family structure and decision-making characteristics of respondents
Characteristics | Wife justified asking the husband to use a condom if he has STI | Refusing to have sex with husband if he has sex with other women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | Urban | Rural | |
aOR (95% CI) | aOR (95% CI) | aOR (95% CI) | aOR (95% CI) | |
Family structure | ||||
Monogamous (RC) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Polygamous | 0.71 (0.61–0.83)*** | 0.74 (0.67–0.81)*** | 0.65 (0.57–0.74)*** | 0.75 (0.68–0.82)*** |
Decision on respondent's healthcare | ||||
Husband/partner alone and other (RC) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Jointly | 1.23 (1.01–1.51)* | 0.95 (0.81–1.10) | 0.91 (0.77–1.08) | 0.70 (0.61–0.80)*** |
Alone | 1.67 (1.32–2.13)*** | 1.24 (1.03–1.50)* | 0.81 (0.67–0.93)* | 0.47 (0.40–0.55)*** |
Decision on large household purchase | ||||
Husband/partner alone and other (RC) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Jointly | 0.91 (0.74–1.10) | 1.04 (0.89–1.21) | 0.79 (0.67–0.93)** | 1.18 (1.03–1.35)* |
Alone | 0.97 (0.74–1.29) | 1.00 (0.78–1.27) | 0.91 (0.74–1.13) | 1.20 (0.97–1.49) |
Decision on how to spend respondent's earning | ||||
Husband/partner alone and other (RC) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Jointly | 2.25 (1.76–2.87)*** | 3.47 (3.90–4.15)*** | 1.62 (1.29–2.03)*** | 2.79 (2.35–3.32)*** |
Alone | 2.64 (2.14–3.25)*** | 3.63 (3.18–4.14)*** | 1.63 (1.33–1.99)*** | 2.79 (2.45–3.18)*** |