Table 5 Adjusted multivariable analyses of attitudes towards negotiating safe sexual practices and explanatory variables and selected co-variables
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 | 0.89 (0.76–1.05) | 0.81 (0.73–0.90)*** | 0.62 (0.54–0.71)*** | 0.73 (0.66–0.81)*** |
Decision on respondent's healthcare | ||||
Husband/partner alone and other (RC) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Jointly | 1.25 (1.01–1.55)* | 0.90 (0.77–1.05) | 0.99 (0.83–1.18) | 0.72 (0.63–0.84)*** |
Alone | 1.70 (1.32–2.18)*** | 1.21 (1.00–1.47) | 0.91 (0.76–1.10) | 0.52 (0.44–0.62)*** |
Decision on large household purchase | ||||
Husband/partner alone and other (RC) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Jointly | 0.82 (0.66–1.00) | 0.98 (0.84–1.15) | 0.82 (0.70–0.97)* | 1.19 (1.03–1.37)* |
Alone | 0.89 (0.67–1.18) | 0.92 (0.71–1.18) | 0.99 (0.79–1.23) | 1.29 (1.04–1.61)* |
Decision on how to spend respondent's earning | ||||
Husband/partner alone and other (RC) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Jointly | 2.14 (1.67–2.75)*** | 3.03 (2.52–3.65)*** | 1.59 (1.27–2.00)*** | 2.60 (2.18–3.10)*** |
Alone | 2.85 (2.29–3.56)*** | 3.64 (3.17–4.17)*** | 1.42 (1.15–1.74)** | 2.51 (2.19–2.86)*** |
Age | ||||
15–24 (RC) | – | – | 1.00 | 1.00 |
25–34 | – | – | 0.97 (0.80–1.18) | 0.88 (0.78–1.00) |
35 and above | – | – | 1.10 (0.91–1.33) | 0.93 (0.82–1.06) |
Education attainment | ||||
No education (RC) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Primary | 1.52 (1.23–1.89)*** | 1.56 (1.35–1.79)*** | 1.49 (1.23–1.80)*** | 1.58 (1.38–1.81)*** |
Secondary/tertiary | 2.49 (2.03–3.05)*** | 2.18 (1.87–2.54)*** | 1.73 (1.45–2.07)*** | 1.62 (1.41–1.90)*** |
Employment status | ||||
Not working (RC) | 1.00 | 1.00 | – | – |
Currently working | 0..49 (0.30–0.79)** | 0.08 (0.53–0.84)** | – | – |
Wealth quintile | ||||
Lowest (RC) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Middle | 1.06 (0.85–1.31) | 1.42 (1.25–1.61)*** | 1.15 (0.95–1.39) | 1.05 (0.93–1.18) |
Highest | 1.24 (1.01–1.52)* | 1.74 (1.49–2.03)*** | 0.96 (0.80–1.14) | 1.24 (1.08–1.43)** |
Region | ||||
North-central (RC) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
North-east | 1.94 (1.42–2.64)*** | 1.77 (1.49–2.09)*** | 2.37 (1.86–3.02)*** | 2.59 (2.21–3.03)*** |
North-west | 1.11 (0.87–1.40) | 1.26 (1.08–1.47)** | 2.66 (2.17–3.27)*** | 2.06 (1.78–2.37)*** |
South-east | 1.40 (1.10–1.78)** | 1.42 (1.11–1.82)** | 1.10 (0.92–1.31) | 1.23 (1.01–1.49)* |
South-south | 0.95 (0.72–1.25) | 0.63 (0.53–0.76)*** | 1.11 (0.90–1.37) | 0.86 (0.74–1.01) |
South-west | 0.66 (0.54–0.81)*** | 0.62 (0.51–0.75)*** | 1.29 (1.10–1.52)** | 1.39 (1.15–1.66)*** |