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Table 5 Multivariable logistic regression analysis show independent predictors of domestic violence among married women in the reproductive age in Fagitalekoma woreda, Awi zone, North Western Ethiopia, March, 2011

From: Domestic violence and its predictors among married women in reproductive age in Fagitalekoma Woreda, Awi zone, Amhara regional state, North Western Ethiopia

Variables

 

Domestic violence

Yes n (%)

No n (%)

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

Husband drug use

Yes

362(72.4%)

107(58.8%)

1.9(1.3,2.8)

1.9(1.3,2.8)

 

No

138(27.6%)

75(41.2%)

1.0

1.0

Pregnancy of women

Yes

202(40.4%)

39(21.4%)

2.1(1.4,3.2)

2.1(1.4,3.4)

 

No

298(59.6%)

143(78.6%)

1.0

1.0

Decision maker of household issues

Husband

343(68.6%)

82(45.1%)

2.6(1.8,3.8)

2.3(1.5,3.4)

 

Wife

10(2.0%)

5(2.7%)

1.3(0.4,4.3)

0.9(0.3,3.3)

 

Jointly

147(29.4%)

95(52.2%)

1.0

1.0

Age of husband

20-24

7(1.3%)

9(6.0%)

1.0

1.0

 

25-29

53(10.0%)

24(16.0%)

2.8(0.9,8.5)

3.4(1.0,11.2)

 

30-34

99(18.6%)

26(17.3%)

4.9(1.7,14.4)

4.4(1.3,14.2)

 

35-39

80(15.0%)

15(10.0%)

6.9(2.2,21.3)

6.7(1.9,23.4)

 

40-44

108(20.3%)

30(20.0%)

4.6(1.6,13.5)

4.9(1.5,16.3)

 

45-49

63(11.8%)

12(8.0%)

6.8(2.1,21.6)

7.2(1.9,26.5)

 

≥50

122(22.9%)

34(22.7%)

4.6(1.6,13.3)

5.1(1.5,17.3)

Household annual income (USD)

<280.22

173(32.5%)

54(36.0%)

1.0

1.0

 

280.22-508.76-

195(36.7%)

32(21.3%)

1.9(1.2,3.1)

1.9(1.1,3.3)

 

>508.76

164(30.8%)

64(42.7%)

0.8(0.5,1.2)

0.7(0.4,1.2)

Educational status women

Illiterate

329(61.8%)

78(52.0%)

1.0

1.0

 

Read and write

80(15.0%)

22(14.7%)

0.9(0.5,1.5)

0.8(0.5,1.5)

 

1-6 grades

58(10.9%)

22(14.7%)

0.6(0.4,1.1)

0.5(0.3,0.9)

 

7-12 grade

38(7.1%)

11(7.3%)

0.8(0.4,1.7)

2.0(0.9,4.9)

 

12+

27(5.1%)

17(11.3%)

0.4(0.2,0.7)

1.3(0.5,3.1)