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Table 3 Associated factors for domestic violence (N = 2466)

From: Shadow of domestic violence and extramarital sex cohesive with spousal communication among males in Nepal

Characteristic

Crude odds ratios with 95% confidence interval

Adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence interval

Age above 25 years

1.09 (.88 – 1.34)

1.59 (1.18 – 2.16)** d

Age 24 years & below -Ref

  

Education secondary or higher

2.33 (1.90 - 2.84)*

1.68 (1.35 - 2.09)* c

Uneducated or primary level- Ref

  

Income 5001 NPR or above

2.19 (1.85- 2.59)*

1.78 (1.42-2.21)* d

5000 NPR or less/month- Ref

  

Formal employment

2.23 (1.89 - 2.64)*

1.68 (1.34 - 2.09)* d

Informal or no employment - Ref

  

Non-Indigenous ethnicity

2.23 (1.75 - 2.83)*

1.70 (1.30 - 2.23)* d

Indigenous ethnicity - Ref

  

≥ 3 Children

.54 (.44 - .67)*

.60 (.48 - .75)* d

≤ 2 Children - Ref

  
  1. *P < 0.001, **P < 0.05.
  2. cAdjusted with education, age, ethnicity, no. of children.
  3. dAdjusted with age, income, employment, ethnicity, no. of children.
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