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

Table 4 Associated factors for extramarital sex (N = 2466)

Characteristic	Crude odds ratios with 95% confidence interval	Adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence interval
Age above 25 years	1.99 (1.62 - 2.46)*	1.55 (1.19-2.03)*^a
Age 24 years & below -Ref
Education secondary or higher	.62 (.51 - .76)*	.77 (.62 - .95)**^a
Uneducated or primary level- Ref
Desire more children	.29 (.24 - .36)*	.34 (.27 - .43)*^a
No more desire - Ref
Income 5001 NPR or above	1.26 (1.06-1.49)**	1.24 (1.02-1.49)**^b
5000 NPR or less/month- Ref
Non-Indigenous ethnicity	1.49 (1.20-1.85)*	1.42 (1.13-1.78)**^b
Indigenous ethnicity - Ref
≥ 3 Children	1.91 (1.55-2.35)*	1.97 (1.59-2.45)*^b
≤ 2 Children - Ref

*P < 0.001, **P < 0.05.
^aAdjusted with age, education, desire of children, income, ethnicity, no. of children.
^bAdjusted with income, ethnicity, no. of children.

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