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Table 3 Odds of ever-experience of any act of physical spousal violence among ever-married women

From: Spousal violence in sub-Saharan Africa: does household poverty-wealth matter?

Explanatory variable

Model 1a

Model2b

Model3c

Model4d

Household poverty-wealth

 

Cameroun

 

Poor

RC

RC

RC

RC

Middle

1.16

1.10

1.09

1.22

Rich

1.10

1.07

1.10

1.22

 

Kenya

  

Poor

RC

RC

RC

RC

Middle

0.86

0.89

0.86

0.86

Rich

0.63*

0.77*

0.78

0.91

 

Mozambique

  

Poor

RC

RC

RC

RC

Middle

1.05

1.07

1.05

1.08

Rich

1.26*

1.27*

1.24*

1.27*

 

Nigeria

  

Poor

RC

RC

RC

RC

Middle

1.72**

1.28**

1.52**

1.33**

Rich

1.55**

0.94

1.45**

1.21*

 

Zambia

  

Poor

RC

RC

RC

RC

Middle

1.11

1.12

 

1.15

Rich

1.38*

1.44*

 

1.45*

 

Zimbabwe

  

Poor

RC

RC

RC

RC

Middle

0.90

0.89

0.96

0.93

Rich

0.69**

0.75**

0.82*

0.81*

  1. aunadjusted ORs; bORs adjusted for age, education age at marriage, current work status, and marital status (not included).
  2. cORs adjusted for history of violence, attitude towards violence and partner alcoholic intake (variables not included).
  3. dORs adjusted for variables in (b) and (c) above (variables not included in the Table).
  4. **p < 0.01 *p < 0.05.