Table 3 The odds of IPV and unmet need for FP across different sociodemographic factors of married Afghan women aged 18–49 years, ADHS 2015

Age groups (years)

 18–24

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 25–29

1.49 (1.30–1.72)

1.37 (1.08–1.75)

1.51 (1.28–1.79)

1.52 (1.33–1.73)

1.23 (1.06–1.43)

 30–34

1.56 (1.34–1.80)

1.24 (0.96–1.56)

1.41 (1.20–1.67)

1.41 (1.23–1.63)

1.37 (1.15–1.64)

 35–39

1.68 (1.48–1.90)

0.99 (0.76–1.29)

1.45 (1.23–1.71)

1.51 (1.31–1.76)

1.32 (1.04–1.68)

 ≥ 40

1.87 (1.62–2.16)

1.08 (0.86–1.26)

1.68 (1.41–2.09)

1.73 (1.51–1.97)

1.18 (0.96–1.46)

Education

 Illiterate

2.02 (1.70–2.39)

1.77 (1.26–2.49)

1.57 (1.36–1.82)

1.73 (1.45–2.06)

1.37 (1.02–1.83)

 Literate

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Employment

 Employed

1.20 (0.96–1.51)

1.74 (1.32–2.30)

1.27 (0.99–1.62)

1.34 (1.05–1.71)

0.87 (0.67–1.12)

 Unemployed

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Parity

 1

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 2–4

1.34 (1.13–1.59)

1.08 (0.81–1.45)

1.28 (1.09–1.52)

1.27 (1.08–1.49)

1.16 (0.96–1.42)

 > 5

1.60 (1.34–1.92)

1.13 (0.84–1.52)

1.39 (1.19–1.62)

1.42 (1.21–1.65)

1.44 (1.19–1.74)

Husband’s age (year)

 18–24

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 25–34

1.56 (1.28–1.90)

1.16 (0.81–1.57)

1.50 (1.25–1.79)

1.63 (1.36–1.96)

1.19 (0.99–1.43)

 35–44

1.71 (1.45–2.02)

1.07 (0.77–1.48)

1.72 (1.44–2.05)

1.72 (1.44–2.07)

1.22 (1.01–1.47)

 > 45

2.01 (1.66–2.43)

0.93 (0.67–1.29)

1.91 (1.60–2.29)

1.95 (1.63–2.32)

1.28 (0.99–1.64)

Husband education

 Illiterate

1.54 (1.33–1.79)

1.13 (0.92–1.38)

1.33 (1.17–1.52)

1.45 (1.24–1.69)

1.04 (0.92–1.18)

 Literate

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Wealth index

 Poor

1.41 (1.18–1.69)

1.61 (1.17–1.23)

1.06 (0.89–1.27)

1.19 (0.99–1.43)

1.32 (1.09–1.60)

 Middle

1.59 (1.28–1.96)

0.90 (0.63–1.28)

1.17 (1.01–1.37)

1.36 (1.08–1.71)

1.22 (0.96–1.55)

 Rich

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Place of living

 Urban

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 Rural

1.75 (1.42–2.14)

1.19 (0.77–1.82)

1.09 (0.93–1.29)

1.38 (1.13–1.69)

1.06 (0.89–1.27)

Ethnicity

 Pashtun

1.75 (1.08–2.82)

1.95 (0.86–4.38)

4.10 (2.69–6.25)

2.12 (1.30–3.45)

0.61 (0.44–0.83)

 Tajik

1.44 (0.89–2.32)

2.72 (1.21–6.09)

3.86 (2.54–5.88)

1.69 (1.06–2.71)

0.70 (0.51–0.97)

 Hazara

1.29 (0.76–2.17)

3.25 (1.30–8.13)

3.17 (2.02–4.98)

1.55 (0.93–2.58)

0.83 (0.57–1.21)

 Uzbek

1.31 (0.77–2.24)

0.54 (0.19–1.58)

2.62 (1.57–4.38)

1.66 (0.97–2.84)

0.88 (0.60–1.31)

 Turkmen

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 Nuristani

1.41 (0.84–2.38)

3.71 (1.61–8.58)

1.77 (1.09–2.87)

1.60 (0.94–2.73)

0.66 (0.44–1.01)

 Baloch

0.64 (0.20–1.99)

0.30 (0.05–1.75)

1.52 (0.59–3.89)

0.67 (0.21–2.09)

0.95 (0.34–2.64)

 Pashai

1.94 (1.04–3.60)

1.94 (0.68–5.55)

3.91 (2.11–7.26)

2.23 (1.17–4.26)

0.94 (0.61–1.43)

 Other

1.48 (0.74–2.96)

4.01 (1.55–10.35)

2.19 (1.21–3.95)

1.66 (0.85–3.26)

1.09 (0.71–1.68)