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. 2023 Nov 22;23:817. doi: 10.1186/s12879-023-08826-4

Table 3.

Logit models predicting whether married women can refuse sex

Model 1 Model 2
OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Household structure
 Monogamous 1.00 1.00
 Polygamous 0.43*** 0.35 0.53 0.71*** 0.59 0.86
Region of residence
 East 1.00
 Adamawa 0.68 0.45 1.03
 Centre 0.64** 0.45 0.90
 Douala 0.44** 0.26 0.75
 Far-North 0.61* 0.40 0.95
 Littoral 0.32*** 0.21 0.49
 North 0.29*** 0.19 0.45
 North-West 0.65 0.42 1.01
 West 1.03 0.70 1.52
 South 0.74 0.46 1.19
 South-West 0.38*** 0.23 0.62
 Yaoundé 0.74 0.47 1.17
Place of residence
 Urban 1.00
 Rural 0.94 0.71 1.25
Age of respondents
 15–19 1.00
 20–24 0.96 0.74 1.25
 25–29 1.19 0.93 1.53
 30–34 1.28 0.98 1.68
 35–39 1.39* 1.06 1.83
 40–44 1.33 0.96 1.86
 45–49 1.46* 1.04 2.06
Religion
 Christian 1.00
 Muslim 0.69*** 0.56 0.86
 Traditionalist 0.98 0.58 1.65
 None 0.71 0.45 1.12
 Other 1.53 0.53 4.42
Adequate HIV knowledge
 Yes 1.00
 No 0.58*** 0.49 0.68
Ever been tested for HIV
 Yes 1.00
 No 0.72** 0.58 0.88
Education
 Higher education 1.00
 Secondary education 0.68 0.46 1.01
 Primary education 0.49*** 0.32 0.75
 No education 0.38*** 0.23 0.61
Household wealth
 Richest 1.00
 Richer 0.87 0.67 1.13
 Middle 0.87 0.63 1.20
 Poorer 0.71 0.50 1.02
 Poorest 0.85 0.56 1.31
Employment
 Employed 1.00
 Unemployed 0.76** 0.64 0.90
 F 62.72*** 11.80***

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001