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. 2006 Jan;96(1):132–138. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.050872

TABLE 4—

Results of Multilevel Logistic Model of Reports of Sexual Coercion of Wife in Preceding Year: Male Reproductive Health Survey, Uttar Pradesh, India, 1995

Coefficient (SE)
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Individual-level variables
Husband’s education, y (reference: none)
    1–6 0.150 (0.103) 0.149 (0.103) 0.147 (0.103)
    ≥ 7 0.182 (0.080)* 0.181 (0.081)* 0.159 (0.081)*
Wife’s education, y (reference: none)
    1–6 −0.105 (0.154) −0.108 (0.154) 0.101 (0.154)
    ≥ 7 −0.146 (0.148) −0.117 (0.149) −0.107 (0.149)
Household asset indexa
    1–2 −0.068 (0.096) −0.070 (0.096) −0.104 (0.097)
    3–4 −0.144 (0.103) −0.157 (0.103) −0.179 (0.103)
    5–6 −0.129 (0.128) −0.147 (0.129) −0.203 (0.130)
Economic pressure (reference: no) 0.205 (0.075)** 0.204 (0.075)* 0.180 (0.075)*
Rural residence (reference: urban) −0.011 (0.114) −0.013 (0.257) −0.033 (0.256)
Marital duration, y (reference: < 5)
    5–10 0.023 (0.119) 0.032 (0.119) 0.040 (0.119)
    11–14 −0.064 (0.106) −0.040 (0.105) −0.037 (0.106)
    ≥ 15 −0.238 (0.107)* −0.216 (0.106)* −0.213 (0.106)*
Childless (reference: no) 0.220 (0.079)** 0.218 (0.079)** 0.219 (0.079)**
Husband history of extramarital relationship (reference: no) 1.167 (0.148)** 1.169 (0.148)** 1.189 (0.148)**
Intergenerational exposure to violence (reference: no) 1.101 (0.071)** 1.107 (0.071)** 1.107 (0.071)**
Contextual variables
Community economic index . . . −0.084 (0.132) −0.056 (0.132)
Community electricity . . . −0.191 (0.501) −0.196 (0.498)
Community female education . . . 0.058 (0.048) 0.061 (0.047)
Community gender norms . . . 0.043 (0.203) 0.047 (0.202)
Community wife beating norms . . . 0.144 (0.153) 0.145 (0.152)
District murder rate . . . . . . 0.063 (0.020)**
Random intercept for PSU level 0.283 (0.050)** 0.279 (0.023)** 0.276 (0.022)**

Note. PSU = primary sampling unit.

aNumber of household items owned.

* P < .01; **P < .001.