TABLE 3—

Odds Ratios (ORs; with 95% Confidence Intervals [CIs]) for Reported Intimate Partner Violence and Neighborhood Literacy: Indian National Family Health Survey, 1998–1999

	Lifetime IPV, OR (95% CI)	Recent IPV, OR (95% CI)
Neighborhood female literacy, tertile, %
Highest (Ref)	1.00	1.00
Middle	1.18 (1.07, 1.29)	1.20 (1.07, 1.35)
Lowest	1.10 (0.99, 1.24)	1.14 (0.99, 1.31)
Neighborhood male literacy, tertile, %
Highest (Ref)	1.00	1.00
Middle	1.08 (1.00, 1.18)	1.07 (0.96, 1.19)
Lowest	1.12 (1.01, 1.23)	1.14 (1.01, 1.28)

Note. IPV = intimate partner violence. One contextual education variable was modeled at a time. Models include location, current age in years, age at wedding, religion, caste, employment, living standard, woman’s education, husband’s education, and spousal education differential.