Table 3.

Multiple logistic and piecewise regression results for current drinking among women in 14 African countries

Countries with linear effect of age	Age OR (95% CI)	Any education OR (95% CI)	Working for pay OR (95% CI)	Married/co-habiting OR (95% CI)	Rural setting OR (95% CI)
Congo	1.00 (0.98-1.01)	2.01 (0.83-4.87)	1.30 (0.59-2.89)	1.41 (0.89-2.22)	1.05 (0.76-1.46)
Ethiopia	1.00 (0.99-1.01)	0.39 (0.28-0.57)***	1.28 (0.95-1.71)	0.76 (0.61-0.96)*	1.00 (0.78-1.36)
Malawi	1.05 (1.04-1.07)*	2.13 (0.85-5.39)	1.45 (0.72-2.94)	0.55 (0.27-1.10)	1.11 (0.74-1.68)
Mauritius	1.02 (1.00-1.03)**	1.31 (0.68-2.53)	1.74 (1.26-2.42)***	1.55 (1.06-2.25)*	0.92 (0.68-1.25)
South Africa	1.01 (0.99-1.02)	0.66 (0.38-1.14)	1.32 (0.93-1.88)	1.21 (0.86-1.70)	0.84 (0.71-0.99)*
Zambia	1.04 (1.02-1.05)***	1.00 (0.53-1.88)	1.50 (0.90-2.50)	1.05 (0.63-1.75)	0.71 (0.54-0.92)*
Zimbabwe	1.04 (1.02-1.06)***	1.07 (0.54-2.12)	1.19 (0.62-2.29)	1.60 (0.92-2.78)	0.87 (0.63-1.21)
Countries with piecewise linear effect of age	OR (95% CI) before breakpoint OR (95% CI) after breakpoint Age at breakpoint (95% CI)
Burkina Faso	1.03 (1.02-1.05) *** 0.99 (0.96-1.03) 53 (38-69)	1.22 (0.88-1.69)	1.13 (0.90-1.41)	0.70 (0.53-0.94)*	2.39 (1.85-3.08)***
Chad	1.03 (0.99-1.06) 0.95 (0.93-0.97) 37(29-46)	2.33 (1.62-3.35)***	1.68 (1.24-2.27) ***	0.53 (0.38-0.75) ***	1.42 (0.96-2.12)
Cote d'Ivoire	1.04 (1.01-1.08) * 0.99 (0.94-1.03) 49 (32-65)	1.26 (0.78-2.02)	0.92 (0.59-1.43)	0.76 (0.48-1.20)	1.33 (0.84-2.09)
Ghana	1.02 (1.00-1.04) * 0.99 (0.97-1.02) 51 (28-74)	0.85 (0.62-1.15)	2.00 (1.29-3.12)**	0.92 (0.69-1.24)	1.29 (0.97-1.73)
Kenya	1.08 (0.99-1.19) 0.99 (0.97-1.01) 33 (21-45)	0.43 (0.26-0.69)***	0.98 (0.65-1.47)	0.76 (0.51-1.15)	0.76 (0.50-1.17)
Namibia	1.03 (1.00-1.05) 0.97 (0.95-0.98) ** 41 (34-48)	0.59 (0.43-0.79)***	1.05 (0.82-1.34)	0.66 (0.52-0.84)***	1.18 (0.94-1.48)
Swaziland	1.06 (1.02-1.10)** 0.98 (0.92-1.05) 54 (36-72)	0.43 (0.20-.92)*	0.90 (0.40-2.05)	0.76 (0.39-1.51)	1.53 (0.61-3.83)

* p ≤ 0.05; ** p ≤ 0.01 ***p ≤ 0.001