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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Evol Hum Behav. 2012 Sep;33(5):438–448. doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2011.12.006

Table 5.

Multiple logistic regression of likelihood of wife abuse in the past year

Parameter Husbands’ reports (n=60) Wives’ reports (n=71)
B SE p OR B SE p OR
 Husband had affair in past year=yes 1.682 0.782 0.031 5.377 1.61 0.841 0.05 5.002
 Wife’s agea −2.773 1.271 0.029 0.063 −0.147 0.045 0.001 0.863
 Husband absent from village in past year=yes 1.545 0.892 0.083 4.686 2.177 0.845 0.01 8.816
 Wife’s natal kin=resident in household cluster −0.77 0.97 0.428 0.463 0.033 0.912 0.972 1.033
 Joint dependents < age 10=co-resident −1.876 1.281 0.143 0.153 −2.478 1.572 0.115 0.084
 Constant 8.495 5.021 0.091 4.5 2.433 0.064
 Nagelkerke R2 0.445 0.63
a

Log of wife’s age was used to model husbands’ reports as it provided a better fit