Table 7.

Adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) of reporting contraceptive use by the Attitudes Toward Wife Beating scale and socio-demographic factors, Dodoma and Mwanza regions, Tanzania, 2009

	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Variable	Husbands	Wives
Age
15–29 years (Ref.)
30–49 years	1.26 (0.60, 2.62)	1.07 (0.50, 2.28)
Education
No education or some primary (Ref.)
Complete primary or higher	1.77 (0.71, 4.46)	1.54 (0.72, 3.27)
No. living children
0–1 (Ref.)
2	2.76 (1.17, 6.52)*	4.43 (1.80, 10.89)**
3 or more	2.98 (1.28, 6.93)*	5.52 (2.13, 14.30)***
Region
Mwanza (Ref.)
Dodoma	4.12 (2.13, 7.97)***	6.43 (3.04, 13.62)***
Attitudes Toward Wife Beating scale (continuous)	0.95 (0.77, 1.17)	1.29 (1.02, 1.64) *

*p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001.