Table 5.
Bivariate and multivariate linear regression models of the standardized, negative dimensions of marital quality, comprising problems and disagreements (n=329).
| Problems
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Disagreements
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bivariate Models | Full Model | Bivariate Models | Full Model | |||||
| β | (SE) | β | (SE) | β | (SE) | β | (SE) | |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male (ref) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Female | 0.01 | (.11) | 0.07 | (.18) | 0.51** | (.11) | 0.20 | (.16) |
| Years of education | 0.02† | (.01) | 0.03 | (.02) | −0.06** | (.01) | −0.03† | (.02) |
| Who chose spouse | ||||||||
| Family (ref) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Both family and respondent | 0.14 | (.13) | 0.10 | (.14) | −0.14 | (.13) | −0.06 | (.13) |
| Respondent | 0.05 | (.14) | 0.06 | (.15) | −0.30* | (.14) | −0.38** | (.14) |
| Age at marriage | 0.00 | (.01) | −0.01 | (.02) | −0.06** | (.01) | −0.03 | (.02) |
| Marital duration | −0.01 | (.01) | −0.02* | (.01) | −0.01 | (.01) | −0.02* | (.01) |
| Number of children | −0.01 | (.03) | 0.09† | (.05) | 0.04 | (.03) | 0.03 | (.05) |
| Caste/ethnicity | ||||||||
| Chetri or Bahun (ref) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Indigenous hill group | −0.07 | (.16) | −0.04 | (.16) | 0.03 | (.15) | −0.00 | (.15) |
| Dalit | −0.13 | (.16) | −0.08 | (.20) | 0.16 | (.17) | −0.05 | (.18) |
| Indigenous Terai group | −0.13 | (.13) | −0.15 | (.17) | 0.53** | (.13) | 0.37* | (.16) |
| Occupational status | ||||||||
| Does not work for pay (ref) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Daily wage | −0.03 | (.16) | −0.05 | (.20) | −0.52** | (.16) | −0.16 | (.19) |
| Salaried position | 0.04 | (.14) | 0.04 | (.19) | −0.55** | (.14) | −0.12 | (.18) |
| Constant | various | 0.12 | (.50) | various | 0.72 | (.46) | ||
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| F-value | various | 0.79 | various | 5.22** | ||||
| R2 | various | 0.03 | various | 0.17 | ||||
†
p<0.10
*
p<0.05
**
p<0.01, two-tailed test