Table 7.
Crude and adjusted relative odds of having power in making decisions about one’s own health
| |
Women with at most primary schooling (sample N = 6,232) |
Women with no formal schooling (subsample N = 4,444) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Crude |
|
Adjusted
a
|
|
Crude |
|
Adjusted
b
|
|
| OR (95% CI) | p c | OR (95% CI) | p c | OR (95% CI) | p c | OR (95% CI) | p c | |
|
Literacy |
|
<0.001 |
|
0.002 |
|
<0.001 |
|
<0.001 |
| Illiterated |
1.00 |
|
1.00 |
|
1.00 |
|
1.00 |
|
| Literate |
1.35 (1.15-1.60) |
|
1.37 (1.13-1.66) |
|
1.81 (1.44-2.29) |
|
1.57 (1.23-2.01) |
|
|
Primary schooling |
|
0.770 |
|
0.249 |
|
|
|
|
| Noned |
1.00 |
|
1.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Incomplete |
1.06 (0.89-1.27) |
|
1.18 (0.96-1.46) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Complete |
0.98 (0.77-1.24) |
|
1.02 (0.75-1.39) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Women’s age (per year) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| < 35 |
1.12 (1.10-1.14) |
<0.001 |
1.12 (1.10-1.14) |
<0.001 |
1.13 (1.11-1.15) |
<0.001 |
1.13 (1.10-1.15) |
<0.001 |
| ≥ 35 |
0.96 (0.94-0.98) |
<0.001 |
0.96 (0.94-0.98) |
<0.001 |
0.97 (0.95-0.98) |
<0.001 |
0.96 (0.95-0.98) |
<0.001 |
|
Household wealth |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Per quintile |
1.10 (1.03-1.17) |
0.004 |
1.05 (0.97-1.13) |
0.253 |
1.09 (1.01-1.18) |
0.025 |
1.06 (0.97-1.15) |
0.213 |
| (lowest is ref) | ||||||||
|
Caste/ethnicity |
|
<0.0001 |
|
0.001 |
|
<0.001 |
|
0.068 |
| Brahmin/Chhetrid |
1.00 |
|
1.00 |
|
1.00 |
|
1.00 |
|
| Newar or Janajati |
0.99 (0.80-1.24) |
|
1.10 (0.89-1.35) |
|
1.04 (0.81-1.34) |
|
1.05 (0.82-1.33) |
|
| Dalit |
0.80 (0.63-1.02) |
|
1.14 (0.92-1.42) |
|
0.85 (0.64-1.13) |
|
1.13 (0.87-1.47) |
|
| Muslim or other |
0.47 (0.36-0.63) |
|
0.66 (0.49-0.88) |
|
0.55 (0.40-0.76) |
|
0.73 (0.52-1.02) |
|
|
Geographic location |
|
0.058 |
|
0.415 |
|
0.162 |
|
0.724 |
| Urband |
1.00 |
|
1.00 |
|
1.00 |
|
1.00 |
|
| Rural | 0.82 (0.66-1.01) | 0.92 (0.74-1.13) | 0.83 (0.64-1.08) | 0.96 (0.74-1.23) | ||||
aThe constant from the multiple logistic regression was 1.100, and the p-value from the Archer and Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test for this model was 0.054.
bThe constant from the multiple logistic regression was 1.034, and the p-value from the Archer and Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test for this model was 0.590.
cLogistic regression p values are adjusted Wald p values.
dDenotes reference group.