Table 5.
Multivariable logistic regression analysis show independent predictors of domestic violence among married women in the reproductive age in Fagitalekoma woreda, Awi zone, North Western Ethiopia, March, 2011
| Variables |
Domestic violence |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes n (%) | No n (%) | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | ||
| Husband drug use |
Yes |
362(72.4%) |
107(58.8%) |
1.9(1.3,2.8) |
1.9(1.3,2.8) |
| |
No |
138(27.6%) |
75(41.2%) |
1.0 |
1.0 |
| Pregnancy of women |
Yes |
202(40.4%) |
39(21.4%) |
2.1(1.4,3.2) |
2.1(1.4,3.4) |
| |
No |
298(59.6%) |
143(78.6%) |
1.0 |
1.0 |
| Decision maker of household issues |
Husband |
343(68.6%) |
82(45.1%) |
2.6(1.8,3.8) |
2.3(1.5,3.4) |
| |
Wife |
10(2.0%) |
5(2.7%) |
1.3(0.4,4.3) |
0.9(0.3,3.3) |
| |
Jointly |
147(29.4%) |
95(52.2%) |
1.0 |
1.0 |
| Age of husband |
20-24 |
7(1.3%) |
9(6.0%) |
1.0 |
1.0 |
| |
25-29 |
53(10.0%) |
24(16.0%) |
2.8(0.9,8.5) |
3.4(1.0,11.2) |
| |
30-34 |
99(18.6%) |
26(17.3%) |
4.9(1.7,14.4) |
4.4(1.3,14.2) |
| |
35-39 |
80(15.0%) |
15(10.0%) |
6.9(2.2,21.3) |
6.7(1.9,23.4) |
| |
40-44 |
108(20.3%) |
30(20.0%) |
4.6(1.6,13.5) |
4.9(1.5,16.3) |
| |
45-49 |
63(11.8%) |
12(8.0%) |
6.8(2.1,21.6) |
7.2(1.9,26.5) |
| |
≥50 |
122(22.9%) |
34(22.7%) |
4.6(1.6,13.3) |
5.1(1.5,17.3) |
| Household annual income (USD) |
<280.22 |
173(32.5%) |
54(36.0%) |
1.0 |
1.0 |
| |
280.22-508.76- |
195(36.7%) |
32(21.3%) |
1.9(1.2,3.1) |
1.9(1.1,3.3) |
| |
>508.76 |
164(30.8%) |
64(42.7%) |
0.8(0.5,1.2) |
0.7(0.4,1.2) |
| Educational status women |
Illiterate |
329(61.8%) |
78(52.0%) |
1.0 |
1.0 |
| |
Read and write |
80(15.0%) |
22(14.7%) |
0.9(0.5,1.5) |
0.8(0.5,1.5) |
| |
1-6 grades |
58(10.9%) |
22(14.7%) |
0.6(0.4,1.1) |
0.5(0.3,0.9) |
| |
7-12 grade |
38(7.1%) |
11(7.3%) |
0.8(0.4,1.7) |
2.0(0.9,4.9) |
| 12+ | 27(5.1%) | 17(11.3%) | 0.4(0.2,0.7) | 1.3(0.5,3.1) | |