Table 4.
Factors associated with psychological insult and sexual coercion against women in Eastern Sudan using multivariable analyses, 2014
| Psychological insult | Sexual coercion | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | OR | 95% CI | P -value | OR | 95% CI | P -value |
| Women’s age, years | 1.0 | 0.9-1.0 | 0.539 | 1.0 | 0.9-1.0 | 0.256 |
| Parity ≥3 | 1.0 | 0.9-1.0 | 0.848 | 1.0 | 0.9-1.1 | 0.419 |
| Husband’s age, years | 1.0 | 0.9-1.0 | 0.121 | 1.0 | 1.0-1.1 | 0.031 |
| Duration of marriage ≥5 years | 0.9 | 0.9-1.0 | 0.768 | 0.9 | 0.9-1.0 | 0.102 |
| 1st degree relationship | 1.2 | 0.9-1.7 | 0.097 | 1.2 | 0.8-1.8 | 0.216 |
| Women’s education < secondary level | 1.5 | 1.1-2.2 | 0.010 | 1.1 | 0.7-1.7 | 0.527 |
| Women’s occupation, housewives | 0.8 | 0.7-1.0 | 0.230 | 1.0 | 0.8-1.3 | 0.738 |
| Husband’s education < secondary level | 1.3 | 0.9-1.8 | 0.088 | 1.4 | 0.9-2.1 | 0.084 |
| Rural residence | 1.1 | 0.8-1.6 | 0.435 | 1.0 | 0.6-1.6 | 0.798 |
| Ethnicity, hadandwa tribe | 1.0 | 0.8-1.3 | 0.495 | 1.0 | 0.8-1.3 | 0.755 |
| Family members ≥5 | 0.8 | 0.8-1.0 | 0.441 | 0.8 | 0.9-1.0 | 0.166 |
| Polygamous marriage | 1.6 | 1.1-2.4 | 0.006 | 1.7 | 1.1-2.7 | 0.009 |
| Husband’s alcohol consumption | 4.5 | 2.8-7.2 | <0.001 | 5.6 | 3.5-9.1 | <0.001 |
Abbreviations: OR Odds Ratio, CI confidence interval.