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. 2016 Jan;8(1):25–34. doi: 10.5249/jivr.v8i1.630

Table 4. Adjusted Odds Ratio (OR) for the social determinants of abuse against children in Egypt.

Characteristics Shouted at children OR (95% CI) Struck children OR (95% CI) Slapped children OR (95% CI)
Intimate partner violence (any IPV)
No 1 1 1
Yes 1.76 (0.79 - 3.92) 1.57 (1.03 - 2.40) 1.57 (1.03 - 2.38)
Respondent justifies wife beating
No 1 1 1
Yes 2.32 (1.02 - 5.28) 1.11 (0.73 - 1.69) 0.90 (0.58 - 1.39)
Generational IPV
No 1 1 1
Yes 2.95 (1.08 - 8.05) 1.73 (1.09 - 2.75) 1.41 (0.91 - 2.18)
Respondents’ age (groups)
15 - 19 1.68 (0.38 - 7.35)
20 - 24 1.84 (0.44 - 7.71) 3.94 (1.65 - 9.39) 2.95 (0.68 - 12.71)
25 - 29 2.45 (0.71 - 7.07) 2.70 (1.38 - 5.28) 2.54 (0.99 - 6.46)
30 - 34 1.82 (0.71 - 4.62) 2.84 (1.56 - 5.18) 3.35 (1.49 - 7.51)
35 - 39 1.53 (0.71 - 3.29) 1.58 (0.92 - 2.71) 2.80 (1.32 - 5.94)
40 - 44 0.77 (0.44 - 1.34) 0.90 (0.64 - 1.26) 2.10 (1.01 - 4.37)
45 - 49 1 1 1
Marital status
Formerly married
Currently married
Sex of child
Female 0.77 (0.44 - 1.34) 0.90 (0.64 - 1.26) 0.57 (0.40 - 0.82)
Male 1 1 1
Respondent’s educational level
No education 1.50 (0.34 - 6.69) 1.05 (0.41 - 2.35) 0.97 (0.41 - 2.02)
Primary 2.95 (0.45 - 19.35) 0.52 (0.21 - 1.30) 1.29 (0.54 - 3.05
Secondary or higher 1 1 1
Partner’s educational level
No education 0.73 (0.18 - 3.01) 1.36 (0.62 - 2.99) 1.59 (0.78 -3.27)
Primary 1.38 (0.34 - 5.59) 1.50 (0.69 - 3.25) 1.08 (0.54 - 2.15)
Secondary or higher 1 1 1
Respondent’s current working status
Not working 0.44 (0.07 - 2.74) 1.23 (0.32 - 4.75) 0.59 (0.18 - 1.91)
Working 1 1 1
Partner’s current working status
Not working 0.36 (0.02 - 7.19) 1.84 (0.08 - 43.60)
Working 1 1
Wealth index
Poorest 0.42 (0.09 - 1.98) 2.05 (0.79 - 5.31) 3.12 (1.27 - 7.65)
Poorer 1.09 (0.24 - 4.99) 2.81 (1.20 - 6.59) 2.58 (1.17 - 5.70)
Middle 1.67 (0.51 - 5.41) 1.37 (0.74 - 2.55) 1.84 (0.96 - 3.50)
Richer 0.78 (0.37 - 1.64) 1.71 (1.09 - 2.69) 1.80 (1.10 - 2.94)
Richest 1 1 1
Place of residence
Rural 0.49 (0.23 - 1.04) 0.80 (0.51 - 1.26) 0.76 (0.48 - 1.20)
Urban 1 1 1
Age of child (years)
0 - 4 5.84 (1.82 - 18.72) 4.71 (1.96 - 11.32) 4.70 (1.45 - 15.25)
5 - 9 2.97 (1.16 - 7.58) 3.39 (1.49 - 7.71) 2.46 (0.78 - 7.76)
10 - 14 2.13 (0.84 - 5.37) 1.26 (0.53 - 2.99) 1.07 (0.31 - 3.64)
≥ 15 1 1 1
Number of children in family
≤ 2 1 1 1
3 - 5 2.56 (1.33 - 4.95) 1.67 (1.10 - 2.53) 1.25 (0.80 - 1.96)
≥ 6 1.07 (0.25 - 4.61) 2.81 (1.09 - 7.22) 2.14 (0.87 - 5.24)
Who decides how to spend money
Respondent alone 1 1 1
Respondent and husband/partner 0.85 (0.41 - 1.59) 0.86 (0.57 - 1.30) 0.48 (0.32 - 0.72)
Husband/partner and other 1.95 (0.82 - 4.67) 1.27 (0.52 - 3.08) 0.63 (0.27 - 1.46)
Type of earnings
Not paid 3.70 (0.39 - 34.95) 1.89 (0.64 - 5.57) 1.61 (0.67 - 3.91)
Cash and kind 1.44 (0.75 - 2.77) 1.44 (0.75 - 2.77) 1.87 (0.88 - 3.96)
In kind only 1.20 (0.58 - 2.51) 1.20 (0.58 - 2.51) 1.20 (0.58 - 2.51)
Cash only 1 1 1

‡ Data not computed due to small number

1= reference category