Table 4.
Multilevel Poisson Models for the Log Rate of Agreement with Gender-Equitable Men (GEM) Statements, Junior Married Men 18–34 Years (N = 570), Urban Dhaka and Rural Matlab, Bangladesh, 2011
| Gender-Equitable Attitudes (higher=more equitable attitudes) | Model 1 | Model 2 (H1a) | Model 3 (H1b) | Model 4 (H1c) | Model 5 (H1a-c) |
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| γ̂ (SE) | γ̂ (SE) | γ̂ (SE) | γ̂ (SE) | γ̂ (SE) | |
| Intercept (γ̂00) | 0.80 (0.05)*** | 0.82 (0.04)*** | 0.80 (0.05)*** | 0.82 (0.04)*** | 0.63 (.06)*** |
| Community-Level Variables | |||||
| Senior Men’s Gender Norms count a,b (γ̂01) | 0.24 (0.04)*** | 0.24 (0.03)*** | 0.17 (0.05)*** | ||
| Senior Men’s Grades of Schooling a,b (γ̂02) | 0.03 (0.02) † | ||||
| Junior Men’s Exposure to Violence count c (γ̂03) | −0.11 (0.05)* | ||||
| Senior Men’s Perpetration of Physical Intimate Partner Violence count a,b (γ̂04) | 0.08 (0.07) | ||||
| Individual-Level Variables (Junior Men) | |||||
| Exposure to Violence in Childhood count d (γ̂10) | −0.05 (0.02) ** | −0.05 (0.02) ** | −0.01 (0.02) | ||
| Perpetration of Physical Intimate Partner Violence count (γ̂20) | −0.09 (0.03)** | ||||
| Grades of Schooling d (γ̂30) | 0.07 (0.01)*** | ||||
| Marriage involved dowry d (γ̂40) | −0.13 (0.08) | ||||
| Cross-Level Interaction | |||||
| Exposure to Violence in Childhood count d X Gender Norms count a,b,c (γ̂11) | 0.05 (0.02)** | 0.04 (0.02)* | |||
| Random Effects | |||||
| τ̂ (SE) | 0.15 (−0.04) | 0.07 (−0.02) | 0.14 (−0.03) | 0.06 (−0.02) | 0.04 (−0.02) |
a
Married men 35–49 years.
b
Variable is grand-mean centered.
c
Married men 18–34 years.
d
Variable is group-mean centered.
Note:
†
p < 0.10.
*
p < 0.05.
**
p < 0.01.
***
p <.001.