Table 4.
Adolescent girls' agency and associated factors in West Hararghe, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2016
| Unadjusted bivariate (weighted), β | Multivariable (weighted) model 1 unstandardized β | Multivariable (weighted) model 2 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unstandardized β | Standardized β | |||
| Adolescent girl's age (y) | ||||
| 13 | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| 14 | 1.07** | .98* | 1.11** | .05 |
| 15 | 1.99*** | 2.11*** | 2.08*** | .11 |
| 16 | 3.29*** | 2.67*** | 2.76*** | .12 |
| 17 | 3.75*** | 3.15*** | 2.97*** | .13 |
| Adolescent girl's educational status | ||||
| Never attended school | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Primary (grade 1–8) | 3.39*** | 3.39*** | 2.37*** | .12 |
| Secondary (grade 9–12) | 9.98*** | 8.19*** | 7.22*** | .19 |
| Adolescent girl's marital status | ||||
| Never married | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Ever married | 2.51*** | 2.39** | 2.16*** | .08 |
| Adolescent girl's religion | ||||
| Christian | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Muslim | −5.06*** | −3.53*** | −2.73*** | −.11 |
| Residence | ||||
| Boke district | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Chiro and Doba district | 1.79*** | .68 | .87** | .05 |
| Mesela district | 1.41*** | .14 | −.22 | −.01 |
| Father attended school | ||||
| No | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Yes | 2.26*** | 1.19*** | 1.06*** | .06 |
| Mother ever attended school | ||||
| No | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Yes | 1.82*** | .15 | .29 | .01 |
| Household wealth quintile | ||||
| First | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Second | .81 | .88* | .37 | .02 |
| Middle | .46 | .38 | .14 | .01 |
| Fourth | .12 | −.17 | −.03 | −.001 |
| Highest | 1.81*** | .87 | .63 | .03 |
| Household owns radio | ||||
| No | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Yes | 1.55*** | .56 | .67* | .04 |
| Household food security status | ||||
| Insecure | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Secure | 1.83*** | .65 | .15 | .01 |
| Adolescent girls' favorable education descriptive norm | .52*** | .19*** | .09 | |
| Adolescent girls' favorable education injunctive norm | .46*** | .09 | .05 | |
| Adolescent girls' favorable marriage descriptive norm | .52*** | .13** | .07 | |
| Adolescent girls' favorable marriage injunctive norm | .52*** | .21*** | .13 | |
| Adolescent girls' favorable nutrition descriptive norm | .43*** | .20** | .14 | |
| Adolescent girls' favorable nutrition injunctive norm | .43*** | .12* | .08 | |
| R-square | 13.3% | 28.11% | ||
| Likelihood ratio test (compared model 1 vs. model 2) | Likelihood ratio chi-square (6) = 656.90; p < .0001 | |||
Weight was done to account for complex survey design.
p value for the linear regression analysis: *p < .10, **p < .05, ***p < .01.