Table 2.
Odds ratios of discrete-time logistic regression estimates of union formation among adolescents in Nigeria (N=6653), Niger (N=1570), and Burkina Faso (2690).
| Variables | Model 1 | Model 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | Burkina Faso | Niger | Nigeria | Burkina Faso | Niger | |
| Community-level variables | ||||||
| Percentage of women educated | ||||||
| Low | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Medium | 0.206∗∗∗ | 0.528∗∗∗ | 0.901 | 0.681+ | 0.735∗ | 1.191 |
| High | 0.068∗∗∗ | 0.278∗∗∗ | 0.343∗∗∗ | 0.438∗∗ | 0.838 | 0.947 |
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| Percentage of poor women | ||||||
| Low | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Medium | 1.827∗∗ | 1.025 | 2.343∗ | 1.812+ | 0.885 | 1.387 |
| High | 3.657∗∗∗ | 1.578∗ | 1.917 | 4.482∗∗∗ | 1.543+ | 1.307 |
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| Percentage of working women | ||||||
| Low | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Medium | 0.785 | 0.932 | 1.174 | 1.007 | 0.925 | 1.129 |
| High | 0.565∗∗ | 0.81 | 0.735 | 0.787 | 0.863 | 0.724 |
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| Respondent's education | ||||||
| None | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Primary | 0.447∗∗∗ | 0.384∗∗∗ | 0.494∗∗∗ | |||
| Secondary/higher | 0.162∗∗∗ | 0.259∗∗∗ | 0.226∗∗∗ | |||
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| Wealth index | ||||||
| Poorest | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Poorer | 1.547∗∗ | 1.357+ | 1.327 | |||
| Middle | 2.173∗∗∗ | 1.358+ | 1.509 | |||
| Richer | 3.123∗∗∗ | 1.58∗ | 1.749+ | |||
| Richest | 2.322 | 0.954 | 2.022+ | |||
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| Religion | ||||||
| Muslim | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Christian | 0.642∗∗ | 1.989∗∗∗ | - | |||
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| Region | ||||||
| Northern | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Southern | 0.522∗∗ | 0.929 | 1.2 | |||
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| Sex of household health | ||||||
| Male | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Female | 0.591∗∗∗ | 0.596∗ | 0.696 | |||
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| Place of residence | ||||||
| Urban | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Rural | 1.268 | 1.412 | 3.272∗∗∗ | |||
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| N (person-years) | 50169 | 19918 | 11426 | 50169 | 19918 | 11426 |
∗=p < 0.05, ∗∗=p < 0.01, ∗∗∗=p < 0.001, +=p < 1.0.