Table 3.
Association between change in legal age of marriage and changes in violence attitudes scale, MEN aged 15-49 Demographic and Health Surveys
| Univariate* (N = 104 604) | Multivariate† (N = 102 034) | |
|---|---|---|
|
Exposure: | ||
| Change in policy to 18+ (DID estimator) |
-.71 (-0.86, -0.56)‡ |
-0.98 (-1.13, -0.83)‡ |
|
Individual, household and country level predictors: | ||
| Respondent age: 20-24 years |
-0.10 (-0.14, -0.06)‡ |
|
| Respondent age: 25-29 years |
-0.12 (-0.19, -0.06)‡ |
|
| Respondent age: 30-34 years |
-0.11 (-0.20, -0.01)§ |
|
| Respondent age: 35-39 years |
-0.06 (-0.18, 0.06) |
|
| Respondent age: 40-44 years |
0.02 (-0.13, 0.17) |
|
| Respondent age: 45-49 years |
0.03 (-0.15, 0.21) |
|
| Rural residency status |
0.06 (0.03, 0.09)‡ |
|
| Educational attainment: incomplete primary |
-0.04 (-0.08, 0.00) |
|
| Educational attainment: complete primary |
-0.13 (-0.18, -0.09)‡ |
|
| Educational attainment: incomplete secondary |
-0.26 (-0.30, -0.22)‡ |
|
| Educational attainment: complete secondary |
-0.36 (-0.41, -0.31)‡ |
|
| Educational attainment: higher |
-0.49 (-0.54, -0.44)‡ |
|
| Household SES 2nd quintile |
-0.06 (-0.10, -0.03)‡ |
|
| Household SES 3rd quintile |
-0.07 (-0.11, -0.03)‡ |
|
| Household SES 4th quintile |
-0.16 (-0.19, -0.12)‡ |
|
| Household SES 5th quintile |
-0.26 (-0.30, -0.22)‡ |
|
| Respondent's currently working |
0.09 (0.07, 0.12)‡ |
|
| Respondent's marital status: married |
-0.04 (-0.07, -0.01)§ |
|
| Respondent's marital status: living with a partner |
-0.04 (-0.09, 0.01) |
|
| Respondent's marital status: previously married or living with a partner |
0.15 (0.09, 0.20)‡ |
|
| Respondent year of birth |
0.01 (0.01, 0.02)‡ |
|
| Log GDP per capita | 0.65 (0.26, 1.03)§ | |
SES – socio-economic status
*Univariate model includes country and year fixed effects.
†Multivariate model additionally controlled for measured individual, household and country-level characteristics.
‡P < 0.001.
§P < 0.05.