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. 2020 Jun 25;11:100621. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100621

Table 5.

Separate multi-level bivariate logistic regression models showing the associations between marital choice and individual and village-level norms and attitudes (by sex) (N = 581 dyads, 47 village clusters).

Bivariate analyses: wives' variables
Bivariate analyses: husbands' variables
Beta P Value Beta P Value
Husband reports wife marital choice 0.70 0.01
Wife reports community norm in support of girls marital choice 0.08 0.49 Husband reports community norm in support of girls marital choice 0.07 0.56
Wife reports of community norms of ideal age of marriage (continuous) 0.31 0.02 Husband report of community norms of ideal age of marriage (continuous) −0.06 0.62
Wife beliefs in optimal age of marriage −0.25 0.42 Husband's belief in optimal age of marriage −0.34 0.24
Village aggregate wife reports marital choice 0.69 <0.001 Village aggregate husband reports wife marital choice 0.32 0.06
Village aggregate wife reports community supports wife marital choice −0.07 0.73 Village aggregate husband reports community supports wife marital choice 0.50 <0.001
Village aggregate wife reports of community ideal age of marriage 0.32 0.06 Village aggregate husband's reports of ideal age of marriage 0.48 0.01
Village aggregate wife reports ideal age of marriage 0.23 0.19 Village aggregate husband reports ideal age of marriage 0.50 <0.001

NB: variables in bold are statistically significant at the α = 0.10 threshold.