Table 2.
Factors Associated with Early marriage in Amhara region, Ethiopia (EDHS, 2016)
| Variable | Categories | AOR(95%CI) | P-value |
| Education | Uneducated(ref) | 1 | 0.015 |
| Primary | 0.96(0.57,1.98)* | 0.005 | |
| Secondary | 0.94(0.45, 1.94) | 0.864 | |
| Higher | 0.69(0.29,1.64) | 0.401 | |
| Legal age | Yes(ref) | 1 | |
| No | 1.61(1.26,2.07)* | 0.000 | |
| Literacy | Cannot read(ref) | 1 | 0.000 |
| partial | 0.49(0.34,0.72)* | 0.000 | |
| Whole sentence | 0.36(0.24,0.52)* | 0.000 | |
| Poor(ref) | 1 | 0.001 | |
| Wealth index | Medium | 0.81(0.60,1.10) | 0.170 |
| level | Rich | 0.57(0.43,0.77)* | 0.000 |
| Residence area | Urban(ref) | 1 | 0.000 |
| Rural | 2.04(1.88,2.45) | 0.000 |
*
Significant at 5% significant level
AOR=Adjusted Odds Ratio, CI=Confidence interval