Table 2.
Binary logistic regression analysis showing the effect of early marriage among women by background characteristics in Bangladesh, Ghana and Iraq.
| Characteristics | Early Marriage (<18 years) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh |
Ghana |
Iraq |
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| OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |
|
Current Age | ||||||
| 15–24 | 1.47∗∗∗ | 1.36–1.63 | 3.01∗∗∗ | 2.30–3.93 | 4.54∗∗∗ | 3.41–6.05 |
| 25–34 | .94 | 0.88–1.01 | 1.27∗ | 1.05–1.54 | 1.23 | 0.97–1.56 |
| 35-49 (ref.) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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|
Residence | ||||||
| Urban | 1.00 | 0.90–1.10 | 0.86 | 0.69–1.06 | 0.71∗∗ | 0.56–0.89 |
| Rural (ref.) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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|
Religion | ||||||
| Islam | 1.75∗∗∗ | 1.58–1.95 | 1.04 | 0.84–1.28 | 1.03 | 0.35–3.07 |
| Others (ref.) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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|
Wealth status | ||||||
| Poor | 1.18∗∗∗ | 1.08–1.29 | 1.49∗ | 1.09–2.02 | 0.80 | 0.62–1.05 |
| Middle | 1.19∗∗∗ | 1.07–1.31 | 1.48∗ | 1.06–2.07 | 1.29 | 0.96–1.73 |
| Rich (ref.) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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|
Sex (HH) | ||||||
| Male | 1.17∗∗ | 1.06–1.29 | 0.98 | 0.80–1.19 | 1.39 | 0.91–2.13 |
| Female (ref.) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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|
Women's education | ||||||
| No education | 1.49∗∗∗ | 1.36–1.64 | 2.69∗∗∗ | 1.64–4.40 | 1.97∗∗∗ | 1.42–2.72 |
| Primary | 1.50∗∗∗ | 1.39–1.63 | 2.16∗∗∗ | 1.36–3.43 | 1.49∗∗ | 1.14–1.96 |
| Secondary+ (ref.) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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|
Education (HH) | ||||||
| No education | 0.96 | 0.88–1.04 | 1.01 | 0.70–1.17 | 0.71∗ | 0.51–0.98 |
| Primary | 1.06 | 0.98–1.15 | 1.04 | 0.74–1.47 | 1.27∗ | 1.00–1.63 |
| Secondary+ (ref.) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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|
Mass media | ||||||
| Exposed | 0.35∗∗∗ | 0.25–0.51 | 0.52∗ | 0.31–0.87 | 0.58∗ | 0.38–0.89 |
| Not exposed (ref.) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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|
Family size | ||||||
| 1–3 | 1.27∗∗∗ | 1.15–1.41 | 0.61∗∗∗ | 0.46–0.80 | 0.51∗ | 0.30–0.86 |
| 4–6 | 1.31∗∗∗ | 1.20–1.42 | 0.82∗∗ | 0.68–0.99 | 0.63∗∗∗ | 0.50–0.79 |
| 7 (ref.) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Pseudo R-square | 0.023 | 0.083 | 0.115 | |||
HH = Household Head; (ref.) = Reference Category; Statistical Significance: ∗p < 0.05, ∗∗p < 0.01, ∗∗∗p < 0.001.