Table 3.
Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression output for women decision making power and iron adherence among married women: Evidence from 25 SSA countries DHSs
| Variables | Model I COR [95% CI] |
P-value | Model II AOR [95% CI] |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decision making | ||||
| No | Ref | Ref | ||
| Yes | 1.61 (1.29–2.01) | < 0.001 | 1.46 (1.16–1.83) | 0.001 |
| Age in years | ||||
| 15–19 | Ref | Ref | ||
| 20–24 | 1.05 (0.71–1.55) | 0.788 | 0.84 (0.55–1.28) | 0.427 |
| 25–29 | 1.42 (0.97–2.07) | 0.069 | 0.94 (0.61–1.45) | 0.793 |
| 30–34 | 1.68 (1.08–2.59) | 0.019 | 1.10 (0.67–1.80) | 0.692 |
| 35–39 | 1.59 (1.05–2.41) | 0.027 | 1.02 (0.63–1.63) | 0.923 |
| 40–44 | 2.03 (1.29–3.20) | 0.002 | 1.43 (0.86–2.38) | 0.167 |
| 45–49 | 1.78 (0.94–3.37) | 0.075 | 1.59 (0.80–3.15) | 0.178 |
| Women’s educational status | ||||
| No formal education | Ref | Ref | ||
| Primary school | 1.51 (1.18–1.92) | 0.001 | 1.30 (1.00–1.70) | 0.047 |
| Secondary school | 2.18 (1.69–2.82) | < 0.001 | 1.45 (1.05–2.00) | 0.021 |
| Higher | 2.88 (1.67–4.95) | < 0.001 | 1.36 (0.65–2.82) | 0.405 |
| Husband’s educational status | ||||
| No formal education | Ref | Ref | ||
| Primary school | 0.95 (0.71–1.27) | 0.758 | 0.92 (0.68–1.23) | 0.584 |
| Secondary school | 1.36 (1.06–1.73) | 0.014 | 0.82 (0.63–1.07) | 0.163 |
| Higher | 2.36 (1.58–3.52) | < 0.001 | 0.98 (0.61–1.57) | 0.953 |
| Women occupation | ||||
| Not working | Ref | Ref | ||
| Professional/technical/managerial | 1.47 (0.94–2.28) | 0.083 | 0.94 (0.56–1.55) | 0.813 |
| Agricultural | 0.53 (0.40–0.70) | < 0.001 | 0.92 (0.68–1.25) | 0.615 |
| Manual | 0.99 (0.60–1.64) | 0.984 | 0.82 (0.48–1.39) | 0.468 |
| Others | 1.09 (0.86–1.37) | 0.450 | 0.91 (0.71–1.15) | 0.445 |
| Wealth index | ||||
| Poorest | Ref | Ref | ||
| Poorer | 0.73 (0.52–1.03) | 0.075 | 0.68 (0.46–0.99) | 0.049 |
| Middle | 1.34 (0.94–1.92) | 0.101 | 1.11 (0.65–1.91) | 0.683 |
| Richer | 1.98 (1.34–2.94) | 0.001 | 1.35 (0.75–2.44) | 0.312 |
| Richest | 2.76 (1.84–4.13) | < 0.001 | 1.55 (0.82–2.94) | 0.173 |
| Reading newspaper | ||||
| No | Ref | Ref | ||
| Yes | 1.68 (1.30–2.18) | < 0.001 | 1.08 (0.79–1.47) | 0.622 |
| Listening radio | ||||
| No | Ref | Ref | ||
| Yes | 1.42 (1.20–1.67) | < 0.001 | 0.99 (0.81–1.22) | 0.981 |
| Watching television | ||||
| No | Ref | Ref | ||
| Yes | 1.86 (1.52–2.27) | < 0.001 | 0.94 (0.75–1.18) | 0.614 |
| Parity | ||||
| 1–2 | Ref | Ref | ||
| 3–4 | 1.28 (1.01–1.61) | 0.034 | 1.29 (0.98–1.69) | 0.062 |
| 5+ | 1.23 (0.95–1.59) | 0.100 | 1.25 (0.89–1.76) | 0.183 |
| Place of residence | ||||
| Urban | Ref | Ref | ||
| Rural | 0.48 (0.37–0.62) | < 0.001 | 0.85 (0.53–1.34) | 0.492 |
| Religion | ||||
| Christian | Ref | Ref | ||
| Muslim | 0.27 (0.06–1.23) | 0.092 | 0.20 (0.05–0.76) | 0.018 |
| Others | 0.52 (0.35–0.79) | 0.002 | 0.74 (0.48–1.14) | 0.178 |
| Number of ANC visit | ||||
| < 4 | Ref | Ref | ||
| > = 4 | 3.40 (2.69–4.29) | < 0.001 | 2.77 (2.19–3.51) | < 0.001 |
Notes: Ref reference