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Published in final edited form as: J Fam Violence. 2021 Jan 12;37(3):43–448. doi: 10.1007/s10896-020-00235-4

Table 3.

Comparison of chi-square and logistic regression analysis of predictors for perpetrating sexual violence

	Military personnel n = 631				Civil servants n = 609
	Chi-square analysis (χ²)		Logistic regression		Chi-square Analysis (χ²)		Logistic regression

Predictors	Yes	χ²	OR	95% CI	Yes	χ²	OR	95% CI
Age
≥ 37 years	50(22.2)	0.07	1.018	0.618 – 1.677	58(17.9)	10.12^***	0.913	0.505–1.649
< 37 years (Ref)	94(23.2)		1	0.618 – 1.677	82(28.8)		1
Marital status
Not married	28(18.5)	2.06	0.533^*	0.317–0.898	45(29.0)	4.29^*	0.917	0.548–1.536
Married (Ref)	116(24.2)		1		95(20.9)		1
Level of education
Tertiary	67(27.7)	5.28^*	1.059	0.655–1.712	118(24.3)	2.27	1.364	0.795–2.341
Secondary (Ref)	77(19.8)		1		22(17.9)		1
Grade level/ Rank
Senior Officers	43(36.4)	15.29^***	1.854^*	1.062–3.238	55(17.8)	9.54^**	0.631	0.394–1.011
Junior Officers (Ref)	101(19.7)		1		85(28.3)		1
Childhood exposure to inter-parental IPV
Yes	42(35.0)	12.48^***	1.736^*	1.077 – 2.796	26(40.0)	11.90^***	1.968^*	1.100–3.523
No (Ref)	102(20.0)		1	1.077 – 2.796	114(21.0)		1
Ever had a physical fight with another woman
Yes	41(42.3)	24.61^***	2.718^***	1.671–4.419	27(47.4)	21.11^***	3.214^***	1.756–5.882
No (Ref)	103(19.3)		1		113(20.5)		1
Current use of alcohol
Yes	75(30.7)	14.16^***	1.530^*	1.016–2.303	49(30.1)	6.29^*	1.426	0.923–2.203
No (Ref)	69(17.8)		1		91(20.4)		1
Length of years in relationship
≥ 11 years	26(16.9)	4.08^*	0.499^*	0.279–0.893	39(15.8)	12.16^***	0.545^*	0.302–0.983
< 11 years (Ref)	118(24.7)		1		101(27.9)		1

Ref - Reference value; OR - Odds ratio; CI - Confidence interval

- p value < 0.05

^**

- p value < 0.01

^***

- p value < 0.001