Table 3.
Interaction effects of proximity to conflict on associations between maternal child marriage, past year IPV and stunting among youngest singleton-birth children under 5 years old of currently partnered women age 18–49 who participated in the 2016 Sri Lanka DHS Domestic Violence module (N = 4941).
| Variable of interest | Stunting (compared to no stunting) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Adjusted ORa | |||
| aOR | 95% CI | p-value | |
| Proximity to Conflict*Maternal Child Marriage Interaction | |||
| Proximal*Maternal Child Marriage | 0.96 | 0.51, 1.81 | 0.90 |
| Central*Maternal Child Marriage | 1.20 | 0.63, 2.29 | 0.58 |
| Proximity to Conflict*Sexual IPV Interaction | |||
| Proximal*Past Year Sexual IPV | 0.56 | 0.09, 3.39 | 0.58 |
| Central*Past Year Sexual IPV | 0.15 | 0.04, 0.53 | <0.01* |
| Proximity to Conflict*Physical IPV Interaction | |||
| Proximal*Past Year Physical IPV | 1.14 | 0.43, 3.02 | 0.78 |
| Central*Past Year Physical IPV | 1.32 | 0.61, 2.84 | 0.48 |
| Proximity to Conflict*Emotional IPV Interaction | |||
| Proximal*Past Year Emotional IPV | 0.41 | 0.15, 1.11 | 0.08 |
| Central*Past Year Emotional IPV | 1.78 | 0.91, 3.47 | 0.09 |
aOR = adjusted Odds Ratio, CI = Confidence Interval.
*p ≤ 0.05.
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Multivariate model included maternal child marriage; maternal past year sexual, emotional, and physical IPV; and proximity to conflict; as well the following covariates: age in months, birth order, maternal height, maternal age, maternal education, household wealth quintile, ethnicity, and district.