Table 6.

Socio-demographic correlates of harsh physical violence in the past year

Child characteristics	Frequency	Harsh physical violence in past year
		Prevalence N (%)	Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Child age
5 yrs or less   More than 5 yrs	819 223	380 (46.4) 135 (60.5)	1.0 1.8 (1.3, 2.4)	1.0 1.4 (1.0, 2.0)
Child sex
Male   Female	577 560	297 (51.5) 265 (47.2)	1.0 0.8 (0.7, 1.1)	=  =  =  =  =   =  =  =  =  =
Order of birth
First-born   Second   Third or more	492 301 321	254 (51.6) 146 (48.5) 155 (48.3)	1.0 0.9 (0.7, 1.2) 0.9 (0.7, 1.2)	=  =  =  =  =   =  =  =  =  =
Total children in the house
1–2 children   3 or more	656 480	334 (50.9) 228 (47.5)	1.0 0.9 (0.7, 1.1)	=  =  =  =  =   =  =  =  =  =
ZPresence of financial problem
Yes   No	441 693	228 (51.7) 332 (47.9)	1.2 (0.9, 1.5) 1.0	=  =  =  =  =   =  =  =  =  =
Perceived child school performance
Higher   Moderate   Lower	380 702 57	209 (55.0) 324 (46.2) 29 (50.9)	1.0 0.7 (0.5, 0.9) 0.8 (0.5, 1.5)	=  =  =  =  =   =  =  =  =  =
Accompanied by to/from school
Parent   Others	900 237	417 (46.3) 145 (60.7)	1.0 1.8 (1.3, 2.4)	1.0 1.2 (0.8, 1.8)

^*Adjusted for variable: geographic site, sex and age group of caregiver, educational status, religion, marital status of and occupation of primary caregiver, house ownership, perceived social status of the family, age group of the child, person accompanying the child to and from school