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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 3 Multivariate odds ratio of assessing demographic and socioeconomic characteristics on agreement with wife-beating by husbands among Nigerian women, 2003, 2008, and 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey

From: Explaining trends and patterns in attitudes towards wife-beating among women in Nigeria: analysis of 2003, 2008, and 2013 Demographic and Health Survey data

Variables

Ever-married

OR (SE)

Never-married

OR (SE)

All-women

OR (SE)

 

5.68***(.469)

1.57*(.299)

4.50***(.320)

Year

 2003 (rc)

1.00

1.00

1.00

 2008

0.41***(.017)

0.41***(.036)

0.43***(.015)

 2013

0.26***(.011)

0.35***(.031)

0.29***(.010)

Age

0.99***(.001)

0.99***(.005)

0.99***(.001)

Number of living children

1.02***(.006)

1.15**(.062)

1.03***(.007)

Highest level of education

 None (rc)

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Primary

1.05(.032)

1.26*(.130)

1.01(.028)

 Secondary

0.83***(.030)

1.19(.113)

0.81***(.025)

 Postsecondary

0.49***(.030)

0.77(.091)

0.50***(.025)

Religious affiliation

 Catholic (rc)

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Other Christians

0.82***(.034)

0.81***(.045)

0.82***(.027)

 Muslim

0.85***(.042)

0.81***(.065)

0.84***(.030)

 Others

1.23**(.095)

1.22(.291)

1.21***(.087)

Wealth quintile

 First (rc)

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Second

1.10***(.032)

1.15(.098)

1.11***(.030)

 Third

1.04(.034)

1.14(.096)

1.04(.031)

 Fourth

0.79***(.032)

0.80***(.070)

0.78***(.027)

 Fifth

0.51***(.036)

0.49***(.047)

0.50***(.022)

Women’s autonomy (decision-making process)

 Not participated or involved (rc)

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Participated or involved

1.04(.23)

0.72*(.107)

1.07***(.021)

Place of residence

 Rural (rc)

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Urban

0.84***(.023)

0.93(.043)

0.85***(.020)

Geopolitical zone

 North-Central (rc)

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Northeast

1.38***(.051)

1.51***(.114)

1.41***(.047)

 Northwest

0.77***(.032)

0.79*(.085)

0.79***(.030)

 Southeast

1.52***(.122)

1.22(.145)

1.40***(.093)

 South-South

1.19***(.079)

1.27*(.129)

1.23***(.068)

 Southwest

0.67***(.034)

0.66***(.059)

0.66***(.029)

Ethnic affiliation

 Hausa/Fulani (rc)

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Igbo

0.52***(.043)

1.21(.182)

0.60***(.042)

 Yoruba

0.63***(.038)

1.03(.136)

0.65***(.034)

 Northern minorities

0.77***(.028)

1.40***(.152)

0.81***(.028)

 Southern minorities

0.62***(.046)

1.25(.182)

0.67***(.043)

 Others including foreigners

0.75***(.053)

1.64***(.266)

0.82***(.053)

Frequency of listening to radio

 Never or less than once a week (rc)

1.00

1.00

1.00

 At least once a week

0.97(.023)

1.04(.047)

0.99(.021)

Frequency of watching television

 Never or less than once a week (rc)

1.00

1.00

1.00

 At least once a week

1.11***(.035)

1.06(.053)

1.09***(.029)

−2 log likelihood

−36,369.565***

−10,281.732***

−46,833.063***

  1. rc reference category
  2. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001