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Table 2 Unadjusted and adjusted Odds ratios for experience of PIPV by different characteristics

From: Problem drinking and physical intimate partner violence against women: evidence from a national survey in Uganda

 

Unadjusted

Adjusted1

Wald’s test:

Variable

OR

95%CI

OR

95%CI

Chi-sq p-values

Problem drinking (base = never)

     

 Drinks but doesn’t get drunk

0.94

0.61–1.46

1.00

0.64–1.57

Chi-sq = 160 df = 3

 Sometimes

2.50

1.99–3.15***

2.56

2.01–3.26***

<0.001

 Often

6.00

4.50–7.88***

5.94

4.43–7.97***

 

Age group (base = 15–24)

     

 25–34

1.50

1.19–1.90**

1.32

1.03–1.70*

Chi-sq = 5 df = 3

 35–44

1.53

1.17–2.00**

1.25

0.93–1.66

0.15

 45+

1.28

0.87–1.88

1.06

0.70–1.60

 

Education level (base = none)

     

 Primary

1.08

0.86–1.35

   

 Secondary

0.48

0.34–0.68***

   

 Tertiary

0.33

0.17–0.66**

   

Residence (Base = urban)

     

 Rural

1.70

1.29–2.24***

   

Marital status (married)

     

 Living together

0.75

0.59–0.96*

   

 Widowed/divorced

0.92

0.62–1.37

   

 Not living together

1.41

1.00–1.98*

   

Region (base Central)

     

 Kampala

0.76

0.50–1.16

1.24

0.77–2.02

Chi-sq = 17 df = 4

 Eastern

1.82

1.36–2.46***

1.73

1.25–2.41**

0.002

 Northern

1.58

1.19–2.09**

1.03

0.73–1.45

 

 Western

1.70

1.26–2.29***

1.45

1.05–2.00*

 

Religion (base = Catholic)

     

 Protestant

0.94

0.75–1.17

   

 Muslim

0.44

0.32–9.63***

   

 Other

0.61

0.45–0.82**

   

Occupation (base = none)

     

 Professional/clerical

1.19

0.76–1.88

   

 Agriculture/self employed

2.07

1.43–3.01***

   

 Manual

2.45

1.49–4.02***

   

 Others

2.55

1.49–4.36**

   

Wealth status (base = poorest)

     

 Poorer

0.89

0.67–1.18

1.11

0.81–1.51

Ch-sq = 12 df = 4

 Middle

0.80

0.60–1.08

0.92

0.65–1.32

0.016

 Richer

0.82

0.61–1.10

1.05

0.74–1.50

 

 Richest

0.41

0.30–0.55***

0.60

0.40–0.89*

 

Education level of partner (base = none)

     

 Primary

1.08

0.86–1.34

   

 Secondary

0.48

0.34–0.68***

   

 Tertiary

0.33

0.17–0.66**

   

Occupation of partner (base = Prof/clerical)

     

 Sales

1.51

0.96–2.36

   

 Agriculture-self employed

1.89

1.31–2.74**

   

 Manual

1.36

0.90–2.06

   

 Others (agric/domestic/services)

1.54

0.98–2.42

   

Fitness of model

     

 % of observations correctly classified

  

65%

  

 Pearson’s Goodness of fit test p-value

  

0.72

  
  1. NB: When education replaced wealth status in final model it had chi.sq of 23 with a p < 0.001.
  2. 1Adjusted Odds ratios were derived from a final multivariate model. Several variables that were not significant were eliminated from the model.