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Table 5 Results of the multinomial regression model displaying the relationship of spousal education gap and domestic violence ( severe violence )

From: Association between gap in spousal education and domestic violence in India and Bangladesh

 

BAN

IND

ALL

Wife higher educated

0.633 (0.485-0.828) P < 0.001

0.834 (0.750-0.929) p < 0.001

0.791 (0.717-0.873) p < 0.001

Husband higher educated

0.782 (0.612-1.000) p = 0.051

0.861 (0.810-0.926) p < 0.001

0.851 (0.793-0.912) p < 0.001

No gap - high education

0.338 (0.249-0.475) p < 0.001

0.445 (0.403-0.492) p < 0.001

0.432 (0.393-0.476) p < 0.001

  1. Adjusted Odds Ratios (OR, ORs with p < 0.05 in bold letters), 95% confidence intervals (CI) and p-value, in Bangladesh 2007 (BAN, n = 3,943), India 2005/06 (IND, n = 60,060), and overall (ALL, n = 64,003), reference category no gap-low education and no violence experienced,
  2. R2 = 0.131 (Cox & Snell), 0.164 (Nagelkerke).
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