Determinants of better health: a cross-sectional assessment of positive deviants among women in West Bengal

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Linear regression model for ideal age for a girl to finish her studies

Independent variables	Unadjusted			Adjusted
	β Coefficient	CI 95%	P-value	β Coefficient	CI 95%	P-value
Age^a	0.01	−0.02, 0.04	0.387	0.02	−0.002, 0.05	0.066
Highest grade completed^b	0.19	0.09, 0.29	<0.001	0.17	0.06, 0.28	0.002
Food Security (ref: food secure)	0.03	−0.44, 0.49	0.905	0.11	−0.34, 0.57	0.632
Ideal age for a girl to get Married^c	0.32	0.17, 0.47	<0.001	0.30	0.15, 0.45	<0.001
Health Knowledge^d (ref: 0 correct responses)
1 correct response	−0.02	−0.57, 0.53	0.949	- 0.19	−0.74, 0.36	0.496
2-3 correct responses	1.19	0.56, 1.81	<0.001	0.87	0.23, 1.51	0.008

Model included 524 respondents; r² = 8.68%; constant = 11.62 years.
^aage: 16–63 years old.
^bhighest grade finished: 0–6.
^cideal age for a girl to get married: 10–26 years old.
^dHealth Knowledge scale composed of 3 questions: “Have you ever heard of HIV/AIDS?”, “The time during the month when a female loses blood happens because____?”, “If a child has diarrhea, would you give him or her ‘more’, ‘less’, ‘the same’, or ‘nothing’, to drink?”.

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