Table 3 Factors associated with physical violence against women in Eastern Sudan using multivariable analyses, 2014

Women’s age, years

0.1

0.9-1.0

0.604

Parity ≥3

0.1

0.9-1.1

0.302

Husband’s age, years

0.1

0.9-1.0

0.165

Duration of marriage ≥5 years

0.9

0.9-1.0

0.646

1^st degree relationship

1.2

0.9-1.7

0.120

Women's education < secondary level

1.2

0.8-1.7

0.248

Women’s occupation, housewives

0.8

0.6-1.0

0.231

Husband’s education < secondary level

1.5

1.0-2.1

0.015

Rural residence

1.0

0.7-1.4

0.879

Ethnicity, hadandwa tribe

1.0

0.8-1.2

0.635

Family members ≥5

0.9

0.8-1.0

0.263

Polygamous marriage

1.9

1.3-2.9

<0.001

Husband’s alcohol consumption

13.9

7.6-25.4

<0.001