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Table 9 Details of logistic regression to examine the association of socio-economic variables of women on the prevalence of sexual violence reported by women

From: Domestic violence against women in eastern India: a population-based study on prevalence and related issues

Socio-economic variable

Coefficient ± SE

Adjusted OR* (95% CI)

Constant

-2.90 ± 0.63***

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State (Orissa = 1, West Bengal = 2, Jharkhand = 3)

-0.12 ± 0.08

0.88 (0.75–1.03)

Residence (rural = 1, urban = 2)

0.34 ± 0.16*

1.41 (1.03–1.92)

Age (in years)

0.10 ± 0.01***

1.10 (1.07–1.12)

Religion (Hindu = 1, Muslim = 2, Christian = 3, others = 4)

0.09 ± 0.07

1.09 (0.94–1.27)

Caste (uncategorised caste = 1, backward caste = 2, scheduled caste = 3, scheduled tribe = 4)

0.10 ± 0.07

1.11 (0.97–1.27)

Education level (illiterate = 1, functional literate = 2, school education = 3, college education and above = 4)

-0.24 ± 0.07***

0.79 (0.68–0.90)

Occupation (salaried job = 1, farming/small business = 2, labourer = 3, housewife = 4)

-0.13 ± 0.09

0.87 (0.73–1.04)

Monthly family income (<INR 2000 = 1; INR 2001–4000 = 2; INR 4001–6000 = 3; INR 6001–8000 = 4; INR 8001–10000 = 5; >INR 10000 = 6)

-0.07 ± 0.05

0.93 (0.84–1.03)

  1. SE: standard error; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval, INR: Indian Rupee, approximately equivalent to US$ 0.02
  2. Significance of regressions coefficients: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
  3. *The category with the lowest weight is the reference category for calculating OR. And OR is the value by which odds of the event change when the independent variable increases by one unit/step, adjusting for all other independent variables in the multivariate model.