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Table 3 Factors related to a high Gender-Equitable Men Scale reported by young, church-going women and men: logistic regression analysis with crude and adjusted odds ratios (OR) and their 95% confidence intervals (CI)

From: Prevalence and correlates of gender inequitable norms among young, church-going women and men in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

 

Women

Men

Factors

Crude OR

(95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Crude OR

(95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Age

 23–24

1

1

 21–22

1.13 (0.63–2.02)

0.56 (0.28–1.12)

 18–20

1.26 (0.73–2.17)

1.02 (0.57–1.84)

Education

 Primary school

1

1

1

 Secondary school

1.61 (0.80–3.23)

1.35 (0.60–3.00)

3.04 (1.22–7.58)

2.65 (0.99–7.11)

 University

2.21 (1.05–4.65)

3.14 (1.28–7.67)

3.43 (1.33–8.84)

2.54 (0.90–7.16)

Place of residence

 Bumbu

1

1

1

1

 Camp Luka

0.34 (0.17–0.70)

0.95 (0.44–2.05)

2.53 (1.41–4.56)

2.27 (1.18–4.38)

 Masina

0.79 (0.40–1.55)

0.53 (0.23–1.21)

3.10 (1.75–5.52)

3.29 (1.73–6.25)

Civil status

 Married

1

1

1

1

 Single

2.15 (1.23–3.75)

2.15 (1.11–4.17)

2.75 (1.51–5.02)

3.20 (1.64–6.25)

 Separated

1.21 (0.61–2.40)

1.93 (0.83–4.50)

2.75 (1.18–6.39)

3.54 (1.36–9.21)

Job status

 Employed

1

1

1

 Students

0.52 (0.34–0.71)

2.69 (1.44–5.01)

0.89 (0.68–1.16)

 Unemployed

2.69 (1.44–5.01)

1.57 (1.05–2.34)

1.05 (0.78–1.40)

 

Church belonging

 Salvation Army

1

1

 Église du Christ au Congo

0.53 (0.25–1.14)

0.69 (0.30–1.60)

Main sources of income

 Themselves

1

1

 Heads of household

2.00 (1.20–3.31)

1.23 (0.61–2.45)

1.46 (0.85–2.50)

Attitudes to gender equality

 Low equity

1

1

1

1

 Medium equity

6.75 (3.08–14.80)

8.67 (3.60–20.89)

2.00 (1.07–3.76)

2.56 (1.30–5.04)

 High equity

2.23 (1.01–4.90)

4.00 (1.63–9.81)

9.33 (3.84–22.63)

7.09 (2.81–17.89)