Table 4 Bivariate and multivariate logistics regression of women’s attitude towards PLWHAs with their SES and autonomy from PDHS 2012–2013
Characteristics | Women’s attitude towards PLWHAs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bivariate | Multivariate | |||||
OR | CI (95%) | p-Value | AOR | CI (95%) | p-value | |
Regions/Provinces | ||||||
Punjab | 1 | |||||
Sindh | 1.02 | 0.90–1.16 | 0.73 | – | – | – |
Baluchistan | 1.01 | 0.84–1.20 | 0.94 | – | – | – |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 0.82 | 0.56–1.17 | 0.27 | – | – | – |
Gilgit Baltistan | 0.55 | 0.17–1.80 | 0.32 | – | – | – |
Islamabad | 1.57 | 0.88–2.78 | 0.12 | – | – | – |
Geographical classification | ||||||
Rural | 1 | |||||
Urban | 1.09 | 0.98–1.21 | 0.11 | – | – | – |
Respondents age | ||||||
15–24 years | 1 | 1 | ||||
25–34 years | 0.98 | 0.84–1.15 | 0.85 | 0.98 | 0.84–1.15 | 0.85 |
35 years and above | 0.76 | 0.65–0.88 | < 0.01 | 0.78 | 0.66–0.92 | < 0.01 |
Respondents educational status | ||||||
No formal schooling | 1 | 1 | ||||
Primary | 1.11 | 0.95–1.30 | 0.18 | 1.02 | 0.86–1.20 | 0.83 |
Secondary | 1.42 | 1.24–1.63 | < 0.01 | 1.25 | 1.06–1.47 | < 0.01 |
Higher | 2.42 | 2.07–2.84 | < 0.01 | 2.05 | 1.68–2.51 | < 0.01 |
Husbands educational status | ||||||
No formal schooling | 1 | 1 | ||||
Primary | 1.2 | 0.99–1.47 | 0.05 | 1.12 | 0.92–1.37 | 0.26 |
Secondary | 1.43 | 1.22–1.67 | < 0.01 | 1.17 | 0.99–1.38 | 0.06 |
Higher | 1.64 | 1.39–1.93 | < 0.01 | 1.01 | 0.83–1.22 | 0.94 |
Respondents occupation | ||||||
Unemployed | 1 | 1 | ||||
Professional/Managerial | 1.34 | 1.14–1.57 | < 0.01 | 1.31 | 1.11–1.54 | < 0.01 |
Agriculture | 0.75 | 0.54–1.05 | 0.10 | 1.13 | 0.79–1.62 | 0.49 |
Unskilled workers | 0.89 | 0.70–1.13 | 0.35 | 1.07 | 0.84–1.37 | 0.56 |
Husbands occupation | ||||||
Unemployed | 1 | 1 | ||||
Professional/Managerial | 0.99 | 0.68–1.42 | 0.95 | 0.84 | 0.58–1.23 | 0.37 |
Agriculture | 0.67 | 0.45–1.01 | 0.05 | 0.67 | 0.45–1.01 | 0.05 |
Unskilled workers | 0.74 | 0.51–1.06 | 0.10 | 0.70 | 0.48–1.02 | 0.06 |
Exposure to mass media | ||||||
No | 1 | 1 | ||||
Yes | 1.64 | 1.34–2.02 | < 0.01 | 1.24 | 0.99–1.55 | 0.05 |
Wealth quintile | ||||||
Poorest | 1 | 1 | ||||
Poorer | 1.27 | 0.89–1.82 | 0.17 | 1.12 | 0.78–1.61 | 0.54 |
Middle | 1.49 | 1.07–2.07 | 0.01 | 1.19 | 0.84–1.69 | 0.30 |
Richer | 1.36 | 0.98–1.87 | 0.06 | 0.96 | 0.68–1.36 | 0.83 |
Richest | 1.86 | 1.36–2.56 | < 0.01 | 1.09 | 0.76–1.56 | 0.62 |
Respondents autonomy | ||||||
Low autonomy | 1 | |||||
High autonomy | 1.04 | 0.92–1.15 | 0.53 | – | – | – |
Respondents attitudes towards wife beating | ||||||
Agree on wife beating | 1 | 1 | ||||
Disagree on wife beating | 1.49 | 1.32–1.69 | < 0.01 | 1.29 | 1.13–1.48 | < 0.01 |