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Table 4 Results from Multivariate Linear Regression Analysis Examining the Association of Child Marriage (CM) on Overall Psychological Well-being (O-PWB) and its Sub-Domains in Ethiopia (n = 3501)

From: Child marriage and psychological well-being in Niger and Ethiopia

VARIABLES

Overalla

ANXa

DEPa

SCa

VTa

PWBa

GHa

Married at 12 or Earlier

−5.09

−5.34

−3.75

−1.92

−6.63

−5.63

−5.13

(2.03)**

(2.55)**

(1.80)**

(2.38)

(2.08)**

(1.70)**

(2.31)**

Married at 13

−2.58

−2.27

−3.34

0.60

−2.66

−1.16

−5.28

(1.70)

(2.17)

(1.76)*

(1.77)

(2.09)

(1.58)

(2.18)**

Married at 14

−1.49

−1.52

−0.86

0.63

−1.44

−0.70

−4.14

(1.50)

(1.91)

(1.34)

(1.76)

(1.72)

(1.47)

(1.90)**

Married at 15

−0.40

− 0.64

− 0.81

2.04

−0.31

− 0.11

−1.93

(1.17)

(1.48)

(1.17)

(1.45)

(1.28)

(1.07)

(1.42)

Married at 16

−0.85

−0.84

−0.30

0.58

−0.97

− 0.99

−1.16

(1.10)

(1.44)

(1.12)

(1.35)

(1.22)

(0.99)

(1.39)

Married at 17

0.67

1.56

1.04

0.34

0.40

0.09

−0.91

(1.09)

(1.41)

(1.17)

(1.42)

(1.20)

(1.03)

(1.43)

Current Age

−0.41

−0.42

− 0.35

− 0.31

− 0.49

−0.24

− 0.50

(0.07)***

(0.08)***

(0.07)***

(0.07)***

(0.09)***

(0.07)***

(0.09)***

Schooling

1.22

1.73

0.13

0.54

2.00

1.72

0.46

(0.92)

(1.18)

(0.85)

(1.07)

(0.97)**

(0.83)**

(1.21)

Employed

−3.60

−6.08

−2.68

−0.01

−2.35

− 3.02

−4.59

(1.41)**

(1.67)***

(1.38)*

(1.66)

(1.59)

(1.44)**

(1.66)**

1–2 Children

1.88

2.87

2.64

1.43

0.27

−0.11

2.98

(1.18)

(1.47)*

(1.28)**

(1.46)

(1.44)

(1.23)

(1.52)*

3–5 Children

2.99

4.44

4.76

1.29

0.82

−0.12

4.67

(1.31)**

(1.70)**

(1.49)**

(1.53)

(1.72)

(1.43)

(1.66)**

6 or More

3.07

3.81

6.67

1.94

0.81

−0.30

4.63

(1.66)*

(2.19)*

(1.72)***

(2.05)

(2.01)

(1.66)

(2.22)**

IPV

−14.04

−17.27

−12.18

−11.55

−12.22

−10.90

−14.43

(1.17)***

(1.60)***

(1.18)***

(1.31)***

(1.22)***

(1.15)***

(1.25)***

Polygamy

−2.34

−3.15

−2.21

−0.47

−1.87

−4.81

− 1.62

(1.38)*

(1.79)*

(1.45)

(1.47)

(1.51)

(1.32)***

(1.59)

Spousal Age Difference

6–10 years age

−1.05

−1.83

−1.08

− 1.50

−0.11

−0.55

−0.38

(0.70)

(0.92)**

(0.81)

(0.83)*

(0.79)

(0.66)

(0.83)

10 and More

−1.88

−3.11

−1.24

−2.35

−0.92

− 1.63

−1.28

(0.97)*

(1.26)**

(1.02)

(1.03)**

(1.25)

(0.99)

(1.18)

3.83

5.49

1.89

3.81

5.28

2.45

2.26

(1.29)**

(1.65)**

(1.15)

(1.55)**

(1.36)***

(1.15)**

(1.70)

Poor Household

2.95

3.95

1.18

4.07

3.06

1.88

1.91

(1.12)**

(1.49)**

(1.10)

(1.43)**

(1.28)**

(1.06)*

(1.49)

Middle-income house

4.00

5.52

2.40

4.65

3.62

2.53

2.73

(1.14)***

(1.52)***

(1.18)**

(1.42)**

(1.25)**

(1.06)**

(1.43)*

Richer Household

4.32

6.03

1.83

4.30

4.08

2.88

3.51

(1.07)***

(1.46)***

(1.21)

(1.30)**

(1.29)**

(1.20)**

(1.36)**

Richest

5.45

7.09

2.79

5.78

5.31

0.47

2.79

(1.17)***

(1.62)***

(1.36)**

(1.39)***

(1.38)***

(0.06)***

(1.32)**

 Community (O-PWB)

0.69

0.65

0.65

0.77

0.56

0.57

0.51

(0.04)***

(0.05)***

(0.05)***

(0.04)***

(0.05)***

(8.17)***

(0.06)***

 Community (CM)

−0.07

−0.06

−0.06

0.30

0.03

−0.20

−0.31

(0.25)

(0.31)

(0.21)

(0.27)

(0.28)

(0.24)

(0.32)

 Community (IPV)

5.11

4.00

0.75

3.77

5.49

7.63

7.75

(2.18)**

(2.71)

(2.15)

(2.45)

(2.46)**

(2.86)**

(2.17)***

  1. Standard errors in parentheses
  2. *** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1
  3. aModels also adjusted for regions and urban/rural residence, and weighted for survey design