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Table 3 Cox proportional hazard model of effect of ethnic and religious variations on child marriage among adolescents with similar level of education, residence and wealth quintile

From: Ethnicity, religious affiliation and girl-child marriage: a cross-sectional study of nationally representative sample of female adolescents in Nigeria

Ethnicity, religion by same level of education, residence and wealth quintile

Model 1

Model 2

UHR

SE

95% C.I.

AHR

SE

95% C.I.

Risk among adolescents with secondary/higher education

Ethnicity

  Yoruba RC

1.00

  

1.00

  

  Igbo

1.56

0.51

0.82–2.96

1.85

0.66

0.82–2.96

  Southern ethnic minorities

1.88*

0.57

1.04–3.40

2.22*

0.72

1.17–4.15

  Northern ethnic minorities

3.99***

1.12

2.30–6.91

4.14***

1.17

2.35–7.07

  Hausa/Fulani

7.22***

1.99

4.19–12.43

5.94***

1.73

3.27–10.25

Religion

  Christianity RC

1.00

  

1.00

  

  Others (Islam & Traditional)

2.54***

0.38

1.89–3.42

1.44

0.33

0.93–2.27

Risk among adolescents in urban residence

Ethnicity

  Yoruba RC

1.00

  

1.00

  

  Igbo

1.29

0.48

0.62–2.66

2.47*

1.05

1.07–5.69

  Southern ethnic minorities

1.35**

0.59

0.57–3.20

2.36

1.08

0.96–5.83

  Northern ethnic minorities

6.58***

2.28

3.33–13.03

5.72***

1.89

2.98–10.97

  Hausa/Fulani

9.24***

2.94

4.94–17.27

5.74***

1.87

3.02–10.91

Religion

  Christianity RC

1.00

  

1.00

  

  Others (Islam & Traditional)

5.66***

1.19

3.75–8.55

3.09***

0.88

1.76–5.43

Risk among adolescents with middle/higher wealth index

Ethnicity

  Yoruba RC

1.00

  

1.00

  

  Igbo

1.20

0.36

0.66–2.17

1.94

1.00

0.99–3.79

  Southern ethnic minorities

1.88*

0.53

1.08–3.27

2.94**

0.91

1.59–5.41

  Northern ethnic minorities

6.17***

1.60

3.70–10.28

6.11***

1.59

3.67–10.19

  Hausa/Fulani

13.10***

3.39

7.89–21.77

8.88***

2.36

5.27–14.95

Religion

  Christianity RC

1.00

  

1.00

  

  Others (Islam & Traditional)

5.17***

0.76

3.87–6.91

2.40***

0.51

1.58–3.64

  1. Note: Table focuses only on adolescents with the same level of education, residence and wealth quintile across Nigeria. UHR = unadjusted hazard ratio (Model 1); AHR = adjusted hazard ratio, adjusting between ethnicity and religion (Model 2); SE = Standard error; C.I. = confidence intervals. RCreference category
  2. *** p < .001. ** p < .01. * p < .05