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Table 4 Adjusted individual gender models and outcomes with significant association (grouped by gender domain)

From: The role of gender power relations on women’s health outcomes: evidence from a maternal health coverage survey in Simiyu region, Tanzania

Gender Variables

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

P-value

Outcome variable

Decision-making and autonomy

 Making own decisions about health

1.42 (1.004, 2.00)

0.048

Used condoms

 Making own decisions about health

1.41 (1.08,1 .84)

0.013

Used contraception

 Making own decisions about health

1.28 (1.06, 1.55)

0.010

Went to HF for herself

 Make major purchase decisions

1.31 (0.93, 1.83)

0.12

Used condoms

 Make major purchase decisions

1.43 (1.01, 2.02)

0.044

Health worker visited

 Make major purchase decisions

1.50 (1.1, 1.95)

0.0022

Used contraception

 Make daily purchase decisions

1.43 (1.04, 2.04)

0.030

Used condoms

 Make daily purchase decisions

1.48 (1.04, 2.10)

0.030

Health worker visited

 Make daily purchase decisions

1.26 (0.97, 1.62)

0.080

Used contraception

 Make daily purchase decisions

1.26 (1.05, 1.52)

0.012

Went to HF for herself

 Make decisions about selling poultry

1.36 (1.06, 1.76)

0.017

Used contraception

 Make decisions about selling poultry

1.36 (1.13, 1.63)

0.001

Went to HF for herself

 Make decisions about selling livestock

1.18 (0.90, 1.56)

0.24

Used contraception

 Make decisions about selling livestock

1.41 (1.16, 1.71)

0.00056

Went to HF for herself

 Make decisions about selling livestock

3.08 (1.50, 6.31)

0.0022

Skilled postnatal check

 Both decide how many children

1.52 (1.12, 2.05)

0.007

Used contraception

 Both decide how many children

1.41 (1.14, 1.73)

0.0012

Went to HF for herself

 Woman is able to decide how to use her own money

2.34 (1.28, 4.29)

0.0063

Went to HF for herself

Labor-sharing and partner involvement

 Partner attended ANC

2.81 (1.53, 5.15)

0.0009

Received tetanus

 Husband attended HF for family

1.87 (1.22, 2.87)

0.0039

Health worker visited in past year

 Husband attended HF for family

1.58 (1.21, 2.06)

0.00089

Went to HF for herself

Access and resources

 Has own money

1.63 (1.17, 2.28)

0.0040

Used condoms

 Has own money

1.40 (1.10, 1.79)

0.0062

Used contraception

 Has own money

1.93 (1.39, 2.68)

0.00011

Checked on at HF after giving birth

 Access to mobile banking

2.08 (1.18, 3.65)

0.011

Used condoms

 Access to mobile banking

1.40 (1.10, 1.79)

0.0062

Used contraception

 Access to mobile banking

1.11 (0.78, 1.56)

0.56

Went to HF for herself

 Woman has mobile phone

1.97 (1.40, 2.76)

0.00010

Used condoms

 Woman has mobile phone

1.69 (1.29, 2.22)

0.00015

Used contraception

 Woman has mobile phone

1.37 (1.11, 1.68)

0.0030

Went to HF for herself

Social norms and beliefs

 Woman believes husband justified is in beating

0.73 (0.43, 1.01)

0.057

Used contraception

 Woman believes husband has right to refuse money

0.51 (0.33, 0.79)

0.0025

Checked on at HF

 Woman believes husband has right to force sex

0.79 (0.58, 1.07)

0.13

Used contraception

 Woman believes husband has right to have sex with another woman

0.62 (0.41, 0.94)

0.026

Health worker visited in last year

 Woman believes husband has right to have sex with another woman

0.51 (0.33, 0.77)

0.0017

Checked on at HF

  1. All models were adjusted for women’s education, women’s age, household wealth, and household urbanicity. P-values are adjusted for false discovery rate
  2. HF Health facility