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Table 2 Crude and adjusted Cox regression of explanatory variables for marriage under age 18 among girls aged 15–19

From: Child marriage among Somali refugees in Ethiopia: a cross sectional survey of adolescent girls and adult women

 

Simple Cox regression

Model 1: Sociodemographic characteristics

Model 2: Family characteristics

Model 3: Displacement-related variables

HR (95% CI)

aHR (95% CI)

aHR (95% CI)

aHR (95% CI)

I. Sociodemographic

 Age

2.00 (1.60–2.51)***

1.77 (1.44–2.18)***

–

–

 Ever in school (ref = no)

0.25 (0.14–0.45)***

0.34 (0.17–0.67)**

–

–

Ethnicity (ref = Darod)

 Digil and mirifle

1.82 (1.02–3.24)*

1.38 (0.68–2.80)

–

–

 Dilir

2.22 (0.89–5.52)

1.97 (0.86–4.48)

–

–

 Other

2.10 (0.73–6.04)

2.09 (0.84–5.22)

–

–

Type of residence in Somalia (ref = urban)

0.93 (0.56–1.55)

1.30 (0.70–2.41)

–

–

II. Family

 Sex of head of household (ref = male)

4.49 (2.39–8.43)***

–

4.83 (2.64–8.82)***

–

 Number of girls under age 18

0.62 (0.40–0.99)*

–

0.58 (0.39–0.86)**

–

 Female adult married as a child (ref = No)

1.16 (0.65–2.05)

–

1.83 (0.97–3.45)

–

III. Displacement

Number of times household moved (ref =0)

 1

1.19 (0.68–2.07)

–

–

1.07 (0.61–1.89)

 2 or more

1.02 (.21–5.03)

–

–

1.09 (0.22–5.38)

 Duration in displacement (in years)

0.93 (0.85–1.02)

–

–

0.92 (0.84–1.02)

 Unemployment of head of household (Ref = currently working)

2.08 (1.11–3.90)*

–

–

2.19 (1.04–4.64)*

  1. *Significant at p ≤ 0.05; **p ≤ 0.01; ***p ≤ 0.001;