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Table 4 Regression results on drivers of child marriage among female survey respondents (18-24 years)

From: Drivers of child marriage in specific settings of Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia – findings from the Yes I Do! baseline study

 

Ethiopia

Indonesia

Kenya

Malawi

Mozambique

Zambia

Individual characteristics

 Age

0.841**

(0.0446)

0.887

(0.0619)

1.066

(0.0948)

0.812**

(0.0549)

0.873**

(0.0415)

0.928

(0.0944)

 Some level of education

0.526*

(0.138)

NA

0.153**

(0.0540)

0.446

(0.228)

1.069

(0.312)

0.259*

(0.164)

 Having ever dropped out of schoola

NA

2.175*

(0.772)

NA

NA

NA

NA

 Paid employment

0.731

(0.169)

0.762

(0.282)

0.554

(0.288)

1.870*

(0.456)

1.279

(0.387)

0.836

(0.504)

 Teenage pregnancy

10.56**

(3.029)

30.91**

(9.335)

27.92**

(13.97)

17.44**

(7.073)

6.374**

(1.785)

19.77**

(10.22)

 Ever received any form of SRH information/ education

9.395**

(4.176)

0.396**

(0.130)

2.170

(1.353)

2.059

(0.759)

0.707

(0.137)

0.670

(0.301)

Family-level characteristics

 Mother having some level of education

0.906

(0.312)

0.275**

(0.136)

0.793

(0.476)

0.895

(0.246)

1.156

(0.276)

1.054

(0.455)

 Father having some level of education

0.542*

(0.147)

1.803

(0.955)

0.364*

(0.185)

1.558

(0.418)

0.614*

(0.145)

1.526

(0.691)

 Household size: one to two

1.606

(0.411)

4.742**

(2.486)

NAb

0.807

(0.484)

1.038

(0.398)

9.980*

(11.19)

 Household size: three to four

1.435

(0.359)

1.079

(0.328)

1.047

(0.368)

1.321

(0.372)

1.029

(0.211)

1.764

(0.791)

 Household size: five to sevenc

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

 Household size: eight or more

0.839

(0.327)

0.926

(0.409)

0.442

(0.197)

0.282*

(0.177)

0.636

(0.255)

0.668

(0.334)

Other characteristics

 Study area 1

0.741

(0.171)

0.971

(0.318)

2.766**

(0.930)

0.733

(0.177)

0.781

(0.153)

0.498

(0.251)

 Study area 3 (with study area 2 as reference)

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

1.333

(0.666)

 Constant

3.166

(3.357)

1.422

(2.158)

0.00926*

(0.0187)

1.680

(2.586)

2.539

(2.835)

0.355

(0.756)

 Total observations

682

611

474

619

602

335

  1. Data are presented on odds ratio (standard error), significant levels are indicated with ** p<0.01, * p<0.05
  2. The regression model was focused on drivers of child marriage, however, some of those could also be consequences of child marriage
  3. aAs in Indonesia there were no big differences in education in the sample, having ever dropped out of school was included in the regression
  4. bIn Kenya, only 24 respondents indicated to be in a household of one or two people, therefore, this dropped out of the analysis
  5. cWith regard to household size, the reference category was a household size of 5-7 persons
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