Table 3 |
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Prevalence of wife beating in the last 12 months by different characteristics and factors associated with wife beating in multiple logistic regression (nationally representative results using special weights) |
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EDHS-1995 |
EDHS-2005 |
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Proportion of beaten respondents (%) |
Adjusted Odds ratio* (CI 95%) |
Proportion of beaten respondents (%) |
Adjusted Odds ratio* (CI 95%) |
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Region |
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Lower Egypt – Urban |
14.2 |
1.01 (0.79–1.28) |
15.7 |
0.97 (0.73–1.29) |
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Lower Egypt – Rural |
19.7 |
1.16 (0.96–1.40) |
22.5 |
1.16 (0.93–1.45) |
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Upper Egypt – Urban |
19.3 |
1.38 (1.09–1.77) |
15.6 |
0.86 (0.65–1.14) |
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Upper Egypt – Rural |
21.3 |
1.17 (0.95–1.44) |
19.7 |
0.79 (0.62–1.01) |
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Frontier Governorate |
8.4 |
0.51 (0.21–1.28) |
14.2 |
0.72 (0.35–1.50) |
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Urban Governorates |
13.8 |
1 |
15.6 |
1 |
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Education |
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Higher |
4.0 |
0.30 (0.17–0.53) |
7.0 |
0.29 (0.19–0.44) |
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Secondary |
12.3 |
0.56 (0.45–0.70) |
17.1 |
0.63 (0.51–0.77) |
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Primary |
21.5 |
1.10 (0.95–1.29) |
23.0 |
1.12 (0.92–1.38) |
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No education |
20.9 |
1 |
22.9 |
1 |
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Age of respondent |
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15–19 |
24.9 |
5.24 (3.46–7.93) |
15.9 |
2.50 (1.54–4.06) |
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20–24 |
24.2 |
4.57 (3.34–6.24) |
23.0 |
3.41 (2.47–4.71) |
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25–29 |
20.9 |
3.34 (2.51–4.45) |
21.0 |
2.69 (2.01–3.60) |
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30–34 |
17.9 |
2.65 (2.00–3.51) |
22.2 |
2.57 (1.94–3.40) |
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35–39 |
17.7 |
2.39 (1.81–3.14) |
17.9 |
1.72 (1.30–2.28) |
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40–44 |
13.1 |
1.65 (1.23–2.22) |
15.8 |
1.37 (1.02–1.82) |
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45–49 |
9.4 |
1 |
13.1 |
1 |
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Religion |
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Muslim |
18.2 |
1.49 (1.06–2.09) |
19.2 |
1.26 (0.88–1.79) |
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Christian |
11.5 |
1 |
13.4 |
1 |
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Current working status |
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No |
19.1 |
1.14 (0.94–1.39) |
19.4 |
0.99 (0.82–1.19) |
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Yes |
12.5 |
1 |
16.7 |
1 |
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Age at first marriage |
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<= 19 |
19.5 |
0.83 (0.36–1.91) |
21.7 |
0.94 (0.44–2.01) |
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20–30 |
15.3 |
1.04 (0.45–2.39) |
15.8 |
0.95 (0.45–2.00) |
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>= 31 |
13.3 |
9.7 |
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Number of children in a household |
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0–1 |
18.6 |
0.79 (0.60–1.02) |
14.6 |
0.54 (0.39–0.74) |
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2–5 |
18.3 |
1.02 (0.85–1.23) |
20.4 |
0.94 (0.75–1.18) |
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>5 |
16.3 |
1 |
19.3 |
1 |
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Blood/marriage relationship to husband |
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No |
18.5 |
1.26 (1.11–1.44) |
18.6 |
1.07 (0.92–1.25) |
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Yes |
17.1 |
1 |
19.4 |
1 |
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Partner's education |
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Higher |
5.4 |
0.41 (0.27–0.60) |
10.0 |
0.64 (0.46–0.89) |
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Secondary |
15.8 |
0.75 (0.62–0.91) |
19.5 |
0.81 (0.66–0.98) |
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Primary |
22.1 |
1.02 (0.87–1.19) |
18.2 |
0.63 (0.51–0.78) |
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No education |
20.7 |
1 |
24.4 |
1 |
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* Adjusted for all other variables in the table |
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Akmatov et al. BMC Women's Health 2008 8:15 doi:10.1186/1472-6874-8-15 |
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