Table 3

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)


EDHS-1995
EDHS-2005


Proportion of beaten respondents (%)
Adjusted Odds ratio* (CI 95%)
Proportion of beaten respondents (%)
Adjusted Odds ratio* (CI 95%)

Region




     Lower Egypt – Urban
14.2
1.01 (0.79–1.28)
15.7
0.97 (0.73–1.29)
     Lower Egypt – Rural
19.7
1.16 (0.96–1.40)
22.5
1.16 (0.93–1.45)
     Upper Egypt – Urban
19.3
1.38 (1.09–1.77)
15.6
0.86 (0.65–1.14)
     Upper Egypt – Rural
21.3
1.17 (0.95–1.44)
19.7
0.79 (0.62–1.01)
     Frontier Governorate
8.4
0.51 (0.21–1.28)
14.2
0.72 (0.35–1.50)
     Urban Governorates
13.8
1
15.6
1

Education





     Higher
4.0
0.30 (0.17–0.53)
7.0
0.29 (0.19–0.44)
     Secondary
12.3
0.56 (0.45–0.70)
17.1
0.63 (0.51–0.77)
     Primary
21.5
1.10 (0.95–1.29)
23.0
1.12 (0.92–1.38)
     No education
20.9
1
22.9
1

Age of respondent





     15–19
24.9
5.24 (3.46–7.93)
15.9
2.50 (1.54–4.06)
     20–24
24.2
4.57 (3.34–6.24)
23.0
3.41 (2.47–4.71)
     25–29
20.9
3.34 (2.51–4.45)
21.0
2.69 (2.01–3.60)
     30–34
17.9
2.65 (2.00–3.51)
22.2
2.57 (1.94–3.40)
     35–39
17.7
2.39 (1.81–3.14)
17.9
1.72 (1.30–2.28)
     40–44
13.1
1.65 (1.23–2.22)
15.8
1.37 (1.02–1.82)
     45–49
9.4
1
13.1
1

Religion





     Muslim
18.2
1.49 (1.06–2.09)
19.2
1.26 (0.88–1.79)
     Christian
11.5
1
13.4
1

Current working status





     No
19.1
1.14 (0.94–1.39)
19.4
0.99 (0.82–1.19)
     Yes
12.5
1
16.7
1

Age at first marriage





     <= 19
19.5
0.83 (0.36–1.91)
21.7
0.94 (0.44–2.01)
     20–30
15.3
1.04 (0.45–2.39)
15.8
0.95 (0.45–2.00)
     >= 31
13.3

9.7


Number of children in a household





     0–1
18.6
0.79 (0.60–1.02)
14.6
0.54 (0.39–0.74)
     2–5
18.3
1.02 (0.85–1.23)
20.4
0.94 (0.75–1.18)
     >5
16.3
1
19.3
1

Blood/marriage relationship to husband





     No
18.5
1.26 (1.11–1.44)
18.6
1.07 (0.92–1.25)
     Yes
17.1
1
19.4
1

Partner's education





     Higher
5.4
0.41 (0.27–0.60)
10.0
0.64 (0.46–0.89)
     Secondary
15.8
0.75 (0.62–0.91)
19.5
0.81 (0.66–0.98)
     Primary
22.1
1.02 (0.87–1.19)
18.2
0.63 (0.51–0.78)
     No education
20.7
1
24.4
1

* Adjusted for all other variables in the table

Akmatov et al. BMC Women's Health 2008 8:15   doi:10.1186/1472-6874-8-15