Table 2 Binary logistic regression results of refusing wife beating among women of reproductive age
From: Wife beating refusal among women of reproductive age in urban and rural Ethiopia
| Variables | Classification | Rural | Urban | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of cases | Adjusted odd ratios | Number of cases | Adjusted odd ratios | ||
| I | II | III | IV | ||
| Region | Tigray | 1339 | ref | 386 | ref |
| Afar | 1027 | 0.66** (.13) | 251 | 1.33 (.18) | |
| Amhara | 1809 | 0.71***(.09) | 259 | 0.66* (.17) | |
| Oromia | 1766 | 1.09 (.10) | 354 | 1.73** (.16) | |
| Somalia | 581 | 0.40***(.16) | 307 | 0.60** (.19) | |
| Ben-Gumuz | 1083 | 1.41** (.10) | 169 | 1.55* (.20) | |
| SNNP | 1784 | 0.64***(.11) | 238 | 1.06 (.19) | |
| Gambella | 898 | 0.84 (.12) | 226 | 0.83 (.19) | |
| Harari | 442 | 0.68* (.15) | 649 | 1.13 (.14) | |
| Addis Ababa | – | – | 1724 | 3.05***(.13) | |
| Dire Dawa | 368 | 1.00 (.15) | 722 | 1.84***(.14) | |
| Level of education | No Education | 7070 | ref | 1133 | ref |
| Primary | 3681 | 1.49***(.06) | 2139 | 1.61***(.09) | |
| Secondary | 243 | 2.27***(.14) | 1140 | 2.70***(.11) | |
| Higher | 103 | 7.54***(.23) | 873 | 5.12***(.13) | |
| Age | 15–24 | 4376 | 0.73***(.08) | 2427 | 0.83***(.09) |
| 25–34 | 3513 | ref | 1729 | ref | |
| 35–49 | 3208 | 1.12***(.07) | 1129 | 1.01 (.10) | |
| Access to media | Not at all | 5269 | ref | 451 | ref |
| Sometimes | 3791 | 0.97 (.05) | 1335 | 1.29 (.13) | |
| Frequently | 2037 | 1.06 (.07) | 3499 | 1.49** (.13) | |
| Workstatus | Not working | 5519 | ref | 2386 | ref |
| Family business | 2382 | 0.95 (.05) | 465 | 1.17 (.11) | |
| Employed | 3196 | 0.96 (.04) | 2434 | 0.90 (.07) | |
| Religion | Orthodox | 3901 | ref | 3053 | ref |
| Protestant | 2317 | 0.79** (.09) | 610 | 0.94 (.11) | |
| Muslim | 4525 | 1.12 (.07) | 1572 | 0.68***(.08) | |
| Others | 354 | 0.67** (.16) | 50 | 0.80 (.33) | |
| Number of living children | None | 3134 | ref | 2590 | ref |
| 1–2 | 2619 | 0.99 (.09) | 1604 | 1.30* (.11) | |
| 3–4 | 2447 | 0.73** (.11) | 685 | 1.27 (.14) | |
| 5 and above | 2897 | 0.78* (.11) | 406 | 1.21 (.17) | |
| Household wealth Status | Low | 4565 | ref | 1149 | ref |
| Medium | 3355 | 1.02 (.06) | 1194 | 1.17 (.09) | |
| High | 3177 | 1.07 (.06) | 2942 | 1.47***(.09) | |
| Marital status | Never married | 2227 | 1.54***(.09) | 2153 | 1.17 (.11) |
| Currently in union | 7710 | ref | 2405 | ref | |
| Ever married | 1160 | 1.27** (.08) | 727 | 1.01 (.10) | |
| Intercept | 0.35***(.12) | 0.29*** (.20) | |||
| Total | 11,097 | 5285 | |||