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Table 3 Association between place of residence and wife beating attitude (disagreement with wife beating) among currently married women: Evidence from 2017 Senegal C-DHS

From: Urban-rural disparities in wife-beating attitude among married women: a decomposition analysis from the 2017 Senegal Continuous Demographic and Health Survey

Variables

Rural

Urban

Coefficient [95% CI]

P-value

Coefficient [95% CI]

P-value

Women’s age

 15–19

Ref

 

Ref

 

 20–24

−0.33 (− 0.81, 0.14)

0.169

− 0.36 (−1.20, 0.47)

0.392

 25–29

− 0.21 (− 0.67, 0.24)

0.366

− 0.15 (− 0.92, 0.61)

0.694

 30–34

− 0.29 (− 0.70, 0.11)

0.160

0.05 (− 0.76, 0.88)

0.893

 35–39

0.02 (− 0.40, 0.45)

0.918

− 0.18 (− 1.01, 0.63)

0.653

 40–44

0.11 (− 0.31, 0.55)

0.586

0.04 (− 0.76, 0.85)

0.915

 45–49

−0.06 (− 0.57, 0.45)

0.812

0.08 (− 0.67, 0.85)

0.821

Women’s educational level

 No educated

Ref

 

Ref

 

 Primary school

0.42 (0.18, 0.66) **

0.001

0.43 (0.17, 0.68) **

0.001

 Secondary school

0.26 (−0.14, 0.67)

0.206

0.55 (0.21, 0.89) **

0.001

 Higher

1.47 (0.02, 2.91) *

0.046

1.57 (0.59, 2.54) **

0.002

Husband education

 No educated

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 Primary school

0.12 (−0.21, 0.46)

0.486

0.50 (0.15, 0.86) **

0.005

 Secondary school

0.29 (−0.10, 0.69)

0.153

0.41 (0.03, 0.79) *

0.034

 Higher

0.97 (0.08, 1.86)*

0.032

0.60 (0.06, 1.14) *

0.029

Employment for cash

 No cash-based employment

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Ref

 

 Cash-based employment

−0.22 (− 0.47, 0.02)

0.080

− 0.07 (− 0.57, 0.42)

0.770

Husband occupation

 Didn’t work

Ref

 

Ref

 

 Professional or technical or managerial

−0.48 (−1.11, 0.14)

0.131

0.24 (− 0.34, 0.83)

0.415

 Sales

−0.40 (− 0.88, 0.06)

0.091

0.17 (− 0.41, 0.77)

0.557

 Agricultural-self-employed

−0.39 (− 0.84, 0.04)

0.077

− 0.18 (− 0.80, 0.43)

0.562

 Skilled manual

− 0.41 (− 0.87, 0.04)

0.078

0.14 (− 0.41, 0.70)

0.610

 Unskilled manual

− 0.30 (− 0.78, 0.17)

0.215

0.20 (− 0.36, 0.78)

0.473

 Others

− 0.33 (− 0.81, 0.14)

0.175

− 0.15 (− 0.83, 0.52)

0.652

Wealth index

 Poorest

Ref

 

Ref

 

 Poor

0.02 (−0.22, 0.26)

0.868

0.07 (−0.63, 0.78)

0.832

 Middle

0.26 (−0.05, 0.58)

0.099

0.17 (−0.42, 0.77)

0.559

 Rich

0.53 (0.10, 0.95) *

0.015

0.39 (−0.22, 1.01)

0.209

 Richest

0.79 (−0.01, 1.59)

0.053

0.59 (−0.07, 1.27)

0.081

Media exposure

 No

Ref

 

Ref

 

 Yes

0.53 (0.19, 0.87) **

0.002

−0.41 (− 0.93, 0.11)

0.122

Religion

 Muslim

    

 Others

0.32 (−0.31, 0.95)

0.318

−0.18 (−1.00, 0.62)

0.650

Region

 Dakar

Ref

 

Ref

 

 Ziguinchor

−1.10 (− 3.07, 0.87)

0.272

−0.25 (− 0.71, 0.20)

0.281

 Diourbel

−1.54 (− 3.58, 0.48)

0.134

− 0.86 (− 1.64, − 0.08) *

0.029

 Saint-Louis

− 1.71 (− 3.76, 0.33)

0.101

− 0.52 (− 0.92, − 0.13) **

0.009

 Tambacounda

−3.06 (− 5.13, − 0.99) **

0.004

−0.77 (− 1.31, − 0.23) **

0.005

 Kaolack

−2.13 (− 4.16, − 0.10) *

0.039

−0.04 (− 0.60, 0.52)

0.886

 Thies

− 1.65 (− 3.64, 0.33)

0.103

− 0.52 (− 0.94, − 0.09) *

0.017

 Louga

− 1.76 (− 3.77, 0.25)

0.087

− 0.94 (− 1.34, − 0.55) ***

0.000

 Fatick

− 2.38 (− 4.38, − 0.37) *

0.020

−0.74 (− 1.47, − 0.02) *

0.043

 Kolda

− 3.57 (− 5.62, − 1.53) **

0.001

−1.09 (− 1.67, − 0.52) ***

0.000

 Matam

−2.08 (− 4.09, − 0.06) *

0.043

−0.45 (− 1.03, 0.12)

0.123

 Kaffrine

− 2.99 (− 5.05, − 0.93) **

0.005

−1.68 (− 2.45, − 0.92)***

0.000

 Kedougou

−3.30 (− 5.36, − 1.23)**

0.002

−1.58 (− 2.09, − 1.07) ***

0.000

 Sedhiou

− 1.88 (− 3.88, 0.11)

0.065

− 0.33 (− 1.38, 0.71)

0.532

Decision making

 No empowerment

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Ref

 

 Moderate empowerment

0.10 (− 0.10, 0.32)

0.322

0.13 (− 0.16, 0.42)

0.375

 High empowerment

0.21 (− 0.17, 0.61)

0.276

0.27 (− 0.09, 0.64)

0.145

  1. Ref Reference, CI Confidence Interval
  2. * significant at p < 0.05; ** significant at p < 0.01; *** significant at p < 0.001