Early Marriage and Its Determinants among Married Reproductive Age Group Women in Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia: A Multilevel Analysis

Table 4

Multilevel multivariable logistic regression of the individual and community-related variables associated with early marriage, Amhara regional state, Ethiopia, 2016.

Variables	Categories	AOR	95% CI
Residence site	Urban (ref)
	Rural	4.33	2.17–8.64
Wealth index	Richest (ref)
	Richer	0.67	0.38–1.19
	Middle	0.86	0.45–1.65
	Poorer	1.38	1.16–4.83
	Poorest	2.37	2.19–7.82
Women’s educational status	Higher (ref)
	Secondary	0.88	0.19–4.02
	Primary	2.31	1.68–8.53
	No education	2.52	2.23–9.51
Husband education status	Higher(ref)
	Secondary	1.88	0.59–6.01
	Primary	1.50	0.50–4.50
	No education	2.19	0.71–6.75
Media exposure	Yes(ref)
	No	0.94	0.64–1.38
Decide at first marriage	My self (ref)
	Parents	3.44	2.20–5.39
	Other relatives	1.67	0. 51–5.51
Husband occupation	Professional (ref)
	Daily labor	0.73	0.24–2.28
	Business	0.33	0.11–1.03
	Agri/employee	0.71	0.25–1.98
	Other+++	0.51	0.17–1.57
Respondent occupation	Professional (ref)
	Daily labor	0.98	0.21–4.47
	Business	1.24	0.66–2.34
	Agri/employee	1.09	0.27–4.42
	No job	1.44	0.37–5.63
	Other+++	2.37	0.31–17.67

ref: reference; statistically significant variables at 95% Confidence Interval; Other+++: EDHS 2016 other category.