Early Marriage, Cohabitation, and Childbearing in West Africa

Table 2

Odds ratios of discrete-time logistic regression estimates of union formation among adolescents in Nigeria (), Niger (), and Burkina Faso (2690).

Variables	Model 1			Model 2
	Nigeria	Burkina Faso	Niger	Nigeria	Burkina Faso	Niger
Community-level variables
Percentage of women educated
Low	1	1	1	1	1	1
Medium	0.206	0.528	0.901	0.681^+	0.735	1.191
High	0.068	0.278	0.343	0.438	0.838	0.947
Percentage of poor women
Low	1	1		1	1	1
Medium	1.827	1.025	2.343	1.812^+	0.885	1.387
High	3.657	1.578	1.917	4.482	1.543^+	1.307
Percentage of working women
Low	1	1		1		1
Medium	0.785	0.932	1.174	1.007	0.925	1.129
High	0.565	0.81	0.735	0.787	0.863	0.724
Respondent’s education
None				1	1	1
Primary				0.447	0.384	0.494
Secondary/higher				0.162	0.259	0.226
Wealth index
Poorest				1	1	1
Poorer				1.547	1.357^+	1.327
Middle				2.173	1.358^+	1.509
Richer				3.123	1.58	1.749^+
Richest				2.322	0.954	2.022^+
Religion
Muslim				1	1	1
Christian				0.642	1.989	-
Region
Northern				1	1	1
Southern				0.522	0.929	1.2
Sex of household health
Male				1	1	1
Female				0.591	0.596	0.696
Place of residence
Urban				1	1	1
Rural				1.268	1.412	3.272
N (person-years)	50169	19918	11426	50169	19918	11426

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