Factors That Determine the Likelihood of Giving Birth to the First Child within 10 Months after Marriage

Table 5

Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratio and 95% confidence interval (95% CI): logistic regression model.

Covariates	Unadjusted OR		Adjusted OR
	Odds ratio	95% CI	Odds ratio	95% CI
Ever terminated pregnancy?
No	1 (reference)		1 (reference)
Yes	0.151	(0.020, 0.282)	0.178	(0.044, 0.312)
Partner’s educational level
No education	1 (reference)		1 (reference)
Higher education	-0.099	(-0.170, -0.028)	-0.162	(-0.236, -0.088)
Beating justified if wife goes out without husband’s notice?
No	1 (reference)		1 (reference)
Yes	0.101	(-0.009, 0.210)	0.466	(0.305, 0.628)
Beating justified if wife neglects child?
No	1 (reference)		1 (reference)
Yes	-0.168	(-0.274, -0.062)	-0.305	(-0.461, -0.149)
Beating justified if wife argues with husband?
No	1 (reference)		1 (reference)
Yes	-0.207	(-0.315, -0.098)	-0.301	(-0.451, -0.152)
Age of respondent at marriage	0.109	(0.092, 0.125)	0.125	(0.107, 0.143)
Age at first sex	-0.006	(-0.016, 0.004)	-0.029	(-0.041, -0.018)