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Table 7 Crude and adjusted relative odds of having power in making decisions about one’s own health

From: Literacy and healthcare-seeking among women with low educational attainment: analysis of cross-sectional data from the 2011 Nepal demographic and health survey

 

Women with at most primary schooling (sample N = 6,232)

Women with no formal schooling (subsample N = 4,444)

 

Crude

 

Adjusteda

 

Crude

 

Adjustedb

 
 

OR (95% CI)

p c

OR (95% CI)

p c

OR (95% CI)

p c

OR (95% CI)

p c

Literacy

 

<0.001

 

0.002

 

<0.001

 

<0.001

  Illiterated

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

  Literate

1.35 (1.15-1.60)

 

1.37 (1.13-1.66)

 

1.81 (1.44-2.29)

 

1.57 (1.23-2.01)

 

Primary schooling

 

0.770

 

0.249

    

  Noned

1.00

 

1.00

     

  Incomplete

1.06 (0.89-1.27)

 

1.18 (0.96-1.46)

     

  Complete

0.98 (0.77-1.24)

 

1.02 (0.75-1.39)

     

Women’s age (per year)

        

  < 35

1.12 (1.10-1.14)

<0.001

1.12 (1.10-1.14)

<0.001

1.13 (1.11-1.15)

<0.001

1.13 (1.10-1.15)

<0.001

  ≥ 35

0.96 (0.94-0.98)

<0.001

0.96 (0.94-0.98)

<0.001

0.97 (0.95-0.98)

<0.001

0.96 (0.95-0.98)

<0.001

Household wealth

        

  Per quintile

1.10 (1.03-1.17)

0.004

1.05 (0.97-1.13)

0.253

1.09 (1.01-1.18)

0.025

1.06 (0.97-1.15)

0.213

  (lowest is ref)

Caste/ethnicity

 

<0.0001

 

0.001

 

<0.001

 

0.068

  Brahmin/Chhetrid

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

  Newar or Janajati

0.99 (0.80-1.24)

 

1.10 (0.89-1.35)

 

1.04 (0.81-1.34)

 

1.05 (0.82-1.33)

 

  Dalit

0.80 (0.63-1.02)

 

1.14 (0.92-1.42)

 

0.85 (0.64-1.13)

 

1.13 (0.87-1.47)

 

  Muslim or other

0.47 (0.36-0.63)

 

0.66 (0.49-0.88)

 

0.55 (0.40-0.76)

 

0.73 (0.52-1.02)

 

Geographic location

 

0.058

 

0.415

 

0.162

 

0.724

  Urband

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

  Rural

0.82 (0.66-1.01)

 

0.92 (0.74-1.13)

 

0.83 (0.64-1.08)

 

0.96 (0.74-1.23)

 
  1. aThe constant from the multiple logistic regression was 1.100, and the p-value from the Archer and Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test for this model was 0.054.
  2. bThe constant from the multiple logistic regression was 1.034, and the p-value from the Archer and Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test for this model was 0.590.
  3. cLogistic regression p values are adjusted Wald p values.
  4. dDenotes reference group.