Family Context and Khat Chewing among Adult Yemeni Women: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Factors associated with chewing khat among women in multivariate analysis (𝑛 = 692).

Variables	Category	𝐵	S.E	𝑃 value	OR (95% CI)
Age of women/yrs	26–35	−0.45	0.19	0.015	0.6 ( 0.44–0.92)
	>35	0.07	0.29	0.808	1.1 (0.60–1.91)
	≤25				1
Marital status	Currently married	0.69	0.26	0.009	2.0 (1.20–3.37)
	Previously married				1
Husband chewed chewing khat	Yes	0.58	0.18	0.001	1.8 (1.26–2.53)
	No				1
Frequency of social family gathering/week	>3 times	0.40	0.18	0.022	1.5 (1.06–2.10)
	>3 times				1
Family income/month (YR)	>55,000 YR	0.45	0.17	0.010	1.6 ( 1.12–2.21)
	≤55,000 YR				1
Size of the house	>3 rooms	0.49	0.18	0.005	1.6 (1.16–2.31)
	≤3 rooms				1
Constant		−2.27	0.34	0.000

Multiple logistic regression was used, and backward LR was used.