Research Article
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 (
= 692).
| Variables | Category | | S.E | 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 | |
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Multiple logistic regression was used, and backward LR was used.
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