The Nexus between Child Marriage and Women Empowerment with Physical Violence in Two Culturally Distinct States of India
Table 5
Logistic regression model for experience of physical violence by women (20–24) during the last 12 months in India, Bihar, and Tamil Nadu, NFHS-3 2006-07.
India
Bihar
Tamil Nadu
OR
CI at 90%
OR
CI at 90%
OR
CI at 90%
Women empowerment
Low
1.360
1.180–1.567
1.411
(0.766–2.598)
0.851
(0.436–1.662)
Medium
1.216
1.062–1.392
1.388
(0.848–2.27)
2.387
(1.194–4.77)
High (reference)
Age at marriage
Before 15
1.384
1.198–1.599
3.279
(1.786–6.019)
1.134
(0.571–2.251)
15–17
1.349
1.175–1.549
1.101
(0.649–1.869)
1.078
(0.55–2.111)
After 18 (reference)
= 0.182
= 0.362
= 0.316
Significant at 90 percent; , . Model is controlled for all the background characteristics considered in the bivariate table.