Research Article
Early Marriage, Cohabitation, and Childbearing in West Africa
Table 2
Odds ratios of discrete-time logistic regression estimates of union formation among adolescents in Nigeria (
), Niger (
), and Burkina Faso (2690).
| Variables | Model 1 | Model 2 | Nigeria | Burkina Faso | Niger | Nigeria | Burkina Faso | Niger |
| Community-level variables | | | | | | | Percentage of women educated | | | | | | | Low | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Medium | 0.206 | 0.528 | 0.901 | 0.681+ | 0.735 | 1.191 | High | 0.068 | 0.278 | 0.343 | 0.438 | 0.838 | 0.947 |
| Percentage of poor women | | | | | | | Low | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | Medium | 1.827 | 1.025 | 2.343 | 1.812+ | 0.885 | 1.387 | High | 3.657 | 1.578 | 1.917 | 4.482 | 1.543+ | 1.307 |
| Percentage of working women | | | | | | | Low | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | Medium | 0.785 | 0.932 | 1.174 | 1.007 | 0.925 | 1.129 | High | 0.565 | 0.81 | 0.735 | 0.787 | 0.863 | 0.724 |
| Respondent’s education | | | | | | | None | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | Primary | | | | 0.447 | 0.384 | 0.494 | Secondary/higher | | | | 0.162 | 0.259 | 0.226 |
| Wealth index | | | | | | | Poorest | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | Poorer | | | | 1.547 | 1.357+ | 1.327 | Middle | | | | 2.173 | 1.358+ | 1.509 | Richer | | | | 3.123 | 1.58 | 1.749+ | Richest | | | | 2.322 | 0.954 | 2.022+ |
| Religion | | | | | | | Muslim | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | Christian | | | | 0.642 | 1.989 | - |
| Region | | | | | | | Northern | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | Southern | | | | 0.522 | 0.929 | 1.2 |
| Sex of household health | | | | | | | Male | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | Female | | | | 0.591 | 0.596 | 0.696 |
| Place of residence | | | | | | | Urban | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | Rural | | | | 1.268 | 1.412 | 3.272 |
| N (person-years) | 50169 | 19918 | 11426 | 50169 | 19918 | 11426 |
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