Research Article
Early Marriage, Cohabitation, and Childbearing in West Africa
Table 3
Odds ratios of discrete-time logistic regression estimates of first childbearing 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 | 1.068 | 1.411 | 0.775 | 0.551 | 1.526 | 0.859 | High | 1.165 | 1.563 | 0.918 | 0.514+ | 1.766 | 1.218 |
| Percentage of poor women | | | | | | | Low | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | Medium | 2.643 | 0.836 | 0.885 | 1.383 | 0.807 | 0.707 | High | 2.313 | 0.696 | 1.08 | 0.62 | 0.744 | 0.764 |
| Percentage of working women | | | | | | | Low | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | Medium | 1.945 | 1.233 | 1.95+ | 1.35 | 1.225 | 1.967+ | High | 2.609 | 1.121 | 1.456 | 1.676+ | 1.106 | 1.553 |
| Respondent’s education | | | | | | | None | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | Primary | | | | 0.875 | 1.751+ | 0.975 | Secondary/higher | | | | 0.396 | 0.354 | 0.466 |
| Wealth index | | | | | | | Poorest | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | Poorer | | | | 0.491 | 2.841 | 0.858 | Middle | | | | 0.371 | 2.387 | 0.932 | Richer | | | | 0.304 | 1.682 | 0.618 | Richest | | | | 0.239 | 1.083 | 0.569 |
| Religion | | | | | | | Muslim | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | Christian | | | | 4.357 | 1.046 | |
| Region | | | | | | | Northern | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | Southern | | | | 2.462 | 1.182 | 0.461 |
| Sex of household health | | | | | | | Male | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | Female | | | | 1.711 | 1.021 | 1.007 |
| Place of residence | | | | | | | Urban | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | Rural | | | | 2.722 | 0.543 | 0.955 |
| N (person-years) | 50169 | 19918 | 11426 | 50169 | 19918 | 11426 |
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