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Table 2 Multivariate logistic regression analysis of the association between women’s decision-making autonomy, socio-demographic factors, and women’s dietary diversity (DD)a (n = 2262)

From: Women’s participation in household decision-making and higher dietary diversity: findings from nationally representative data from Ghana

Variables

Coefficients

SE

OR

95 % CI for OR

Wald F

P

Women decision-making autonomy

 Final say on how to spend money

  Has no say in making final decision

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

  Has a say in making final decision

0.32

0.25

1.38

0.84, 2.25

1.63

0.200

 Final say on making Household purchases

  Has no say in making final decision

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

  Has a say in making final decision

0.55

0.17

1.74

1.24, 2.42

10.53

.001

 Final say on own health care

  Has no say in making final decision

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

  Has a say in making final decision

−0.25

0.13

0.78

0.60, 1.01

3.63

.057

  Wife-beating not justified score

−0.01

0.04

0.99

0.92, 1.07

0.02

.900

  Refused husband sex score

0.07

0.07

1.07

0.94, 1.23

1.03

.310

Woman level factorsb

  Maternal age

0.01

0.01

1.01

0.98, 1.04

0.40

.530

  Maternal parity

−0.04

0.05

0.96

0.88, 1.05

0.87

.350

 Maternal education

  No education

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

  Primary

0.17

0.16

1.18

0.86, 1.62

1.06

.300

  Secondary or higher

0.45

0.17

1.57

1.12, 2.20

6.87

.009

 Maternal occupation

  Agriculture/labour

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

  White collar

−0.11

0.14

0.90

0.69, 1.17

0.66

.420

 Maternal ethnicity

  Other ethnicities

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

  Akan

−0.36

0.14

0.70

0.53, 0.91

7.11

.008

 Maternal religion

  Other religions

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

  Christian religion

−0.30

0.14

0.75

0.56, 0.99

4.18

.041

Household level factorsb

 Sex of household head

  Male

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

  Female

−0.18

0.14

0.84

0.63, 1.11

1.59

.210

 Place of residence

  Rural

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

  Urban

0.10

0.17

1.11

0.80, 1.55

0.38

.540

 Household wealth index

  Poorest

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

  Poor

−0.34

0.18

0.71

0.51, 1.01

3.71

.054

  Middle

−0.31

0.21

0.73

0.48, 1.10

2.23

.140

  Richer

0.52

0.23

1.68

1.07, 2.64

4.98

.026

  Richest

0.60

0.28

1.81

1.05, 3.14

4.49

.034

 Present of co-wives in household

  There are co-wives

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

  There are no co-wives

0.35

0.16

1.42

1.04, 1.93

4.86

.028

  Number of under five children

0.03

0.08

1.03

0.89, 1.19

0.13

.720

  Number of household members

0.04

0.03

1.04

0.98, 1.11

1.92

.170

  1. aDietary diversity (DD) is the number of food groups consumed over 24-h period
  2. bWomen and household levels factors were adjusted for in the multivariate analysis
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