Table 2 Results of ordinal logistic regression model for justifying wife-beating

Threshold (level of violence)

 None

(15.89, 20.26)

-

(2.65, 6.83)

 Mild

(17, 21.4)

-

(3.46, 7.64)

 Moderate

(17.64, 22.06)

-

(4.1, 8.28)

Age (years)

 15–19

(1.46, 1.81)

5.14***

(-0.01, 2.21)

 20–24

(1.09, 1.42)

3.52***

(0.32, 1.54)

 25–29

(0.96, 1.29)

3.08***

(0.01, 1.98)

 30–34

(1.03, 1.35)

3.29***

(-0.15, 2.24)

 35–39

(1.43, 1.75)

4.91***

(0.54, 1.72)

 40–44

(1.45, 1.75)

4.95***

(0.14, 1.97)

 45–49 (Ref.)

-

-

-

Education

 Pre-primary or none

(-0.9, 0.87)

0.99*

(0.49, 1.23)

 Primary

(0.11, 1.36)

2.08**

(0.35, 0.98)

 Secondary

(-0.54, 0.6)

1.03

(-0.01, 0.55)

 Higher secondary + (Ref.)

-

-

-

Has functional difficulties

 Yes

(-0.87, 1.62)

1.45*

(0, 0.4)

 No (Ref.)

-

-

-

Number of children ever born

 1–2

(-1.17, 0.98)

0.91*

(0.1, 0.48)

 3–4

(-0.6, 1.43)

1.52*

(0, 0.4)

 5–12 (Ref.)

-

-

-

Division

 Barishal

(-2.25, 0.71)

0.46

(0.04, 0.14)

 Chattogram

(-0.15, 1.73)

2.2*

(0.64, 1.38)

 Dhaka

(-0.76, 1.2)

1.25

(0.5, 1.28)

 Khulna

(-1.04, 1.18)

1.07

(0.72, 1.53)

 Mymenshing

(-0.68, 2.07)

2**

(0.36, 1.28)

 Rajshahi

(-0.15, 1.91)

2.42*

(0.5, 1.35)

 Rangpur

(-0.49, 1.69)

1.82

(0.72, 1.54)

 Sylhet (Ref.)

-

-

-

Ethnicity of household head

 Bengali

(-1.06, 0.98)

0.96

(0.2, 1.22)

 Other (Ref.)

-

-

-

Age of husband (years)

 15–21

(-2.06, 0.75)

0.52

(-1.09, 0.61)

 22–25

(-0.3, -0.01)

0.85**

(-0.49, 0)

 26–30

(-0.59, 0.22)

0.83

(-0.45, 0.38)

 31–35

(-0.04, 0)

0.98*

(-0.24, -0.01)

 36–40

(-0.18, 0.01)

0.92*

(-0.38, 0.02)

 41–45

(-0.16, 0.04)

0.94

(-0.26, 0.02)

 46–90 (Ref.)

-

-

-

Wanted last child then

 Yes

(-0.48, 0.43)

0.97

(-0.19, 0.21)

 No (Ref.)

-

-

-

Able to get pregnant

 Yes

(-0.67, 0.1)

0.75*

(-0.04, 0)

 No (Ref.)

-

-

-

Husband has more wives

 Yes

(-1.38, 1.06)

0.85**

(-0.01, 0.21)

 No (Ref.)

-

-

-

Wealth index

 Poorest

(-0.45, 0.94)

1.28**

(0.52, 1.22)

 Second

(-0.13, 1.35)

1.85*

(0.08, 0.81)

 Middle

(-0.24, 0.95)

1.43*

(0.07, 0.51)

 Fourth

(-0.02, 0.96)

1.6*

(0.01, 0.57)

 Richest (Ref.)

-

-

-