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Table 3 Proportional odds model estimates for married men by their level of marital satisfaction after marriage among surveyed population

From: Early marriage and marital satisfaction among young married men in rural Uttar Pradesh, India

Covariates

OR

Standard error

C.I

Household’s characteristics

 Caste

  Scheduled caste/scheduled tribe®

  Non-Scheduled caste/scheduled tribe

1.48a

0.364

(0.19–2.39)

Religion

 Hindu®

 Non-Hindu

0.61

0.153

(0.37–1)

Household income(monthly)in rupees

 Less than 5000®

 5000–9999

1.30

0.327

(0.80–2.13)

 10000–19999

2b

0.640

(1.06–3.75)

 20000 and above

3.33c

1.13

(1.71–6.50)

Father’s characteristics

 Father’s educational level

 No education®

 Primary

1.82b

0.493

(1.07–3.09)

 Secondary

2.21c

0.611

(1.29–3.80)

 Higher secondary and above

3.19c

1.07

(1.65–6.15)

Age at which father got married

 Below 21 years®

 21 years and above

1.11

0.315

(0.64–1.94)

Mother’s characteristics

 Mother’s educational level

 No education®

 Primary

1.72

0.407

(1.08–2.74)

 Secondary

1.94a

0.745

(0.91–4.12)

 Higher secondary and above

1.89a

0.775

(0.84–4.22)

Age at which mother got married

Below 18 years®

18 years and above

1.17

0.324

(0.68–2.01)

Married Men’s characteristics

 Educational level

  No education®

  Primary

0.766

0.278

(0.37–1.56)

  Secondary

1.90b

0.543

(1.08–3.32)

  Higher secondary

2.87c

0.867

(1.58–5.18)

  Graduation and above

4.47c

1.55

(2.25–8.84)

  1. a,b, and c denote alpha value significance at 99 percent, 95 percent, and 90 percent confidenc interval. a = 0.01; b = 0.05; c = 0.1
  2. ® reference category, C.I. confidence interval