Table 6 Logistic regression models of determinants of sexual violence against young women in the past 12 months: Rural Nepal, 2009

Woman and household level variables

Age at time of survey

0.900

***

0.028

0.902

***

0.028

Woman has no children

2.000

**

0.440

1.994

**

0.438

No knowledge of sex prior to marriage

0.712

*

0.111

0.744

+

0.115

Frequent media exposure

0.737

+

0.130

0.728

+

0.126

Woman’s autonomy (ref: low)

Medium

0.838

0.150

0.827

0.147

High

0.459

***

0.098

0.403

***

0.088

Caste/Ethnicity (ref: Brahmin/Chhetri)

Tamang

0.803

0.221

0.642

**

0.171

Tharu

1.439

0.418

1.216

0.332

Muslim

1.764

+

0.560

3.930

***

1.532

Never watched a pornographic film

0.507

**

0.109

0.496

**

0.106

Contact with maternal family (ref: at least weekly)

Once a month

0.703

*

0.124

0.717

0.126

Rare/never

1.343

0.257

1.363

0.259

Age of woman at marriage (ref: under 15)

15–17

1.086

0.306

-

-

18+

1.046

0.316

-

-

Woman’s education (ref: illiterate)

Literate up to grade 8

1.381

0.242

-

-

Secondary

1.347

0.387

-

-

Above Secondary

1.232

0.627

-

-

Woman’s occupation (ref: none)

Agriculture/poultry/daily wage

1.331

0.28

-

-

Other employment

0.745

0.297

-

-

Member of community group/groups

0.924

0.166

-

-

HH asset index (ref: poorest)

Poor

1.284

0.308

-

-

Middle

1.1

0.274

-

-

Rich

1.442

0.381

-

-

Richest

1.365

0.406

-

-

Husband level variables

Age of husband (ref: 15–24)

25–34

1.308

0.214

1.341

0.219

35 and above

3.282

**

1.277

3.304

***

1.286

Husband’s education (ref: illiterate)

Literate up to grade 8

0.712

0.149

0.703

**

0.147

Secondary

0.402

***

0.104

0.395

***

0.101

Above Secondary

0.420

**

0.142

0.435

*

0.144

Husband’s occupation (ref: unemployed)

Agriculture

0.604

0.198

0.58

0.189

Daily wage labour

0.655

0.225

0.591

0.202

Service

0.738

0.248

0.662

0.222

Foreign employment

0.25

***

0.088

0.233

***

0.082

Business

0.663

0.261

0.631

0.248

Husband’s alcohol consumption (ref: often)

Sometimes

0.645

*

0.140

0.609

*

0.133

Never/rarely

0.435

***

0.102

0.428

***

0.101

Husband has casual partners

2.901

***

0.678

2.822

***

0.659

Inter-Spousal communication (ref: low)

Medium

0.446

*

0.173

0.439

*

0.169

High

0.2

***

0.069

0.201

***

0.068

Community level variables

% of women with high autonomy

-

-

0.632

**

0.113

% of women with education

-

-

1.01

0.014

% of men with education

-

-

0.969

0.019