What does women’s empowerment have to do with malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from demographic and health surveys from 30 countries

Table 6 Fully adjusted Model and Model with Interaction

		Full adjustment*			Interaction with age difference between partners
Variable	Category/unit	Stunting			Respondent younger than husband or no difference			Respondent older than husband
Variable	Category/unit	OR	95% CI	p-value	OR	95% CI	p-value	OR	95% CI	p-value
Decision-making		0.84	0.83, 0.86	0.001	0.88	0.77, 1.01	0.08	1.13	0.99, 1.30	0.08
Any Experience of violence		1.07	1.04,1.11	0.001	0.91	0.74, 1.12	0.34	1.10	0.89, 1.36	0.38
					Interaction with Age of Respondent
Variable	Category/unit	Underweight			Respondent Age 15–29			Respondent Age 30–49
Attitude towards violence		1.13	1.10, 1.16	0.001	0.98	0.93, 1.04	0.52	1.02	0.96, 1.08	0.52

*Adjusted for respondents’ age, BMI and education, child’s sex and age, household wealth and area of residence

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