Common use of Multivariate Analyses Clause in Contracts

Multivariate Analyses. With other factors controlled, urban/rural residence has no significant association with spousal agreement on waiting time to next birth in any of the 13 countries included in the multivariate analysis (Table 4). Wife’s education and education gap between the husband and wife also do not have any significant associations, except in Malawi where wife’s education is significantly positively associated with the likelihood of both partners wanting similar waiting time to next birth. Independent of other factors, wife’s age is significantly positively associated with spousal agreement on waiting time to next birth in 8 of the 13 countries: Ghana, Mali, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Zambia. The association is particularly strong in Ethiopia (aOR=3.03; p<0.01), Zambia (aOR=3.86; p<0.01), and Zimbabwe (aOR=5.66; p<0.01), where couples with wives age 35-49 are 3-6 times more likely to have spousal agreement on waiting time to next birth than couples with wives age 15-34. The age gap between the partners has no significant relationship with spousal agreement on waiting time to next birth in any of the 13 countries. In most countries, employment status of the wife or that of the husband has no significant association with spousal agreement on waiting time to next birth. In the case of the wife’s employment, working for cash is significantly positively associated with spousal agreement in only Rwanda and Uganda. In the case of the husband’s employment, working for cash is significantly positively associated with spousal agreement in only Malawi and significantly negatively in Zambia. In Benin, Ghana, and Mali, spouses in polygynous marriages are less likely to agree on waiting time to next birth than those in monogamous marriages. The number of living children has a significant relationship with spousal agreement on waiting time to next birth in 7 of the 13 countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Ethiopia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, and Zambia). In these countries, spousal agreement is less common among couples with more living children. Infecundibility is strongly negatively associated with spousal agreement on waiting time to next birth in 9 of the 13 countries. With other factors controlled, the spousal agreement was 2-7 times more common in couples where the wife was infecund. In the remaining four countries (▇▇▇▇, Uganda, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe) the association between infecundability and spousal agreement is positive but not statistically significant. The relationship between household wealth status and spousal agreement on waiting time to next birth is positive and significant in Ghana, Mali, Ethiopia, and Mozambique, but negative and significant in Burkina Faso.