Table 3 Logistic regression estimates of the effect of a one-unit increase in scale/factor values on the odds that a woman ever withholds food or water

Privacy scale

5.06

3.38 to 7.59

2.38

1.22 to 4.63

Safety and security scale

4.28

2.99 to 6.13

3.26

1.90 to 5.59

Safety and security factor 1: perceptions of women’s risk of harm when going for sanitation

0.89

0.61 to 1.29

1.29

0.78 to 2.14

Safety and security factor 2: perceptions of women’s risk of harm when going to sanitation-related meetings

1.33

0.90 to 1.95

1.27

0.76 to 2.14

Safety and security factor 3: perceptions of women’s risk of domestic violence related to sanitation

1.41

1.04 to 1.90

1.13

0.75 to 1.71

Safety and security factor 4: perceptions of own risk of harm when going for sanitation

3.01

2.11 to 4.29

2.44

1.58 to 3.77

Safety and security factor 5: perceptions of general personal safety related to sanitation

0.90

0.67 to 1.19

0.69

0.43 to 1.10

Health factor 1: sanitation-related illness

1.70

1.25 to 2.31

2.52

1.01 to 6.28

Health factor 3: fear of injury

1.92

1.23 to 2.98

0.85

0.30 to 2.39

Health factor 4: sanitation-related anxiety, embarrassment and shame

1.32

0.80 to 2.20

0.70

0.23 to 2.17

Health factor 5: sanitation-related stress and fear

1.44

1.09 to 1.89

2.93

1.59 to 5.41