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Table 4 Ordered regression models displaying sexual, socio-demographic, −cultural and family correlates of adolescents’ sexual readiness

From: What are the characteristics of ‘sexually ready’ adolescents? Exploring the sexual readiness of youth in urban poor Accra

 

Model 1

Model 2

Characteristic

Odds Ratio

95 % Confidence Interval

Odds Ratio

95 % Confidence Interval

Coital experience

    

 No (RC)

1.000

 

1.000

 

 Yes

9.339***

4.18–20.88

19.585***

6.85–56.03

Negative sexual experience

    

 No (RC)

1.000

 

1.000

 

 Yes

1.014

0.47–2.17

1.362

0.58–3.19

Exposure to pornography

    

 No (RC)

1.000

 

1.000

 

 Yes

2.043*

1.12–3.73

2.355*

1.07–5.19

Gender

    

 Male (RC)

  

1.000

 

 Female

  

0.420*

0.20–0.87

Age group

    

 12–14 (RC)

  

1.000

 

 15–17

  

1.031

0.39–2.74

 18–19

  

0.825

0.26–2.56

Highest educational level attained

    

 Primary and below (RC)

  

1.000

 

 JHS

  

0.790

0.33–1.90

 SHS

  

0.493

0.16–1.52

Religious service attendance in past month

    

 At least once a week (RC)

  

1.000

 

 At least once a month

  

0.914

0.38–2.19

 Never

  

1.301

0.56–3.01

Ethnicity

    

 Akan (RC)

  

1.000

 

 Ga/Dangme

  

3.427*

1.29–9.07

 Other

  

4.212*

1.11–16.04

Locality

    

 James Town (RC)

  

1.000

 

 Ussher Town

  

1.776

0.86–3.651

Mother's highest educational level attained

    

 None/Pre-school (RC)

  

1.000

 

 Primary

  

2.276

0.65–7.99

 Secondary

  

1.805

0.65–5.02

 Don't know

  

0.961

0.32–2.84

Living arrangements

    

 Parent(s)/parent & relative (RC)

  

1.000

 

 Other relative/non-relative/alone

  

1.251

0.57–2.76

Household wealth quintile

    

 Poorest (RC)

  

1.000

 

 Poorer

  

3.574*

1.27–10.06

 Middle

  

1.905

0.65–5.61

 Richer

  

0.996

0.29–3.39

 Richest

  

0.821

0.24–2.78

Parents' marital status

    

 Currently married (RC)

  

1.000

 

 Not currently married

  

0.452+

0.18–1.12

 Never married

  

0.670

0.21–2.11

 Parent(s) dead

  

1.261

0.46–3.44

Sexual Communication

    

 With parent(s) only (RC)

  

1.000

 

 With friend only

  

0.433+

0.18–1.06

 With both parents and friends

  

0.645

0.18–2.29

 With other(s)

  

2.268+

0.90–5.71

/cut1

0.859

0.45-1.26

2.422

0.54-4.30

/cut2

0.990

0.58-1.40

2.601

0.71-4.49

/cut3

2.143

1.63-2.66

4.030

2.06-6.00

/cut4

2.342

1.81-2.88

4.293

2.32-6.27

/cut5

3.698

2.98-4.42

5.770

3.72-7.82

/cut6

4.151

3.35-4.95

6.276

4.18-8.37

  1. Source: RIPS Urban Health and Poverty Project, 2011
  2. ***p < 0.001; **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05; +p < 0.10; RC = Reference Category
  3. Model 1: Pseudo R2 = 0.1063, n = 194; Model 2: Pseudo R2 = 0.2085, n = 184
  4. Proportionality of odds test: Model 1: p > chi2 = 0.9474; Model 2: p > chi2 = 0. 4705