Prevalence and correlates of sexual intercourse among sexually active in-school adolescents: an analysis of five sub-Sahara African countries for the adolescent’s sexual health policy implications

Table 2 Multivariate logistic regression for predictors of sexual intercourse and sex with multiple partners among in-school adolescents stratified by gender (N = 15,318)

Variable		Ever had sexual intercourse		Sex with ≥ 2 persons
Variable	Gender	OR [95% CI]	aOR [95% CI]	OR [95% CI]	aOR [95% CI]
^aCurrent smoked cigarette (No)
Yes	Male	3.2 [1·7-6.2]**	1·9 [1.3-2.8]**	3.2 [2.7-3.9]***	2.1 [1.7-2.7]***
Yes	Female	4.4 [2·7-7.3]***	3.0 [2.2-4.2]***	6.3 [4.7-8.6***	3.6 [2.6-5.1]***
^aCurrently drank alcohol (No)
Yes	Male	3.0 [2.4-3.8]***	2·1 [1.8-2.4]***	3·2 [2·7-3.9]***	2·3 [1·9-2·7]***
Yes	Female	2.5 [2.1-2.9]***	1.7 [1.5-2.0]***	3·4 [2·5-4.8]***	2·2 [1·7-2·9]***
^aCurrently used marijuana (No)
Yes	Male	5.8 [1.3-26.5]*	2.2 [0.9-5.7]	3.6 [2.8-4.8]***	1.9 [1·3-2·7]**
Yes	Female	6.2 [1.9-19.9]*	1.9 [0.8-4.5]	7.7 [5.8-10.1]***	2.4 [1.6-3.7]***
^aEver used amphetamine (No)
Yes	Male	6·8 [1·0-45.2]*	3.8 [0.8-19.0]	2.8 [2.2-3.6]***	1·3 [1·0-1.8]
Yes	Female	7.2 [1.9-26.7]*	4.1 [1.4-12.6]*	5.6 [4.2-7.6]***	1·8 [1·1-2.9]*
^aParental connectedness (No)
Yes	Male	0·8 [0·7-0·9]**	0·9 [0·8-1.0]	0·9 [0·8-1.0]	1.0 [0.9-1.1]
Yes	Female	0·7 [0·6-0·8]***	0·7 [0·7-0·8]***	0·6 [0·5-0·8]***	0.7 [0.6-0.9]**
Age	Male	1·3 [1·3-1·4]***	1.4 [1.3-1.4]***	1·4 [1·3-1·5]***	1·4 [1·3-1·5]***
Age	Female	1·4 [1·3-1·4]***	1.4 [1.4-1.5]***	1·3 [1·2-1·4]***	1·4 [1·2-1·5]***

Note: OR odds ratio, aOR adjusted odds ratio
*P < 0·05, **P < 0·01, ***P < 0·001
^aAdjusted for all variables in the model, sex with ≥2 persons = sexual intercourse with multiple persons

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