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Table 6 Factors associated with GBV among high school students included in the study, June 2017

From: Prevalence and determinants of gender-based violence among high school female students in Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia: an institutionally based cross-sectional study

Variables

GBV

N = 604

Crude odds ratio (95% CI)

Adjusted odds ratio(95% CI)

yes

no

School

 Public

318

153

2.24(1.52, 3.31)

1.75 (1.10, 2.76)**

 Private

64

69

1.00

1.00

Witnessing violence

 Yes

117

32

2.62(1.70, 4.04)

1.92 (1.19, 3.11)**

  No

265

190

1.00

1.00

Chew chat (khat, Catha edulis)

 Yes

51

15

2.13(1.17, 3.88)

0.28 (0.10, 0.75)

 No

331

207

1.00

1.00

Smoking

 Yes

46

3

9.99 (3.07, 32.53)

4.16 (0.93, 18.54)

 No

336

219

1.00

1.00

Lifetime alcohol

 Yes

53

3

11.50 (3.55, 37.29)

3.30 (0.62, 17.51)

  No

330

219

1.00

1.00

Friend alcohol use

 Yes

109

26

3.01 (1.89, 4.79)

2.18 (1.26, 3.77)**

  No

273

196

1.00

1.00

Regular boyfriend

 Yes

180

52

2.91 (2.01, 4.22)

2.02 (1.08, 3.79)*

 No

202

170

1.00

1.00

Sexual intercourse

 Yes

106

9

9.09 (4.49, 18.37)

6.10 (2.49, 14.93)***

 No

276

213

1.00

1.00

  1. Note:***- statistically significant at p-value < 0.001; **- statistically significant at p-value < 0.01, *- statistically significant at p-value < 0.05