Table 1. Participant characteristics and associations with having been offered transactional sex (Panel A) and having accepted transactional sex (Panel B) among school-going adolescents of the Comarca Ngäbe-Buglé, Panama, 2018.
| Total | Panel A. Have you been offered transactional sex? | Panel B. What decision was made concerning the TS offer? | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | Went with the person | Did not go | ||||||||||
| n/N | % | n/N | % |
OR
(95% CI) |
p-value | n/N | % | n/N | % |
OR
(95%CI) |
p-value | |
| Gender | 0.26 | 0.15 | ||||||||||
| Boy | 384/700 | 54.9 | 58/374 | 15.5 | 1 | 35/45 | 77.8 | 8/45 | 17.8 | ref | ||
| Girl | 316/700 | 45.1 | 58/309 | 18.8 | 1.26 (0.84–1.88) |
35/43 | 81.4 | 4/43 | 9.3 | 0.48 (0.18–1.30) |
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| Age groups, years | 0.01 | 0.04 | ||||||||||
| 14–15 | 157/700 | 22.4 | 18/154 | 11.7 | 1 | 8/9 | 88.9 | 1/9 | 11.1 | 1 | ||
| 16–17 | 222/700 | 31.7 | 32/218 | 14.7 | 1.30 (0.70–2.41) |
21/22 | 95.5 | 1/22 | 4.6 | 8.67 (0.48–155.31) |
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| 18–19 | 321/700 | 45.9 | 66/311 | 21.2 |
2.04
(1.16–3.60) |
41/51 | 80.4 | 10/51 | 19.6 |
15.6
(1.15–219.99) |
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| Economic indicators | 0.54 | 0.30 | ||||||||||
| No latrine or tin roof | 416/688 | 48.6 | 61/330 | 18.5 | 1 | 36/44 | 81.8 | 8/44 | 18.2 | 1 | ||
| Latrine or flush toilet and tin roof | 360/700 | 51.4 | 55/353 | 15.6 | 1.87 (0.25–13.92) |
34/38 | 89.5 | 4/38 | 10.5 | 0.49 (0.13–1.89) |
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| Comarcal District | 0.34 | 0.04 | ||||||||||
| Nidrini (Chiriquí) | 362/700 | 51.7 | 65/351 | 18.5 | 1 | 38/45 | 84.4 | 7/45 | 15.6 | 1 | ||
| Kädridri (Veraguas) | 128/700 | 18.3 | 16/125 | 12.8 | 0.65 (0.36–1.17) |
8/8 | 100.0 | 0/11 | 0.0 |
0.06
(0.01–0.64) |
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| Ño Kribo (Bocas del Toro) | 210/700 | 30.0 | 35/207 | 16.9 | 0.90 (0.57–1.41) |
24/29 | 82.8 | 5/29 | 17.2 | 1.31 (0.22–7.59) |
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Notes: Denominators differ due to missing responses for some variables; OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence intervals; bolded OR denote statistical significance at p<0.05 level.