Table 7. Ordinal regression analysis: behavior.

Sig.: p-value obtained by the chi-square test.

aOR: the odds ratio obtained after the variable was adjusted for “Education” as a co-variable.

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; aOR: adjusted odds ratio

Variables	Categories	OR	CI (95%)	Sig.	aOR	CI (95%)	Sig.
Gender	Male	0.859	0.699–1.057	0.151	1.160	0.943–1.427	0.160
	Female	_	_	_	_	_	_
Age (years)	18–30	1.441	1.160–1.791	0.001	0.656	0.466–0.922	0.015
	31–45	1.439	1.026–2.018	0.035	0.997	0.706–1.408	0.988
	Above 45	_	_	_	_	_	_
Legal marital status	Single	0.768	0.602–0.980	0.034	1.594	1.100–2.309	0.014
	Married	0.626	0.433–0.906	0.013	1.226	0.880–1.706	0.228
	Divorced/Widowed	_	_	_	_	_	_
Residence	Urban	1.293	1.054–1.586	0.014	0.777	0.633–0.954	0.016
	Rural	_	_	_	_	_	_
Household	Live alone/Independent	0.876	0.714–1.076	0.208	1.145	0.932–1.407	0.196
	Shared household	_	_	_	_	_	_
Education	Intermediate (12 years)	0.496	0.377–0.653	0.000	1.715	1.159–2.535	0.007
	Graduation	0.635	0.472–0.853	0.003	0.855	0.598–1.224	0.393
	Masters	0.578	0.391–0.855	0.006	1.092	0.751–1.590	0.644
	Doctoral (PhD)/Postdoctoral	_	_	_	_	_	_
Father’s education	Intermediate or less	1.437	1.1355–1.821	0.003	0.869	0.667–1.133	0.299
	Graduation	1.068	0.824–1.384	0.617	1.309	1.005–1.706	0.046
	Postgraduation	_	_	_	_	_	_
Mother’s education	Intermediate or less	1.927	1.528–2.429	0.000	0.510	0.387–0.673	0.000
	Graduation	1.905	1.446–2.511	0.000	0.995	0.752–1.315	0.970
	Postgraduation	_	_	_	_	_	_
Monthly family income	<50,000 PKR	1.341	1.042–1.726	0.023	1.042	0.800–1.356	0.763
	50,000–100,000 PKR	0.911	0.702–1.181	0.481	1.426	1.118–1.819	0.004
	>100,000 PKR	_	_	_	_	_	_
Family members in the medical field	Father	1.832	1.326–2.532	0.000	1.533	1.131–2.078	0.006
	Mother	1.307	0.960–1.779	0.089	2.823	2.056–3.874	0.000
	Spouse	0.859	0.593–1.246	0.424	2.055	1.521–2.777	0.000
	Children	0.641	0.473–0.869	0.004	1.333	0.924–1.921	0.124
	None	_	_	_	_	_	_