Table 4. Factors associated with multiple sexual partners among male youth (N = 1,842).
| Characteristic | Yes (%) | Total (n = 51) | Unadjusted | Adjusted | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95% CI | p-value | OR | 95% CI | p-value | |||
| Age | ||||||||
| 15–19 years | 1.6 | 16 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 20–24 years | 4.1 | 35 | 2.54 | 1.23, | 0.01 | 1.57 | 0.79, | 0.2 |
| 5.23 | 3.14 | |||||||
| Residence | ||||||||
| Rural | 2.2 | 11 | 1 | |||||
| Urban | 3.0 | 40 | 1.4 | 0.72, | 0.32 | |||
| 2.70 | ||||||||
| Ecological Region | ||||||||
| Mountain | 3.8 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Hill | 2.9 | 21 | 0.77 | 0.29, | 0.61 | |||
| 2.05 | ||||||||
| Terai | 2.6 | 27 | 0.68 | 0.28, | 0.39 | |||
| 1.66 | ||||||||
| Province | ||||||||
| Koshi | 2.4 | 7 | 1 | |||||
| Madhesh | 1.5 | 7 | 0.64 | 0.19, | 0.46 | |||
| 2.10 | ||||||||
| Bagmati | 3.6 | 16 | 1.54 | 0.51, | 0.44 | |||
| 4.61 | ||||||||
| Gandaki | 1.8 | 2 | 0.76 | 0.18, | 0.71 | |||
| 3.25 | ||||||||
| Lumbini | 4.1 | 11 | 1.79 | 0.65, | 0.26 | |||
| 4.93 | ||||||||
| Karnali | 2.9 | 3 | 1.26 | 0.42, | 0.68 | |||
| 3.77 | ||||||||
| Sudurpashchim | 3.0 | 4 | 1.29 | 0.43, | 0.65 | |||
| 3.91 | ||||||||
| Religion | ||||||||
| Buddhist | 2.3 | 3 | ||||||
| Christian | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Hindu | 3.0 | 45 | ||||||
| Muslim | 2.8 | 3 | ||||||
| Others | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| Dalits | 4.6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Janajati | 3.2 | 20 | 0.68 | 0.29, | 0.37 | 0.73 | 0.31, | 0.47 |
| 1.58 | 1.71 | |||||||
| Muslim | 2.8 | 3 | 0.58 | 0.12, | 0.5 | 0.82 | 0.18, | 0.79 |
| 2.79 | 3.70 | |||||||
| Other Terai caste | 0.7 | 2 | 0.14 | 0.03, | 0.01 | 0.16 | 0.03, | 0.022 |
| 0.68 | 0.77 | |||||||
| Upper Caste Groups | 2.7 | 13 | 0.56 | 0.21, | 0.25 | 0.86 | 0.31, | 0.78 |
| 1.51 | 2.44 | |||||||
| Marital Status | ||||||||
| Married | 4.3 | 15 | ||||||
| Unmarried | 2.4 | 36 | ||||||
| Education | ||||||||
| No education | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Basic | 2.8 | 17 | ||||||
| Secondary | 2.6 | 30 | ||||||
| Higher | 9.6 | 4 | ||||||
| Occupation | ||||||||
| Agriculture | 1.3 | 5 | ||||||
| Clerical | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Not working | 2.3 | 14 | ||||||
| Professional/technical/man agerial | 4.4 | 4 | ||||||
| Sales | 3.4 | 6 | ||||||
| Skilled manual | 3.8 | 11 | ||||||
| Unskilled manual | 3.9 | 12 | ||||||
| Family Members | ||||||||
| 1–2 members | 2.2 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 3–5 members | 3.2 | 23 | 1.45 | 0.25, | 0.68 | |||
| 8.39 | ||||||||
| 6 or more members | 2.7 | 16 | 1.23 | 0.21, | 0.82 | |||
| 7.24 | ||||||||
| Children | ||||||||
| More than one child | 5.5 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| No children | 2.7 | 45 | 0.47 | 0.14, | 0.22 | |||
| 1.58 | ||||||||
| One child | 2.8 | 4 | 0.49 | 0.11, | 0.34 | |||
| 2.17 | ||||||||
| Wealth Quintile | ||||||||
| Middle | 2.5 | 9 | 1 | |||||
| Poor | 2.3 | 15 | 0.91 | 0.40, | 0.83 | |||
| 2.08 | ||||||||
| Rich | 3.3 | 28 | 1.32 | 0.56, | 0.52 | |||
| 3.12 | ||||||||
| Use of Media | ||||||||
| No | 3.0 | 10 | 1 | |||||
| Yes | 2.7 | 41 | 0.89 | 0.34, | 0.82 | |||
| 2.37 | ||||||||
| Use of Internet | ||||||||
| No | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Yes | 2.9 | 50 | 3.1 | 0.69, | 0.14 | |||
| 13.80 | ||||||||
| Current Smoking | ||||||||
| No | 1.8 | 25 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Yes | 5.9 | 26 | 3.52 | 1.77, | <0.001 | 1.65 | 0.74, | 0.22 |
| 6.98 | 3.70 | |||||||
| Use of Smokeless products | ||||||||
| No | 1.6 | 24 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Yes | 8.0 | 27 | 5.44 | 2.76, | <0.001 | 3.33 | 1.75, | <0.001 |
| 10.74 | 6.35 | |||||||
| Alcohol Consumption | ||||||||
| No | 1.6 | 21 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Yes | 5.7 | 30 | 3.7 | 1.87, | <0.001 | 1.96 | 0.91, | 0.083 |
| 7.35 | 4.21 | |||||||