Table 3.
Odds ratios (OR) and robust 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for predictors of type of inconsistency (“reborn virgin” vs. inconsistent timing) of sexual activity (logistic regression)
| Variable | OR (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Bivariate model | Multivariate model | |
| Slum resident (ref: nonslum resident) | 2.6∗∗∗ (1.5–4.5) | 4.8∗∗∗ (2.1–10.7) |
| Male (ref: female) | 1.5∗ (1.0–2.2) | 1.1 (.7–1.7) |
| Age | .9∗∗ (.8–1.0) | .8∗∗ (.7–1.0) |
| Tried smoking or used drug | 3.7∗∗∗ (2.3–6.0) | 2.8∗∗∗ (1.6–4.9) |
| Ever consumed alcohol | 3.0∗∗∗ (1.8–5.1) | 3.0∗∗∗ (1.6–5.7) |
| Currently attending school (Wave 1) | 1.1 (.7–1.6) | .9 (.5–1.5) |
| Education level (ref. primary) | ||
| Secondary | 1.0 (.6–1.5) | 2.1∗∗ (1.1–4.0) |
| Living arrangements (ref: one-parent family) | ||
| Two-parent family | 1.1 (.6–1.8) | .7 (.4–1.3) |
| Other | 1.5 (.9–2.5) | 1.1 (.6–1.9) |
| Number of adolescents in household (ref: one) | ||
| Two | 1.0 (.6–1.8) | .8 (.5–1.5) |
| Three | 1.2 (.6–2.1) | 1.1 (.6–2.2) |
| Four or more | 1.4 (.7–2.7) | 1.3 (.6–2.6) |
| Observations | – | 469 |
| Wald χ2 | – | 58.40∗∗∗ |
| Log likelihood | – | −278.20 |
∗
p < .1.
∗∗
p<.05.
∗∗∗
p<.01.