Table 3.
Logistic Regression Coefficient of Selected Socio-demographic characteristics, respondent's Lifestyle and positive attitude towards abstinence
| Explanatory Variables | 95.0% C.I for EXP (B) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | S.E. | Wald | df | Sig. | OR | Lower | Upper | |
| Respondents' closeness to their mother | 2.362 | 3 | .501 | |||||
| Very close (RC) | ||||||||
| Close | -.624 | .467 | 1.782 | 1 | .182 | .536 | .214 | 1.339 |
| Not close | -.318 | .876 | .132 | 1 | .717 | .728 | .131 | 4.049 |
| Can't say | -.848 | .784 | 1.170 | 1 | .279 | .428 | .092 | 1.990 |
| Respondents' closeness to their father | .033 | 3 | .998 | |||||
| Very close (RC) | ||||||||
| Close | -.026 | .462 | .033 | 1 | .954 | .974 | .394 | 2.409 |
| Not close | -.117 | .663 | .031 | 1 | .860 | .890 | .243 | 3.260 |
| Can't say | -.086 | 1.199 | .005 | 1 | .943 | .918 | .087 | 9.633 |
| Respondents' attitude towards abstinence | 6.942 | 2 | .031 | |||||
| Highly favourable (RC) | ||||||||
| Favourable | -1.763 | .692 | 6.498 | 1 | .011** | .172 | .044 | .665 |
| Unfavourable | -1.241 | .735 | 2.847 | 1 | .092 | .289 | .068 | 1.222 |
| Respondents' self esteem | 1.868 | 2 | .393 | |||||
| Excellent(RC) | ||||||||
| Good | -.782 | .581 | 1.808 | 1 | .179 | .453 | .146 | 1.430 |
| Poor | -.678 | .592 | 1.309 | 1 | .253 | .508 | .159 | 1.621 |
* = P < .05; RC = Reference Category