Table 5.
Bivariate and multivariate ordinal analyses of factor associated with risk perceptions of getting STIs among sexually experienced adolescents in LNT province (N = 483)
| Factors | No risk % | Low risk % | Medium risk % | High risk % |
Crude |
Adjusted |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |||||
| Sex (n = 483) | ||||||||
| Female |
52.1 |
14.3 |
17.2 |
16.4 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
| Male |
62.9 |
20.0 |
9.0 |
8.1 |
0.6** |
0.4 – 0.8 |
0.5* |
0.3 – 0.8 |
| Age | ||||||||
| 14–15 yrs |
55.0 |
17.0 |
12.6 |
15.4 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
| 16–19 yrs |
59.1 |
17.3 |
13.3 |
10.3 |
0.8 |
0.6-1.1 |
0.8 |
0.5-1.2 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| Non-Akha |
52.0 |
25.3 |
13.3 |
9.4 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
| Akha |
58.6 |
15.7 |
13.0 |
12.7 |
0.9 |
0.6-1.4 |
0.5 |
0.3-0.9 |
| Level of education | ||||||||
| Never go to school |
52.3 |
15.0 |
15.9 |
16.8 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
| Primary school |
57.5 |
17.6 |
11.2 |
13.7 |
0.8 |
0.5-1.2 |
0.8 |
0.5-1.4 |
| Secondary school & higher |
61.5 |
18.2 |
14.0 |
6.3 |
0.6* |
0.4-0.98 |
0.7 |
0.4-1.2 |
| Living arrangement |
|
|
|
|
|
|
NA |
|
| Family |
57.0 |
17.2 |
13.4 |
12.4 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Others |
76.9 |
15.4 |
0 |
7.7 |
0.4 |
0.1-1.4 |
|
|
| Knowledge on STIs | ||||||||
| Mean (SD) |
3.0 (1.44) |
3.8 (1.91) |
4.4 (1.77) |
3.5 (1.26) |
|
|
|
|
| Min: Max |
0: 9 |
0: 9 |
1: 10 |
1: 6 |
1.3*** |
1.2-1.5 |
1.3*** |
1.1-1.4 |
| Knowledge on HIV/AIDS | ||||||||
| Mean (SD) |
3.2 (1.91) |
4.4 (2.17) |
3.6 (1.95) |
2.8 (1.60) |
|
|
|
|
| Min: Max |
0: 8 |
0: 8 |
0: 8 |
0: 8 |
1.1 |
0.97-1.2 |
NA |
|
| Self-efficacy | ||||||||
| Mean (SD) |
29.3 (12.67) |
33.2 (12.08) |
31.6 (10.21) |
30.2 (14.04) |
|
|
|
|
| Min: Max |
0: 65 |
8: 64 |
11: 55 |
4: 50 |
1.01 |
0.99-1.03 |
NA |
|
| Peer sexual norms | ||||||||
| Mean (SD) |
5.6 (3.14) |
5.7 (2.78) |
4.4 (2.70) |
5.0 (2.93) |
|
|
|
|
| Min: Max |
0: 14 |
0: 12 |
0: 12 |
0: 12 |
0.9* |
0.87-0.98 |
0.9 |
0.9-1.1 |
| Early age at first sex | ||||||||
| <15 years |
54.1 |
17.5 |
13.5 |
14.9 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
| >15 years |
63.3 |
16.7 |
12.2 |
7.8 |
0.7* |
0.5-0.9 |
0.9 |
0.6-1.3 |
| Multiple sex partners | ||||||||
| 1 person |
51.1 |
15.1 |
16.1 |
17.7 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
| > = 2 persons |
61.6 |
18.5 |
11.1 |
8.8 |
0.6* |
0.4-0.8 |
0.8 |
0.5-1.3 |
| Custom sexual practice |
|
|
|
|
|
|
NA |
|
| No |
50.0 |
25.0 |
16.3 |
8.7 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Yes |
59.1 |
15.6 |
12.4 |
12.9 |
0.8 |
0.5-1.3 |
|
|
| Anal sex |
|
|
|
|
|
|
NA |
|
| No |
57.7 |
17.3 |
12.9 |
12.1 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Yes |
55.6 |
14.8 |
14.8 |
14.8 |
1.1 |
0.5-2.4 |
|
|
| Condom use during the last 6 months | ||||||||
| No |
60.3 |
22.0 |
9.2 |
8.5 |
1 |
|
NA |
|
| Yes |
55.6 |
19.6 |
13.5 |
11.3 |
1.3 |
0.8-2.0 |
|
|
| Having STIs symptoms | ||||||||
| No |
58.3 |
17.3 |
13.4 |
11/0 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
| Yes | 40.0 | 15.0 | 5.0 | 40.0 | 3.0* | 1.2-7.2 | 3.1* | 1.1-9.2 |
*P < 0.05.
**P < 0.005.
***P < 0.001.