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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2013 Dec 18;54(5):599–605. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.10.014

Table 2.

Unadjusted and adjusted hazards ratios of CLHNS index children having sex by 2009 (age ~25), by sex

Unadjusted Models Full Model

Males Females Males Females
Household Characteristics N=761 N=823 N=761 N=823

Urbanicity 1.05** 1.01 1.05* 1.03
 Extended family household
 Extended family household 0.98 0.87 ----- -----
Multi-nuclear household 1.11 1.06 ----- -----
Number of persons in household 0.99 1.00 1.00 0.94
Household wealth 1.03 0.96* 1.05 1.01

Parental Sociodemographic and Marital Characteristics

Mothers
Education (years) 1.00 0.97** 0.98 0.97*
Age 0.99* 0.99 11.04* 0.98*
Religiosity: Attends ≥ weekly 1.05 0.86 ----- -----
Number of mother’s children alive in 1998 0.98 1.03 0.97 1.08*
Marital Characteristics
Presence of father in household 0.90 0.95 ----- -----
Husband turns over all income to wife 0.87 0.99 ----- -----
Status of mother (well-kept) 0.95 0.89 ----- -----

Mother-Child Relationship

Mother’s educational aspiration for child 0.94 0.71*** 0.75** 0.88
Closeness between mother and child 1.05 0.83 1.03 0.95
Communication between mother and child 1.23** 1.39** 1.12 1.27*

Peer and Family Influences

Perception of friends’ sexual behavior 1.38*** 1.86*** 1.26** 1.46***
Household member <20 relationship 1.15* 1.25* 1.11 1.12
Family member working abroad 1.29** 1.16 1.31** 1.17
Scale of mother’s reported adolescent behaviors 1.04 1.15** 1.01 1.08

Adolescent Characteristics

Age 1.08 1.05 1.19* 1.10
Completed education 1.01 0.90*** 10.90** 10.83**
Educational aspiration 1.08 0.63*** 1.17 0.79
Religion 1.34* 1.26 1.39* 1.33
Religiosity 1.00 0.91 0.94 0.88
Media exposure 1.17* 1.09 1.15 1.13
Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors
Attitudes regarding dating, sex, and marriage 0.90* 0.75*** 0.99 0.82***
Has heard of family planning 1.03 0.79* 0.98 1.02
Perception of mother’s attitudes re: sex (strong disapp.) 0.87 1.17 ----- -----
Any reported precoital behaviors 1.62*** 1.85*** 1.45*** 13.28***

Time-varying Coefficients

Mother’s age × time 0.99***
IC’s completed education × time 1.03*** 1.03*
IC’s reported precoital behaviors 0.86***
***

p≤0.001;

**

p≤ 0.01;

*

p ≤ 0.05;

p≤ 0.10