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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 29.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Health. 2015 Mar;12(1):59–66. doi: 10.1071/SH14089

TABLE 3.

Multivariate Logistic Regression Analyses of Potential Determinants and Adolescent Pregnancy

This table includes the results of a series of multivariate regression analysis with adolescent pregnancy as an outcome and the noted determinant as the independent variable, controlling for current age, province and residential environment (rural/ urban).

Determinants B OR 95% CI for OR
Poverty −0.271 0.763 0.438–1.328
Age of Sexual Initiation −0.078 0.925 0.804–1.063
Consistent Condom Use 2.148*** 8.556 4.431–16.561
Age-disparate Sexual Relationships 1.093*** 2.982 1.701–5.229
Long-term school absences (past) 1.402*** 4.061 2.047–8.057
Orphan Status – maternal onlya −0.079 0.924 0.491–1.740
Orphan Status – paternal onlya −0.043 0.957 0.563–1.629
Orphan Status – doublea 0.892 2.440 0.893–6.670
Any type of Abuse −0.475 0.622 0.366–1.057
Household Size 0.050 1.051 0.992–1.113
Living in Informal Housing −0.215 0.806 0.438–1.482
School Enrolment (current) 1.600*** 0.202 0.104–0.390
*

Denotes significance at p ≤ 0.05 level.

**

Denotes significance at p ≤ 0.01 level.

***

Denotes significance at p ≤ 0.001.

a

Compared to not being an orphan.