Table 3.
Absolute and relative changes in proportion of respondents who believeda that it was important to adolescents that the physician ensured confidentiality of their consultancy about SRH issues, by survey yearb and socio-demographic factors: results from the multivariate analysis
| Absolute change | Relative change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | (95 % CI) | p-value | PR | (95 % CI) | p-value | |
| Constant | 63.1 | (53.5 to 72.6) | <0.001 | 0.61 | (0.53 to 0.71) | <0.001 |
| Gender: | ||||||
| Male (ref.) | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Female | 6.9 | (2.2 to 11.6) | 0.004 | 1.12 | (1.05 to 1.21) | 0.001 |
| Age (years): | ||||||
| 16–34 (ref.) | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 35–54 | −8.9 | (−15.6 to −2.2) | 0.005 | 0.88 | (0.80 to 0.96) | 0.004 |
| 55–74 | −10.9 | (−18.5 to −3.3) | 0.009 | 0.85 | (0.76 to 0.95) | 0.004 |
| Education: | ||||||
| Basic or lower (ref.) | 0 | 1 | ||||
| General (secondary school) | 7.1 | (−0.1 to 14.3) | 0.051 | 1.12 | (1.00 to 1.25) | 0.054 |
| Further education | 7.6 | (−0.1 to 15.2) | 0.051 | 1.13 | (1.00 to 1.27) | 0.057 |
| Higher (university) | 4.2 | (−4.0 to 12.3) | 0.317 | 1.08 | (0.96 to 1.23) | 0.198 |
| Marital status: | ||||||
| Married (ref.) | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Single | 1.5 | (−6.0 to 9.1) | 0.688 | 1.03 | (0.93 to 1.14) | 0.572 |
| Divorced | −4.4 | (−12.1 to 3.2) | 0.256 | 0.94 | (0.84 to 1.06) | 0.307 |
| Widow(−er) | −5.2 | (−13.5 to 3.1) | 0.217 | 0.92 | (0.80 to 1.06) | 0.247 |
| Family without a registered marriage | −2.5 | (−14.0 to 9.1) | 0.673 | 1.00 | (0.85 to 1.17) | 0.963 |
| Employment: | ||||||
| Employed (ref.) | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Unemployed | −3.0 | (−8.8 to 2.7) | 0.302 | 0.97 | (0.89 to 1.05) | 0.428 |
| Incomes (per month and family person) 1 | ||||||
| Up to 500 litas | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 501 to 1000 litas | −3.4 | (−9.1 to 2.4) | 0.249 | 0.94 | (0.87 to 1.03) | 0.174 |
| More than 1000 litas | 1.1 | (−7.0 to 9.2) | 0.793 | 1.00 | (0.90 to 1.12) | 0.992 |
| Nationality: | ||||||
| Lithuanian | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Other nationality | 1.5 | (−5.9 to 8.8) | 0.699 | 1.03 | (0.92 to 1.15) | 0.634 |
| Size of location: | ||||||
| Up to 2,000 residents (ref.) | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 2,000–180,000 residents | 1.3 | (−4.3 to 6.8) | 0.659 | 1.04 | (0.96 to 1.12) | 0.375 |
| More than 180,000 residents | −3.2 | (−9.3 to 2.8) | 0.296 | 0.97 | (0.88 to 1.06) | 0.481 |
| Survey year: | ||||||
| 2005 (ref.) | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 2012 | 11.3 | (6.2 to 16.5) | <0.001 | 1.16 | (1.08 to 1.25) | <0.001 |
PR: prevalence ratio
CI: Wald confidence interval
ref.: reference group
awho said that it is “very important” or “important” that physician ensures confidentiality of adolescent consultation
bdata of surveys in 2005 and 2012 adjusted for gender, age and marital status
11 litas = €0.29
p-values in bold indicate a statistically significant difference