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. 2015 Dec 23;12:117. doi: 10.1186/s12978-015-0113-9

Table 4.

Multiple Logistic Regression models for capitals and competence score (dependent variable) among adolescent girls by pregnancy statusa*

Social & cultural capital variables Never pregnant girls Pregnant and young mothers
Odds Ratio 95 % C.I. P-Value Odds Ratio 95 % C.I. P-Value
Model 1: Social capital
 Husband/partner 0.6407 0.2759 1.4880 0.300 2.9272 0.9661 8.8689 0.058
 Nurses/doctors 1.4348 0.3302 6.2341 0.630 7.1912 1.8068 28.6216 0.005
 Other relatives 1.0414 0.6947 1.5611 0.844 1.4532 0.4938 4.2767 0.497
 Parents 1.4998 0.9990 2.2516 0.050 0.7479 0.2539 2.2035 0.598
 Peers 0.8350 0.5398 1.2918 0.418 2.4893 0.7362 8.4176 0.142
 Religious leaders 4.1876 0.1996 87.8472 0.356
 Teachers 1.4145 0.8552 2.3397 0.177
Model 2: Cultural capital
 Books 1.4293 0.0168 2.0091 0.039 1.7165 0.4608 6.3945 0.420
 Brochure 0.3134 0.1341 0.7321 0.007 1.0675 0.0313 36.4024 0.971
 Cell Phones 0.4231 0.0891 2.0104 0.279
 Magazines 1.9136 0.3187 11.4897 0.478
 Music songs 0.6170 0.3582 1.0631 0.082 5.0131 1.0565 23.7879 0.042
 Radio 0.9022 0.3455 2.3555 0.833
 Television (TV) 1.9244 1.1769 3.1466 0.009 1.4982 0.4065 5.5218 0.544

aSorted in column 1 in alphabetical order under the headings “Social capital” and “Cultural capital”

*Age and marital status were included in the model as control variables