Table 2.
Factors associated with SRHS use among young people in Southwestern, Ethiopia, Nov 2013.
| Variables | Categories | SRHS use | P-value | AOR (95% CI) | |
| No | Yes | ||||
| Gender | Male | 385 (61.1) | 245 (38.9) | 0.729 | 0.95(0.73–1.23) |
| Female* | 417 (66.0 | 215 (34.0) | 1 | ||
| Current grade | Primary | 457 (69.2) | 203 (30.8) | 0.393 | 0.85(0.60–1.21) |
| High school* | 345 (57.3) | 257 (42.7) | 1 | ||
| Family residence | Peri-urban | 287 (70.7) | 119 (29.3) | 0.001 | 0.62(0.46–0.82) |
| Rural* | 515 (60.2) | 341(39.8) | 1 | ||
| Age in years | 10–14 | 323 (71.9) | 126 (28.1) | 0.059 | 0.70(0.49–1.01) |
| ≥15* | 479 (58.9) | 334 (41.1) | 1 | ||
| Living | With parents | 633 (65.1) | 339 (34.9) | 0.543 | 0.90(0.65–1.24) |
| conditions | Non-parents* | 169 (58.3) | 121 (41.7) | 1 | |
| Marital status | Single | 742 (64.7) | 405 (35.3) | 0.012 | 0.57(0.36–0.88) |
| Others* | 60 (52.2) | 55 (47.8) | 1 | ||
| Muslim | 384 (71.4) | 154 (28.6) | 0.026 | 0.56 (0.34–0.93) | |
| Religion | Orthodox | 273 (57.0) | 206 (43.0) | 0.369 | 1.17(0.82–1.66) |
| Others* | 145 (59.2) | 100 (40.8) | 1 | ||
| Birth order | Between 1–3 | 491 (63.5) | 282 (36.5) | 0.734 | 1.09(0.65–1.84) |
| 4–6 | 260 (64.0) | 146(36.0) | 0.993 | 0.99(0.58–1.71) | |
| ≥7* | 51 (61.4) | 32 (38.6) | |||
| Family marital | Married and living | 616 (64.0) | 346(36.0) | 0.884 | 1.02(0.76–1.37) |
| status | together | ||||
| Others* | 186 (62.0 | 114 (38.0) | 1 | ||
| Mothers | No education | 278 (65.9) | 144 (34.1) | 0.085 | 0.76(0.56–1.03) |
| education | Attended school* | 524 (62.4) | 316 (37.6) | 1 | |
| Father education | No education | 157 (64.6) | 86 (35.4) | 0.297 | 1.21(0.84–1.72) |
| Attended school* | 645 (63.3) | 374 (36.7) | 1 | ||
| Ever had sex | Yes | 66 (33.2) | 133 (66.8 | 0.001 | 4.32(3.03–6.15) |
| No* | 736 (69.2) | 327 (30.8) | 1 | ||
| Gechi | 206 (65.6) | 108 (34.4) | 0.695 | 1.09(0.68–1.75) | |
| Districts | JIbat | 186 (60.4 | 122 (39.6) | 0.121 | 0.74(0.52–1.08) |
| Mana | 240 (72.1) | 93 (27.9) | 0.230 | 0.73(0.45–1.21) | |
| Wolisa* | 170 (55.4) | 137 (44.6) | 1 | ||
| Talks about | Yes | 190 (52.9) | 169 (47.1) | 0.064 | 1.36(0.98–1.88) |
| sexuality with | No* | 612 (67.8) | 291 (32.2) | 1 | |
| mothers | |||||
| Talks about | Yes | 121 (47.8) | 132 (52.2) | 0.001 | 2.09(1.45–3.01) |
| sexuality with | No* | 681 (67.5) | 328 (32.5) | 1 | |
| father | |||||
*
Reference category