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. 2020 May 14;15(5):e0232598. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232598

Table 3. Demographic, behavioral, and psychosocial characteristics by latent class analysis among 1,501 adolescent girls and young women aged 15–24 years in Ethiopia, 2018–2019a.

Highly vulnerable N = 255 (17.0%) Stable, out-of-school, migrants N = 692 (46.1%) Stable, in-school, never migated N = 554 (36.9%)
Median IQR Median IQR Median IQR
Posterior probability of latent class membership 0.82 0.68, 0.91 0.82 0.73, 0.96 0.99 0.99, 1.00
Age (continuous) 20 18, 23 20 18, 22 19 18, 21
n % n % n %
Age (categorical)
    15–19 95 37.3 281 40.7 314 56.8
    20–24 160 62.8 410 59.3 239 43.2
Marital status
    Not married 217 85.1 580 84.1 457 82.5
    Married 38 14.9 110 15.9 97 17.5
Depression
    Mild or none 203 79.6 641 92.8 517 93.5
    Moderate or severe 52 20.4 50 7.2 36 6.5
Sexual debutb
    < 16 years 89 42.2 122 26.1 53 18.7
    16–18 years 87 41.2 223 47.7 167 59.0
    >18 years 35 16.6 123 26.3 63 22.3
Transactional sex
    No 166 65.1 611 88.4 548 98.9
    Yes 89 34.9 80 11.6 6 1.1
Partner age differenceb
    <5 years 53 25.1 159 34.0 126 44.5
    5–10 years 83 39.3 226 48.3 136 48.1
    >10 years 75 35.6 83 17.7 21 7.4
Physical or sexual violence
    No 125 49.0 480 69.6 429 77.6
    Yes 130 51.0 210 30.4 124 22.4
Condom frequencyb
    Inconsistent 135 64.0 311 66.3 206 72.8
    Consistent 46 21.8 67 14.3 18 6.4
    No sex, last 12 months 30 14.2 91 19.4 59 20.9
Prior pregnancy
    No 156 61.2 541 78.3 450 81.2
    Yes 99 38.8 150 21.7 104 18.8

a Missing: age 1; schooling status 11; marital status 2; orphan status 2; migration 2; depression 2; employment 5; transactional sex 1; physical or sexual violence 3; prior pregnancy 1

b Among sexually active, n = 962