Table 4.

Bivariate logistic regression of factors associated with substance use among street children, Jimma town, Oromiya, South West Ethiopia March 2019

Variables	Categories	Substance use		COR(95% CI)	P value
		yes	no
Sex	Male	92	189	3.286 [1.117–9.668]	0.031*
	Female	4	27	1
Age	12–14	49	142	1
	≥14	47	74	1.84 [1.129–3.001]	0.014*
Educational status	Never attend school	34	54	1
	Read and write	8	15	0.84 [0.325–2.211]	0.735
	Grade 1–4	38	108	0.56 [0.317–0.985]	0.044*
	Grade 5–8	16	39	0.652 [0.316–1.343]	0.246*
Daily income (birr)	≤ 35	47	124	1
	> 35	49	92	1.40 [0.867–2.277]	0.167*
Sleeping place (Hotel veranda)	Yes	54	103	1.411 [0.870–2.288]	0.163*
	No	42	113	1
Sleeping place (Old and abandoned buildings)	yes	22	82	0.486 [0.28–0.842]	0.010*
	no	74	134	1
Child’s job (Carrying small items)	yes	75	150	1.571 [0.894–2.762]	0.116*
	no	21	66	1
Child’s job (Delivering messages)	yes	8	46	0.336 [0.152–0.743]	0.047*
	no	88	170	1
Child’s job (Begging)	yes	7	30	0.488 [0.206–1.153]	0.102*
	no	89	186	1
Duration on the street	< 12	40	142	1
	12–60	49	67	2.59 [1.561–4.318]	0.001*
	> 60	7	7	3.55 [1.176–10.716]	0.025*
Paternal substance use	Yes	52	100	3.64 [1.614–8.207]	0.002*
	No	8	56	1
	Don’t know	36	60	4.2 [1.798–9.809]	0.001*
Maternal substance use	Yes	24	14	7.2 [3.383–15.322]	0.001*
	No	35	147	1
	Don’t know	37	55	2.83 [1.620–4.929]	0.001*
Sibling substance use	Yes	28	26	3.06 [1.627–5.767]	0.001*
	No	45	128	1
	Don’t know	23	61	1.07 [0.596–1.930]	0.815
Best friend substance use	Yes	76	69	8.096 [4.58–14.309]	0.000*
	No	20	147	1

COR crude odds ratio; CI Confidence Interval; *p ≤ 0.25