Table 3.
Factors associated with knowledge of RH issues among secondary school students in Woldia, North Wollo Zone, Ethiopia, 2019.
| Exposure variable | Responses | Knowledge level | COR with 95% CI | AOR 95% CI | pvalue | |
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| Good knowledge 204 (48.6%) | Poor knowledge 216 (51.4) | |||||
| Residence | Urban | 137 (32.6) | 167 (39.8) | 3.67 (1.08, 2.57) | 2.40 (1.23, 2.362) ∗ | 0.024 |
| Rural | 67 (16.0) | 49 (11.7) | 1 | 1 | — | |
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| Wealth index | High | 47 (11.2) | 61 (14.5) | 1 | 1 | — |
| Medium | 125 (29.8) | 120 (28.6) | 0.74 (0.47, 1.17) | 0.96 (0.58, 1.580) | 0.868 | |
| Low | 32 (7.6) | 35 (8.3) | 0.84 (0.46, 1.55) | 1.18 (0.60, 2.32) | 0.632 | |
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| Educational level | Grade 9 | 102 (24.3) | 135 (32.1) | 1 | 1 | — |
| Grade 10 | 102 (24.3) | 81 (19.3) | 1.67 (1.13, 2.46) | 1.46 (1.16, 2.21) ∗ | 0.036 | |
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| Had information about SRHS | Yes | 152 (36.2) | 182 (43.3) | 1.83 (1.13, 2 .97) | 1.56 (0.92, 2.63) | .098 |
| No | 52 (12.4) | 34 (8.1) | 1 | 1 | — | |
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| Handling of RHS providers | Good | 84 (20.0) | 108 (25.8) | 2.45 (0.78, 2.69) | 2.28 (1.15, 2.54) ∗ | 0.047 |
| Moderate | 93 (22.2) | 83 (19.8) | 1.00 (0.54, 1.88) | 0.98 (0.50, 1.91) | 0.949 | |
| Bad | 27 (6.4) | 24 (5.7) | 1 | 1 | 0.323 | |
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| Ever gone RHS and missed the service | Yes | 120 (28.6) | 142 (33.8) | 1 | 1 | — |
| No | 84 (20.0) | 749 (17.6) | 1.34 (90, 2.00) | 1.25 (1.10, 5.94) ∗ | 0.023 | |
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| Had RHS in school | Yes | 121 (28.8) | 143 (34.0) | 2.34 (0.90, 2.00) | 2.06 (1.68, 7.66) ∗ | 0.011 |
| No | 83 (19.8) | 73 (17.4) | 1 | 1 | — | |
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| Is there stigma to utilize RHS? | Yes | 138 (32.9) | 130 (31.0) | 0.73 (0.48, 1.08) | 0.63 (0.41, 0.98) ∗ | 0.041 |
| No | 66 (15.7) | 86 (20.5) | 1 | 1 | — | |
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| Do you have girl/boyfriend? | Yes | 106 (25.2) | 125 (29.8) | 1.27 (0.86, 1.87) | 1.14 (0.74, 1.77) | 0.556 |
| No | 98 (23.3) | 91 (21.7) | 1 | — | — | |
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| Did you ever had sexual intercourse? | Yes | 67 (16.0) | 83 (19.8) | 1.28 (0.86, 1.91) | 0.98 (0.61, 1.580) | 0.935 |
| No | 137 (32.6) | 133 (31.7) | 1 | 1 | — | |
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| Did your friends encourage you to use RHS? | Yes | 77 (18.3) | 95 (22.6) | 10 (0.88, 1.91) | 0.78 (0.47, 1.28) | 0.320 |
| No | 127 (30.2) | 121 (28.8) | 1 | 1 | — | |
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| Did you chew chat? | Yes | 36 (8.6) | 67 (16.0) | 2.10 (1.32, 3.33) | 1.85 (1.01, 3.38) ∗ | 0.047 |
| No | 168 (40.0) | 149 (35.5) | 1 | 1 | — | |
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| Did you drink alcohol? | Yes | 47 (11.2) | 75 (17.9) | 1.78 (1.16, 2.73) | 1.31 (0.75, 2.30) | 0.345 |
| No | 157 (37.4) | 141 (33.6) | 1 | 1 | — | |
Note. ∗ p value < 0.05, CI = confidence interval, COR = crude odds ratio, and AOR = adjusted odds ratio.