Table 3.
Independent predictors of Sexually Transmitted Diseases among the pregnant women
| Variables | Regression coefficient |
p-value | AOR (95% CI) |
| Age (Years) | -0.05 | 0.139 | 0.95 (0.90 – 1.02) |
| Marital Status | |||
| Married | 1.297 | 0.267 | 3.66 (0.35 – 37.84) |
| Not married* | 1 | ||
| Ethnicity | |||
| Wolof* | |||
| Mandinka | -0.196 | 0.639 | 0.82 (0.36 – 1.87) |
| Fula | -0.084 | 0.864 | 0.92 (0.35 – 2.42) |
| Jola | 0.036 | 0.952 | 1.04 (0.33 – 3.28) |
| Others | 0.043 | 0.952 | 1.04 (0.26 – 4.21) |
| Level of Education | |||
| Not educated | -0.030 | 0.908 | 0.97 (0.58 – 1.63) |
| Educated* | 1 | ||
| Religion | |||
| Christianity | 0.147 | 0.900 | 1.16 (0.12 – 11.50) |
| Islam* | 1 | ||
|
Employment status |
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| Employed | -0.946 | 0.446 | 0.39 (0.03 – 4.42) |
| Not employed* | 1 | ||
| Parity | |||
| Primipara | 1.350 | 0.259 | 3.86 (0.37 – 40.33) |
| Multipara | 0.103 | 0.744 | 1.11 (0.60 – 2.05) |
| Grandmultipara* | 1 | ||
|
Number of children |
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| 0 | -1.768 | 0.208 | 0.17 (0.1 – 2.59) |
| 1 – 4 | -0.604 | 0.197 | 0.55 (0.22 – 1.37) |
| >4* | 1 | ||
| Gestational Age | |||
| First trimester | -0.806 | 0.274 | 0.45 (0.11 – 1.90) |
| Second trimester | -0.889 | 0.216 | 0.41 (0.10 – 1.68) |
| Third trimester* | 1 | ||
| Constant | 2.330 |
R2 = 3.9% – 5.2%, Omnibus Tests of model coefficient = 11.11 (p=0.803)
*
Reference category
Dependent variable was positive test results for STIs. The variables in the model explained 3.9% to 5.2% of the variation observed in the prevalence of STIs amongst the respondents. The model was statistically useful (Omnibus Tests of model coefficient = 11.11, p=0.803).