Table 1. Crude association of sociodemographic variables with sexual initiation in adolescent school students, Piauí, Brazil, 2015.
Variables | Total | Already had sexual intercourse? Yes | PRa | 95%CIb | p-valuec | ||
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n | % | n | % | ||||
Sex (n = 3,872) | |||||||
Male | 1,820 | 47.0 | 623 | 37.1 | 2.42 | 2.04;2.65 | < 0.001 |
Female | 2,052 | 53.0 | 307 | 15.6 | 1.00 | ||
Age group (in years) (n = 3,872)d | |||||||
13 and 14 | 2,577 | 66.6 | 396 | 15.4 | 1.00 | < 0.001 | |
15 or over | 1,295 | 33.4 | 540 | 41.7 | 2.76 | 2.33;2.98 | |
Race/skin color (n = 3,867) | |||||||
White | 949 | 24.6 | 212 | 23.8 | 1.00 | 0.242 | |
Black | 503 | 13.0 | 154 | 31.8 | 1.38 | 0.98;1.57 | |
Asian | 133 | 3.4 | 32 | 26.9 | 1.07 | 0.76;1.52 | |
Mixed race | 2,184 | 56.5 | 507 | 24.8 | 1.04 | 0.90;1.23 | |
Indigenous | 98 | 2.5 | 24 | 29.7 | 1.11 | 0.73;1.65 | |
Living with mother (n = 3,869) | |||||||
Yes | 3,417 | 88.3 | 771 | 24.0 | 0.65 | 0.54;0.72 | < 0.001 |
No | 452 | 11.7 | 158 | 38.5 | 1.00 | ||
Living with father (n = 3,865) | |||||||
Yes | 2,431 | 62.9 | 524 | 21.6 | 0.75 | 0.62;0.94 | 0.035 |
No | 1,434 | 37.1 | 403 | 28.1 | 1.00 | ||
Maternal schooling (n = 2,940) | |||||||
No schooling | 279 | 9.5 | 82 | 30.9 | 1.52 | 1.20;1.96 | 0.001 |
Elementary education | 1,138 | 38.7 | 317 | 28.2 | 1.42 | 1.27;1.70 | |
High school education | 876 | 29.8 | 189 | 22.0 | 1.10 | 0.91;1.39 | |
Higher education | 647 | 22.0 | 127 | 22.0 | 1.00 | ||
Type of municipality (n = 3,872) | |||||||
Capital | 2,008 | 51.9 | 424 | 21.8 | 0.78 | 0.59;1.15 | 0.284 |
Non-capital | 1,864 | 48.1 | 506 | 27.0 | 1.00 | ||
Type of school (n = 3,872) | |||||||
Public | 3,077 | 79.5 | 801 | 27.3 | 1.62 | 1.53;1.90 | < 0.001 |
Private | 795 | 20.5 | 129 | 14.2 | 1.00 | ||
Internet access (n = 3,863) | |||||||
Yes | 2,448 | 63.4 | 585 | 25.6 | 0.98 | 0.82;1.12 | 0.916 |
No | 1,415 | 36.6 | 345 | 25.8 | 1.00 | ||
Number of people in household (n = 3,869) | |||||||
Living alone | 7 | 0.2 | 3 | 23.1 | 1.41 | 0.89;2.16 | 0.493 |
2-5 | 2,974 | 76.9 | 711 | 25.6 | 1.00 | ||
6-9 | 844 | 21.8 | 200 | 24.9 | 0.99 | 0.85;1.15 | |
10 or more | 44 | 1.1 | 15 | 36.4 | 1.78 | 0.76;4.34 | |
Working (n = 3,866) | |||||||
Yes | 305 | 7.9 | 148 | 47.6 | 2.21 | 1.90;2.56 | < 0.001 |
No | 3,561 | 92.1 | 782 | 23.6 | 1.00 |
a) PR: Crude prevalence ratio; b) 95%CI: 95% confidence interval; c) P-value: Chi-square test; d) Sexual initiation n = 3.836.