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. 2023 Feb 13;32(1):e2022612. doi: 10.1590/S2237-96222023000100020

Table 2. Crude association of variables regarding guidance received at school, health service use and risk behavior with sexual initiation in adolescent school students, Piauí, Brazil, 2015.

Variables Total Already had sexual intercourse? Yes PRa 95%CIb p-valuec
n % n %
Guidance about pregnancy (n = 3,615)
Yes 2,915 80.6 696 25.6 0.88 0.75;1.04 0.361
No 700 19.4 181 27.5 1.00
Guidance about AIDS/STId (n = 3,684)
Yes 3,284 89.1 787 25.6 0.89 0.77;1.05 0.498
No 400 10.9 108 27.2 1.00
Guidance about condoms (n = 3,559)
Yes 2,381 66.9 654 28.8 1.35 0.98;1.70 0.130
No 1,178 33.1 236 21.0 1.00
Health service use (n = 3,801)
Yes 2,169 57.1 513 25.5 0.97 0.86;1.15 0.885
No 1,632 42.9 399 25.3 1.00
Knows about HPVe vaccination (n = 3,795)
Yes 3,402 89.6 787 24.5 0.74 0.63;1.07 0.215
No 393 10.4 124 32.6 1.00
Vaccinated against HPVe (n = 2,032)
Yes 1,400 68.9 168 11.4 0.57 0.36;0.81 < 0.001
No 632 31.1 134 25.8 1.00
Alcohol consumption (n = 3,855)
Yes 1,677 43.5 660 40.9 3.18 2.68;3.59 < 0.001
No 2,178 56.5 269 14.3 1.00
Cigarette smoking (n = 3,857)
Yes 517 13.4 292 59.0 2.97 2.60;3.27 < 0.001
No 3,340 86.6 636 20.8 1.00
Drug use (n = 3,852)
Yes 147 3.8 107 73.3 3.27 2.95;3.56 < 0.001
No 3,705 96.2 821 24.1 1.00

a) PR: Crude prevalence ratio; b) 95%CI: 95% confidence interval; c) P-value: Chi-square test, d) Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/Sexually Transmitted Infections; e) HPV: Human Papillomavirus.