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Table 3 Unadjusted and age-adjusted associations for ever having had sex (yes/no)

From: Prevalence and risk factors for inter-generational Sex: a cross-sectional cluster survey of Barbadian females aged 15–19

Factor

N

Unadjusted odds ratio (95% CI)

Age adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) †

Age

256

1.87 (1.43 – 2.45)

-

Enough money to cover necessities

250

0.98 (0.64 – 1.49)

1.01 (0.64 – 1.60)

Enough money to cover luxuries

244

1.16 (0.70 – 1.92)

1.40 (0.76 – 2.57)

Religious service attendance (yes/no)

239

2.89 (1.82 – 4.60)

2.86 (1.85 – 4.41)

Frequency of religious service attendance ‡

239

  

 Never

 

6.78 (3.16 – 14.54)

7.91 (3.59 – 17.41)

 Less than monthly

 

10.33 (2.48 – 43.01)

7.89 (1.96 – 31.81)

 Monthly

 

4.07 (1.48 – 11.17)

7.28 (1.88 – 28.12)

 Weekly

 

1.51 (0.61 – 3.72)

1.96 (0.76 – 5.04)

 More than weekly

-

-

-

Psychosocial factors

   

Self-esteem

254

0.17 (0.06 – 0.44)

0.10 (0.03 – 0.37)

Sense of personal power

237

0.55 (0.27 – 1.14)

0.42 (0.20 – 0.85)

Peer-pressure

248

2.83 (1.65 – 4.86)

4.40 (2.34 – 8.29)

  1. † Age adjusted logistic regressions, adjusted for effects of current age.
  2. ‡ Odds ratios relative to attending religious service “More than weekly”.