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Table 4 Unadjusted and age-adjusted associations for inter-generational sex (yes/no) in females who had ever had sex

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

129

1.16 (0.77 – 1.73)

1.56 (0.91 – 2.68)

Age at first sex

120

0.67 (0.50 – 0.90)

0.58 (0.41 – 0.83)

Condom use at first sex

123

1.58 (0.51 – 4.91)

0.66 (0.16 – 2.77)

Willingness at first sex

128

0.86 (0.45 – 1.62)

0.55 (0.26 – 1.78)

Enough money to cover necessities

127

1.21 (0.58 – 2.51)

0.99 (0.46 – 2.11)

Enough money to cover luxuries

124

0.72 (0.35 – 1.51)

0.60 (0.23 – 1.56)

Money or gifts from partner

123

3.35 (1.51 – 7.45)

2.91 (1.17 – 7.23)

Religious service attendance (yes/no)

119

1.48 (0.50 – 4.37)

0.88 (0.27 – 2.87)

Frequency of religious service attendance ‡

119

  

Never

 

1.13 (0.22 – 5.90)

0.54 (0.08 – 3.54)

Less than monthly

 

1.00 (0.18 – 5.58)

0.72 (0.08 – 6.46)

Monthly

 

0.60 (0.07 – 5.43)

0.64 (0.07 – 6.22)

Weekly

 

0.57 (0.18 – 1.77)

0.44 (0.12 – 1.66)

More than weekly

-

-

-

Psychosocial factors

   

Self-esteem

127

0.32 (0.16 – 0.64)

0.33 (0.11 – 0.95)

Sense of personal power

122

0.77 (0.33 – 1.83)

1.10 (0.47 – 2.56)

Peer-pressure

128

1.42 (0.71 – 2.86)

1.42 (0.61 – 3.29)

Morokoff subscale (pregnancy/STD risk)

104

1.55 (0.84 – 2.86)

1.37 (0.58 – 3.22)

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