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Table 3 Factors associated with awareness of sex trafficking among youth females in Bahir Dar Town, Northwest Ethiopia, February 2012

From: Sex trafficking awareness and associated factors among youth females in Bahir Dar town, North-West Ethiopia: a community based study

Variables

Awareness of sex trafficking

  

COR*(95% CI)

AOR*(95% CI)

Yes

No

  

Age

15-19

82

65

1.00

 
 

20-25

167

103

1.29 (0.86, 1.93)

 

Marital status

Single

136

103

1.00

 
 

Married

94

56

1.27 (0.84,1.93)

 
 

Widowed

4

2

1.52 (0.27,8.43)

 
 

Divorced

15

7

1.62 (0.64,4.13)

 

Religion

Orthodox

215

131

1.00

 
 

Muslim

31

28

0.68 (0.39, 1.16)

 
 

Protestant

6

4

0.26 (0.07,1.03)

 
 

Catholic

0

2

-

 

Education level

Illiterate

22

18

1.00

1.00

 

Read and write

19

7

2.22 (0.76,6.46)

1.41 (0.61,3.30)

 

Elementary

81

49

1.35 (0.66,2.77)

0.81 (0.29, 2.30)

 

Junior/secondary

75

65

0.92 (0.45,1.85)

1.27 (0.66,2.43)

 

Above secondary

52

27

1.58 (0.72,3.43)

2.22 (1.18, 4.17)

Presence of radio at home

Yes

196

108

2.06 (1.33, 3.18)

 
 

No

53

60

1.00

 

Presence of TV at home

Yes

191

103

2.08 (1.36,3.19)

2.19 (1.31, 3.67)

 

No

58

65

1.00

1.00

With whom are you living

With my parents

66

25

4.22 (2.05, 8.71)

3.65 (1.68,7.93)

 

Boyfriend/fiancé/husband

92

53

2.78 (1.45, 5.34)

3.46 (1.69,7.06)

 

Either mother or father only

37

31

1.91 (0.92, 3.98)

2.31 (1.03,5.16)

 

Relatives

34

27

2.02 (0.95,4.28)

2.86 (1.24,6.58)

 

Alone

20

32

1.00

1.00

Current job of the respondents

No Job

65

52

1.00

 
 

Student

89

51

1.40 (0.85,2.31)

 
 

Some Job

51

35

1.63 (0.89,2.98)

 
 

Not want to specify

44

40

0.88 (0.50,1.54)

 

Taking training on gender issues

Yes

95

27

3.22 (1.98,5.23)

3.59 (2.11, 6.10)

 

No

154

141

1.00

1.00

  1. *COR: crude Odds Ratio, AOR: Adjusted Odds Ratio.