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Table 1 Summary statistics and unadjusted odds ratios of the association between CSA and socioeconomic factors

From: Social disorganization and history of child sexual abuse against girls in sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis

 

Sample

Bivariate association

Measures of association

Number of adolescent (percentage)*

OR (95% CI)

p-value

Country

   

  Liberia

575 (9.1)

0.43 (0.19, 0.99)

0.047

  Uganda

723 (11.4)

0.57 (0.29, 1.11)

0.099

  Nigeria

2956 (46.5)

1 (reference)

 

  Ghana

477 (7.5)

1.96 (1.21, 3.20)

0.007

  Zimbabwe

1089 (17.2)

2.52 (1.63, 3.88)

0.001

  Zambia

531 (8.4)

2.12 (1.48, 3.04)

0.001

Marital status

   

  Never married

5566 (87.7)

1 (reference)

 

  Currently married

729 (11.8)

1.49 (1.00, 2.21)

0.051

  Formerly married

55 (0.9)

5.90 (2.74, 12.70)

0.001

Education

   

  No education

763 (12.0)

1 (reference)

 

  Primary

2053 (32.3)

3.28 (1.57, 6.86)

0.002

  Secondary or higher

3533 (55.7)

3.23 (1.57, 6.64)

0.001

Occupation

   

  Not working

4068 (68.2)

1 (reference)

 

  Working

1900 (31.8)

1.59 (1.19, 2.13)

0.002

Wealth status

   

  Poorest

1257 (19.8)

1 (reference)

 

  Poorer

1313 (20.7)

0.78 (0.52, 1.18)

0.245

  Middle

1410 (22.2)

0.67 (0.44, 1.03)

0.067

  Richer

1315 (20.7)

0.72 (0.47, 1.10)

0.134

  Richest

1056 (16.6)

0.52 (0.32, 0.87)

0.012

  1. *Percentages may not add up to 100% because of missing values.