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Table 3 Bivariate and multivariate association between dichotomous correlates and ever having had sex (male and female)

From: Sexual behaviors and their correlates among young people in Mauritius: a cross-sectional study

Correlate

  

Male

     

Female

   
   

Bivariate

 

Multivariate a

n = 575

  

Bivariate

 

Multivariate a

n = 564

 

n

Percent reporting ever had sex

Prevalence ratio (95% CI)

P (χ 2)b

Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)

P

n

Percent reporting ever had sex

Prevalence ratio (95%CI)

P (χ 2)b

Adjusted odds ratio (95%CI)

P

Sociodemographic

            

Age group (years)

            

   Older (20–24)

273

42.5

2.06

0.001

1.50

0.131

206

14.5

2.12

0.013

1.18

0.705

   Younger (15–19)

302

20.7

(1.63–2.60)

(43.25**)

(0.88–2.56)

 

360

6.9

(1.20–3.75)

(6.73*)

(0.49–2.89)

 

Geographic area

            

   Urban

236

30.3

0.97

0.847

0.74

0.195

232

11.4

1.35

0.426

0.80

0.630

   Rural

339

31.4

(0.67–1.38)

(0.04)

(0.47–1.17)

 

334

8.4

(0.64–2.86)

(0.65)

(0.32–1.99)

 

Currently in school

            

   No

337

41.8

2.74

0.001

1.75

0.104

288

15.3

4.08

0.001

4.28

0.001

   Yes

238

15.3

(1.82–4.13)

(44.13**)

(0.89–3.47)

 

276

3.8

(1.93–8.62)

(16.51**)

(1.84–9.97)

 

Work experience

            

   Ever worked

376

41.7

3.92

0.001

3.14

0.003

236

15.9

3.13

0.002

1.17

0.701

   Never worked

199

10.6

(2.31–6.67)

(48.48**)

(1.50–6.54)

 

330

5.1

(1.58–6.22)

(10.31**)

(0.52–2.63)

 

Religion

            

   Non-Christian

442

25.3

0.51

0.001

0.27

0.001

422

3.6

0.13

0.001

0.15

0.001

   Christian

133

49.8

(0.39–0.66)

(18.53**)

(0.16–0.46)

 

144

27.0

(0.07–0.26)

(24.46**)

(0.07–0.34)

 

Social life

            

Have a mobile phone

            

   Yes

318

36.8

1.55

0.001

1.46

0.119

245

12.6

1.75

0.048

1.53

0.250

   No

257

23.8

(1.21–1.98)

(14.26**)

(0.90–2.36)

 

321

7.2

(0.98–3.12)

(4.13*)

(0.73–3.19)

 

Ever been to a nightclub

            

   Yes

254

51.9

3.59

0.001

3.07

0.001

82

28.5

4.67

0.010

3.14

0.027

   No

321

14.4

(2.58–5.01)

(83.69**)

(1.74–5.42)

 

484

6.1

(2.49–8.78)

(7.30*)

(1.15–8.56)

 

Ever watched a pornographic film

            

   Yes

404

36.5

2.10

0.001

1.50

0.123

75

15.1

1.70

0.220

N/A

N/A

   No

171

17.4

(1.50–2.96)

(26.90**)

(0.89–2.50)

 

491

8.9

(0.82–3.56)

(1.54)

  

Ever used the Internet

            

   Yes

228

27.2

0.82

0.085

1.15

0.652

224

7.5

0.66

0.319

N/A

N/A

   No

347

33.2

(0.66–1.02)

(3.10)

(0.62–2.13)

 

342

11.2

(0.28–1.59)

(1.02)

  

Ever drank alcohol in the past 12 months

            

   Yes

252

45.4

2.39

0.001

1.56

0.076

130

23.9

4.38

0.001

2.81

0.014

   No

323

19.0

(1.90–3.01)

(58.71**)

(0.95–2.54)

 

436

5.5

(2.42–7.93)

(12.23**)

(1.24–6.37)

 

Ever used marijuana

            

   Yes

64

68.9

2.59

0.001

3.09

0.001

5

48.8

5.25

0.124

N/A

N/A

   No

511

26.6

(1.99–3.37)

(24.09**)

(1.73–5.51)

 

561

9.3

(1.97–13.98)

(2.46)

  
  1. N/A, not applicable; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval.
  2. a. Three basic sociodemographic variables (age group, geographic area, religion) and variables that attained P < 0.10 in bivariate analyses were entered into the logistic regression model.
  3. b. * P < 0.05. **P < 0.01.