Concurrent multiple health risk behaviors among adolescents in Luangnamtha province, Lao PDR

Sychareun, Vanphanom; Thomsen, Sarah; Faxelid, Elisabeth

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-36

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Bivariate analyses of concurrent multiple health risk behaviors among boys and adolescents by socio-demographic backgrounds and peer influence

From: Concurrent multiple health risk behaviors among adolescents in Luangnamtha province, Lao PDR

Variable	Boys					Girls
	N	No risk	One risk	Two or more	P-value	N	No risk	One risk	Two or more	P-value
		%	%	%			%	%	%
Age					<.001					.002
14-15	184	62.5	24.5	13		263	62.4	30.4	7.2
16-19	485	29.7	46.0	24.3		428	49.8	43.7	6.5
Attending school					<.001					<.001
Out-of school	187	24.1	43.3	32.6		242	44.2	40.9	14.9
In school	482	44.4	38.8	16.8		449	60.1	37.4	2.4
Adolescent's education					<.005					<.001
Illiterate	28	28.6	42.9	28.6		79	43.0	29.1	27.8
Primary	196	43.9	29.6	26.5		206	54.9	34.0	11.2
Secondary & others	445	37.1	44.5	18.4		406	56.7	42.9	0.5
Ethnicity					<.001					<.001
Lao	241	36.5	43.6	19.9		263	51.3	48.3	0.4
Akha	123	43.1	26.8	30.1		126	52.4	23.8	23.8
Hmong & Yao	90	63.3	28.9	7.8		82	76.8	19.5	3.7
Khamu	215	28.4	48.4	23.3		220	51.4	42.7	5.9
Living arrangement					.338					.582
Other	138	33.3	44.2	22.5		106	53.8	41.5	4.7
Family	531	40.1	39.0	20.9		585	54.7	38.1	7.2
Father's education					.014					<.001
Illiterate	163	46.0	28.8	25.2		171	50.9	32.2	17.0
Primary	242	36.4	43.8	19.8		238	57.1	39.5	3.4
Secondary & others	149	38.9	45.0	16.1		112	59.8	40.2	0
Mother's education					.029					<.001
Illiterate	335	43.3	34.6	22.1		339	54.9	33.9	11.2
Primary	190	34.2	48.9	16.8		198	53.5	45.5	1.0
Secondary & others	65	41.5	41.5	16.9		52	53.8	46.2	0
Peers using alcohol					<.001					<.001
No	179	63.1	20.1	16.8		226	73.5	18.1	8.4
Yes	490	29.8	47.3	22.9		465	45.4	48.6	6.0
Peers smoking					<.001					.009
No	375	52.3	33.9	13.9		636	56.0	37.9	6.1
Yes	294	21.4	48.0	30.6		55	38.2	47.3	14.5
Peer using drug					.008					.271
No	643	39.5	40.2	20.2		669	55.0	38.4	6.6
Yes	26	15.4	42.3	42.3		22	40.9	45.5	13.6
Peers being sexually active					<.001					<.001
No	279	49.5	40.1	10.4		586	58.4	36.9	4.8
Yes	390	31.0	40.0	29.0		105	33.3	48.6	18.1
Peers have been pregnant					.003					.132
No	625	40.2	39.8	20.0		647	55.5	38.0	6.5
Yes	44	18.2	43.2	38.6		44	40.9	47.7	11.4
Total	669	38.7	40.1	21.2		691	54.6	38.6	6.8

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