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Table 2 Logistic Regression Coefficient of Selected Socio-demographic characteristics, respondent's Lifestyle and positive attitude towards abstinence

From: Perceptions about sexual abstinence and knowledge of HIV/AIDS prevention among in-school adolescents in a western Nigerian city

Explanatory Variables

      

95.0% C.I for EXP (B)

 

B

S.E.

Wald

df

Sig.

OR

Lower

Upper

Sex

        

Female (RC)

        

Male

-1.473

.537

7.516

1

.006**

.229

.080

.657

Religion

        

Islam (RC)

        

Christianity

-0.50

.503

-010

1

.920

.951

.355

2.550

Does respondent have a boyfriend or a girlfriend

        

No(RC)

        

Yes

-2.171

.566

23.064

1

.000**

.066

.022

.200

Alcohol Use

        

No (RC)

        

Yes

-1.307

.403

10.503

1

.001**

.271

.123

.597

Tobacco or cigarette use

        

No(RC)

        

Yes

.057

.979

.003

1

.954

1.059

.156

7.206