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Table 5 Multivariate analyses of concurrent multiple health risk behaviors among boys and girls by socio-demographic backgrounds and peer influence

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

Variable

Boys

Girls

 

Adjusted OR

95%CI

Adjusted OR

95%CI

Age

    

   14-15

1

 

1

 

   16-19

2.2

1.33 - 3.60

1.31

.84 - 2.03

Attending school

    

   Out-of school

1

 

1

 

   In school

0.53

.33 - .86

0.65

.40 - 1.06

Adolescent's education

    

   Illiterate

1

 

1

 

   Primary

1.44

.48 - 4.28

0.19

.08 - .46

   Secondary & others

1.42

.47 - 4.32

0.17

.06 - .45

Ethnicity

    

   Lao

1

 

1

 

   Akha

2.2

1.04 - 4.61

0.88

.40 - 1.93

   Hmong & Yao

0.48

.26 - .90

0.38

.18 - .80

   Khamu

1.56

1.02 - 2.38

0.97

.61 - 1.54

Living arrangement

    

   Other

1

 

1

 

   Family

0.94

.49 - 1.82

1.63

.69 - 3.86

Father's education

    

   Illiterate

1

 

1

 

   Primary

1.27

.77 - 2.10

0.77

.45 - 1.29

   Secondary & others

1.24

.70 - 2.20

0.61

.32 - 1.16

Mother's education

    

   Illiterate

1

 

1

 

   Primary

0.92

.59 - 1.41

0.92

.56 - 1.48

   Secondary & others

0.72

.37 - 1.39

0.97

.46 - 2.03

Peers using alcohol

    

   No

1

 

1

 

   Yes

1.88

1.10 - 3.21

2.55

1.59 - 4.09

Peers smoking

    

   No

1

 

1

 

   Yes

3.11

2.10 - 4.60

1.83

.89 - 3.73

Peer using drug

    

   No

1

 

1

 

   Yes

1.9

.77 - 4.67

1.72

.59 - 5.02

Peers being sexually active

    

   No

1

 

1

 

   Yes

1.31

.90 - 1.92

2.82

1.65 - 4.8

Peers have been pregnant

    

   No

1

 

1

 

   Yes

1.87

.93 - 3.77

0.89

.341 - 1.96

  1. Note: Odds ratios (OR) were calculated using an ordinal logistic regression analysis. Categories of health risk behaviors (HRB: none, one, two or more) were mutually exclusive. Odds ratios reflect one-unit change in the independent variables.
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