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Table 5 Comparison of risk sexual behavior variable (Multiple sexual partnerships) and some characteristics of parenting process among youths in Nekemte Town, Western Ethiopia, 2012

From: Assessment of risky sexual behaviors and risk perception among youths in Western Ethiopia: the influences of family and peers: a comparative cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Multiple sexual partnership

Crude OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

  

Yes

No

  

Parents know whereabouts

Always

159 (38.4)

483 (62.8)

0.49 (0.57, 2.43)

1.11 (0.49, 2.03)

Sometimes

175 (42.3)

216 (28.1)

1.32 (0.95, 3.32)

1.87 (0.87, 4.53)

Never

80 (19.3)

78 (10.1)

1.00

1.00

Parents know your close friends

All of them

145 (35.2)

504 (65.4)

1.64 (1.17, 2.34)*

0.82 (0.38, 1.79)

Some of them

166 (40.3)

178 (23.1)

2.56 (0.26, 4.26)

2.01 (0.59, 5.63)

Not at all

101 (24.5)

89 (11.5)

1.00

1.00

Parents know what you are doing when you are away from home

Always

138 (33.4)

464 (60.3)

1.24 (0.16, 9.33)

2.93 (1.45, 4.35)**

Sometimes

162 (39.2)

212 (27.5)

1.67 (0.51, 5.41)

2.54 (0.87, 5.33)

Never

113 (27.4)

94 (12.2)

1.00

1.00

Parents know your plans for the coming day

Always

201 (48.6)

556 (72.2)

1.58 (0.94, 3.89)

2.21 (0.81, 4.52)

Sometimes

149 (36.1)

120 (15.6)

1.44 (0.88, 2.36)

0.90 (0.44, 1.86)

Never

63 (15.3)

94 (12.2)

1.00

1.00

Family connectedness

Low

298 (72.2)

164 (21.3)

1.00

1.00

High

115 (27.8)

606 (78.7)

0.93 (0.89, 3.54)

2.83 (2.61, 6.73)**

Parents know about your close friends activities and interest

Yes

163 (39.4)

440 (57.2)

1.12 (0.36, 1.22)

2.30 (0.14, 0.67)**

 

No

250 (60.6)

330 (42.8)

1.00

1.00

  1. *Significant for COR **Significant for AOR.