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Table 6 Cox regression indicating factors associated with premarital sex among the never-married youth aged 15–24, adjusted for socio-demographic factors (sex, age, literacy and school attendance) in Butajira, Ethiopia, 2004 (n = 3045)

From: Traditional values of virginity and sexual behaviour in rural Ethiopian youth: results from a cross-sectional study

Variable

Sexual debut

Crude HR and (95% CI)

Adjusted HR and (95% CI)

 

No

Yes

  

Sex

    

   Female

1445

16

1.00

1.00

   Male

1496

88

5.07(3.10–8.60)

1.45 (0.80–2.62)

Age

    

   15–19

2607

45

1.00

 

   20–24

334

59

8.85 (6.09–12.85)

1.85 (1.19–2.91)

Literacy

    

   Illiterate

611

2

1.00

1.00

   Literate

2330

102

12.85 (3.18–51.90)

18.01 (4.34–74.42)

School attendance

    

   In school

1965

54

1.00

1.00

   Out of school

976

50

1.82 (1.24–2.65)

1.27 (0.82–1.96)

Belief in virginity norm

    

   Yes

2638

69

1.00

1.00

   No

303

35

4.06 (2.74–6.00)

2.91 (1.92–4.40)

Alcohol use

    

   No

2445

54

1.00

1.00

   Yes

495

50

4.24 (2.92–6.16)

2. 91 (1.97–4.29)

Khat

    

   No

2183

30

1.00

1.00

   Yes

758

74

6.56 (4.32–9.95)

2.36 (1.45–3.85)