Table 4 Association of cluster educational attainment with other risk factors in young women

All young women (n):

397

195

248

159

136

161

   Median age (yrs)

19

19

19

0.550^c

20

20

19

0.886^c

   Current student (%)

36.7

35.1

48.0

0.006 ^a

4.5

11.3

35.4

0.000 ^a

   Travelled often (%)

41.0

49.0

48.0

0.062^a

38.0

41.2

52.2

0.011 ^a

   Ever married (%)

47.3

23.2

29.5

0.000 ^a

34.9

29.8

35.3

0.000 ^a

   Ever sexually active (%)

61.9

49.5

51.2

0.004 ^a

82.9

92.6

67.1

0.000 ^a

   Median age at 1^st sex (yrs)

18

20

20

< 0.001 ^b

15

16

17

< 0.001 ^b

Ever sexually active (n):

245

96

127

131

125

108

   Ever given birth (%)

45.5

36.8

35.2

0.045 ^a

79.4

76.0

63.0

0.005 ^a

   Sex before age 16 (%)

35.8

31.6

24.0

0.022 ^a

73.8

71.8

57.0

0.007 ^a

   Median lifetime sexual partner (n)

1.0

1.0

1.0

0.305^c

2.0

1.0

2.0

0.147^c

   STI (%)

3.9

3.1

1.6

0.240^a

9.1

3.6

2.9

0.036 ^a