Out of school female adolescent employment status and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) risk in Uganda: is it a plausible relationship?

Misinde, Cyprian; Nansubuga, Elizabeth; Nankinga, Olivia

doi:10.1186/s12889-018-6094-1

Table 3 Adjusted odds ratio for female adolescents reported STI status by their attributes controlling for effect of Enumeration area

From: Out of school female adolescent employment status and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) risk in Uganda: is it a plausible relationship?

sti_status	Model 1			Model 2
sti_status	Odds Ratio	P value	[95% CI]	Odds Ratio	P value	[95% CI]
Employment status
Not employed ^a
Employed in either sales and services, or employee in agriculture but receives no pay	1.377	0.167	0.875, 2.168	1.801	0.018	1.105, 2.936
Professional, Sales and services &paid in cash or kind	1.377	0.176	0.866, 2.189	1.295	0.289	0.803, 2.088
Self-employed in agriculture and paid in cash or kind	1.191	0.347	0.827, 1.715	1.502	0.048	1.003, 2.250
Household/domestic employee and paid either cash or in-kind	0.977	0.954	0.445, 2.149	0.918	0.842	0.397, 2.123
Skilled and unskilled manual worker and paid cash or inkind	1.951	0.003	1.263, 3.012	2.258	0.000	1.429, 3.568
Number of lifetime sexual partners
one^a
two or more				1.679	0.001	1.254, 2.248
Age difference with current sexual partner
0-4 years^a
5–9 years				1.094	0.573	0.801, 1.495
10 years and above				1.324	0.194	0.867, 2.022
Marital status
Never married^a
Ever married				1.045	0.793	0.751, 1.455
Age of first sex
15 below^a
16–19 or in Union				1.050	0.752	0.777, 1.418
Age of respondent
18–19^a
15–17				0.838	0.281	0.608, 1.155
Highest education level
None/ Primary education^a
Secondary+				0.932	0.689	0.658, 1.318
Wealth status
Poorest^a
Poorer				1.490	0.071	0.966, 2.297
Middle				1.386	0.177	0.863, 2.223
Richer				1.951	0.006	1.208, 3.150
Richest				0.952	0.884	0.491, 1.845
Religion
Catholic^a
Protestant				1.251	0.194	0.892, 1.753
Muslim				1.152	0.561	0.715, 1.858
Pentecostal/others				1.606	0.026	1.058, 2.438
STI_Status	Model 1			Model 2
STI_Status	Odds Ratio	P value	[95% CI]	Odds Ratio	P value	[95% CI]
Place of residence
Urban^a
Rural				0.936	0.768	0.602, 1.454
Region
Kampala^a
Central1				0.760	0.517	0.331, 1.743
Central2				0.474	0.098	0.196, 1.146
Busoga				1.069	0.879	0.451, 2.532
Bukedi				0.424	0.062	0.172, 1.046
Bugishu				0.496	0.141	0.195, 1.261
Teso				0.350	0.030	0.135, 0.902
Karamoja				0.397	0.143	0.115, 1.368
Lango				0.422	0.079	0.161, 1.107
Acholi				0.635	0.349	0.246, 1.641
West Nile				0.290	0.019	0.103, 0.816
Bunyoro				0.675	0.404	0.269, 1.699
Tooro				0.600	0.272	0.241, 1.492
Ankole				0.698	0.467	0.265, 1.837
Kigezi				0.195	0.014	0.053, 0.715
_cons	0.184	0.000	0.138, 0.246	0.160	0.000	0.058, 0.443
Random effects
	Estimates	Std. Err.		Estimates	Std. Err.
EA	0.242	0.196	0.050, 1.179	0.031	0.167	0.000, 1339.132

Model 1: LR test vs. logistic regression: chibar2(01) = 1.97 Prob> = chibar2 = 0.0805
Model 2: LR test vs. logistic regression: chibar2(01) = 0.03 Prob> = chibar2 = 0.4260
CI Confidence Interval, EA Enumeration Area
^areference category

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