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Table 8 The association between answering 50% or more of the pregnancy and STI/HIV questions correctly and adolescent repeat pregnancies, adjusting for age, education, and biological mothers’ marital status

From: Knowledge, attitudes and peer influences related to pregnancy, sexual and reproductive health among adolescents using maternal health services in Ugu, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Variables

Univariate models

Multivariable logistic regression

OR

95% CI

P value

AOR

95% CI

P value

Age

2.69

1.85–4.47

0.0000

2.79

1.87–4.47

0.0000

Highest education level

 Primary

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 Junior

0.29

0.03–1.8

0.248

0.41

0.04–3.43

0.4194

 Secondary

0.06

0.01–0.25

0.0005

0.05

0.01–0.24

0.00058

Mothers’ Marital Status

 Single

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 Married

1.97

1.04–3.8

0.0392

1.77

0.86–3.69

0.1207

 Other

1.93

0.96–3.87

0.0626

1.97

0.01–4.3

0.08524

Answered knowledge questions correctly:

 Answered 50% or more questions correct

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Ref

  

 Answered less than 50% of answered correctly

1.04

0.6–1.87

0.8862

0.81

0.44–1.51

0.5022