Adolescent sexual initiation and pregnancy: what more can be learned through further analysis of the demographic and health surveys in the Philippines?

Table 6 Multivariate logistic regression results, adolescent sexual initiation and selected characteristics, women 20–24 years old, 2013

Outcome: Experienced adolescent sexual initiation	(A) Unadjusted odds ratio, full (95% C.I.)	P-value	(B) Adjusted odds ratio, full (95% C.I.)	P-value
Level of education (base: Primary or lower)
Secondary	0.613 (0.465, 0.808)	0.001	0.724 (0.543, 0.967)	0.029
Higher	0.174 (0.131, 0.231)	< 0.001	0.258 (0.189, 0.354)	< 0.001
Wealth quintile (base: Lowest)
Second	0.788 (0.604, 1.028)	0.078	0.977 (0.740, 1.289)	0.868
Middle	0.455 (0.348, 0.595)	< 0.001	0.604 (0.453, 0.806)	0.001
Fourth	0.362 (0.279, 0.471)	< 0.001	0.594 (0.437, 0.806)	0.001
Highest	0.182 (0.138, 0.240)	< 0.001	0.314 (0.227, 0.436)	< 0.001
Rural residence (base: Urban residence)	1.323 (1.118, 1.566)	0.001	0.838 (0.697, 1.007)	0.059
Sub-population size (n), weighted	2789

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