Table 3 Associations between occurrence of parent-child communication about sexual issues and sociodemographic and psychosocial variables
Ever communicated with parents about sexuality issues (%) | Crude Odds Ratio (95% CI) | Model 1* Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI) N = 3545 | Model 2** Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI) N = 3473 | Model 3*** Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI) N = 3452 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sociodemographic variables | |||||
Girl age | 1.08 (1.03–1.13) | 1.04 (0.98–1.10) | 1.03 (0.97–1.09) | ||
Girl in school | |||||
Yes | 34.2% | 0.55 (0.45–0.67) | 0.56 (0.44–0.71) | 0.54 (0.42–0.69) | |
No | 48.3% | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | |
Sex of parent | |||||
Female | 36.7% | 0.99 (0.84–1.17) | 1.01 (0.86–1.20) | 1.03 (0.87–1.22) | |
Male | 36.8% | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | |
Parent’s education level | |||||
Primary or none | 36.4% | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | |
Secondary level | 37.9% | 1.06 (0.92–1.22) | 1.10 (0.96–1.28) | 1.09 (0.93–1.26) | |
Diploma or University | 30.2% | 0.75 (0.55–1.03) | 0.82 (0.60–1.14) | 0.71 (0.51–1.00) | |
Psychosocial variables | |||||
Girls’ measures | |||||
Girl’s connectedness | |||||
Yes | 36.7% | 1.25 (1.04–1.49) | 1.24 (1.01–1.52) | 1.26 (1.03–1.55) | |
No | 31.7% | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | |
Don’t Know | 47.7% | 1.96 (1.20–3.20) | 2.06 (1.23–3.47) | 2.0 (1.21–3.41) | |
Girl-reported fear-based communication | |||||
Yes | 32.6% | 0.73 (0.64–0.83) | 0.76 (0.65–0.89) | 0.72 (0.61–0.85) | |
No | 39.7% | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | |
Don’t Know | 27.1% | 0.56 (0.37–0.85) | 0.70 (0.43–1.13) | 0.63 (0.38–1.04) | |
Girl’s perceived parental comfort | |||||
Yes | 50.74% | 3.31 (2.80–3.92) | 2.94 (2.45–3.54) | 2.98 (2.47–3.60) | |
No | 23.7% | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | |
Don’t Know | 28.6% | 1.28 (0.68–2.41) | 0.98 (0.53–1.80) | 1.02 (0.55–1.89) | |
Girl perceives parent as objecting to contraception education | |||||
Yes | 31.6% | 0.68 (0.58–0.80) | 0.76 (0.63–0.91) | 0.77 (0.64–0.93) | |
No | 40.3% | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | |
Don’t Know | 38.8% | 0.94 (0.61–1.44) | 0.72 (0.41–1.25) | 0.73 (0.42–1.27) | |
Parents’ measures | |||||
Parent’s comfort | |||||
Yes | 36.5% | 0.97 (0.81–1.17) | 0.86 (0.70–1.05) | 0.86 (0.70–1.05) | |
No | 37% | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | |
Don’t Know | 35.7% | 0.94 (0.30–2.90) | 0.80 (0.23–2.78) | 0.92 (0.27–3.16) | |
Parent’s daughter ready for SRH education | |||||
Yes | 37.8% | 1.12 (0.96–1.31) | 1.09 (0.92–1.30) | 1.07 (0.90–1.28) | |
No | 35% | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | |
Don’t Know | 35.8% | 1.03 (0.70–1.52) | 1.01 (0.66–1.54) | 0.95 (0.62–1.45) | |
Parent’s perception of contraceptive harm | |||||
Yes | 36.3% | 0.96 (0.83–1.12) | 0.98 (0.84–1.14) | 0.98 (0.84–1.15) | |
No | 37.1% | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | |
Don’t Know | 37.9% | 1.03 (0.64–1.67) | 0.92 (0.56–1.53) | 0.91 (0.55–1.50) | |
Model fit estimates | |||||
AIC | 4636.955 | 4308.206 | 4255.484 | ||
BIC | 4673.995 | 4400.498 | 4378.418 | ||