Table 5 Correlates of caregivers’ comfort with SRH communication with young adolescents
Characteristics | Unadjusted β (SE) | 95% confidence interval | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex | |||
Female | 1.0 | ||
Male | 0.49 (0.61) | (-0.71, 1.68) | 0.424 |
Age | 0.07 (0.37) | (-0.66, 0.79) | 0.847 |
Educational attainment | |||
No formal education | 1.0 | ||
Primary education | -0.33 (0.84) | (-1.99, 1.33) | |
Secondary education | -0.32 (1.03) | (-2.36, 1.71) | |
Tertiary education | 0.65 (1.39) | (-2.09, 3.39) | 0.852 |
Marital status | |||
Single | 1.0 | ||
Married | 0.14 (0.69) | (-1.22, 1.49) | 0.842 |
Relationship with YA | |||
Biological caregiver | 1.0 | ||
Non-biological caregiver | 0.68 (0.59) | (-0.48, 1.85) | 0.249 |
Parenting structure | |||
Single-caregiver household | 1.0 | ||
Two-caregiver household | -0.80 (0.61) | (-2.01, 0.41) | 0.192 |
Religion | |||
Catholic | 1.0 | ||
Anglican | -0.16 (0.80) | (-1.74, 1.42) | |
Pentecostal | -1.95 (1.00) | (-3.93, 0.03) | |
Muslim | 1.02 (2.30) | (-3.51, 5.56) | 0.089 |
Number of religious services | |||
Never | 1.0 | ||
Once a week | 0.53 (1.36) | (-2.16, 3.21) | |
Two or three times a month | 0.89 (1.32) | (-1.71, 3.49) | 0.827 |
Once in the past month | 0.31 (1.61) | (-2.87, 3.49) | |
Dyad type | |||
Female caregiver–daughter | 1.0 | ||
Female caregiver–son | 0.01 (0.61) | (-1.20, 1.21) | |
Male caregiver–daughter | 0.08 (0.81) | (-1.52, 1.68) | 0.693 |
Male caregiver–son | -0.98 (0.87) | (-2.70, 0.74) | |
Number of YAs in a household | -0.98 (0.34) | (-1.65, -0.31) | 0.0041 |
Caregiver–child connectedness | |||
High | 1.0 | ||
Moderate | 0.44 (0.82) | (-1.17, 2.04) | 0.194 |
Low | -0.72 (0.86) | (-2.41, 0.97) | |
Caregiver involvement | |||
High | 1.01.0 | ||
Moderate | 0.89 (0.59) | (-0.29, 2.06) | 0.327 |
Low | 0.42 (0.71) | (-0.98, 1.81) | |
Positive parenting | |||
High | 1.0 | ||
Moderate | 0.32 (0.56) | (-0.79, 1.44) | |
Low | -0.53 (0.82) | (-2.15, 1.09) | 0.549 |
Parental expertise and accessibility | |||
High | 1.0 | ||
Moderate | -0.07 (0.62) | (-1.27, 1.15) | 0.969 |
Low | 0.47 (2.30) | (-4.08, 5.01) | |
Attitudes towards SRH of YAs | |||
High | 1.0 | ||
Moderate | -4.50 (3.66) | (-11.73, 2.72) | |
Low | -3.66 (3.62) | (-10.80, 3.48) | 0.283 |
SRH knowledge | |||
High | 1.0 | 0.668 | |
Moderate | -1.66 (2.21) | (-6.01, 2.69) | |
Low | -2.00(2.29) | (-6.52, 2.52) | |