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Table 3 Putative determinants of sexually transmitted infections awareness by young people with disability 2012, Addis Ababa (n = 426)

From: Sexual and reproductive health of young people with disability in Ethiopia: a study on knowledge, attitude and practice: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Ever heard of sexually transmitted infections

Adjusted model

Yes

No

Wald

d.f.

P value

Adjusted OR (95 % CI)

n

%

n

%

Sex

        

 Female

112

34.4

40

40.0

   

Ref.

 Male

214

65.6

60

60.0

0.011

1

0.917

1.0 (0.5–1.8)

Age, every additional year

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

    

20.97

2.521

20.11

2.792

10.856

1

0.001

1.3 (1.1–1.4)

Marital status

        

 Unmarried

201

61.7

78

78.0

   

Ref.

 Married

125

38.3

22

22.0

0.130

1

0.718

1.2 (0.5–2.7)

Religion

        

 No religion

7

2.1

4

4.0

   

Ref.

 Christian

277

85.0

83

83.0

1.019

1

0.313

2.3 (0.5–12.2)

 Muslim

42

12.9

13

13.0

1.643

1

0.200

3.3 (0.5–20.4)

Education

        

 Illiterate

28

8.6

52

52.0

   

Ref.

 Literate

298

91.4

48

48.0

27.489

1

<0.001

7.0 (3.4–14.6)

Form of disability

        

 Partial mental impairment

20

6.1

36

36.0

   

Ref.

 Hearing impairment

69

21.2

13

13.0

18.017

1

<0.001

10.1 (3.5–29.4)

 Visual impairment

96

29.4

2

2.0

22.241

1

<0.001

88.3 (13.7–568.6)

 Impaired mobility

132

40.5

45

45.0

5.873

1

0.015

3.6 (1.3–10.2)

 Multiple impairment

9

2.8

4

4.0

3.122

1

0.077

4.5 (0.9–23.8)

Time of disability

        

 From birth

49

15.0

37

37.0

   

Ref.

 Early childhood

162

49.7

42

42.0

0.331

1

0.565

1.3 (0.6–3.0)

 Later in life

115

35.3

21

21.0

3.366

1

0.067

2.4 (0.9–6.1)

Work

        

 No

179

54.9

61

61.0

   

Ref.

 Yes

147

45.1

39

39.0

0.001

1

0.971

1.0 (0.5–2.2)

Living situation

        

 With parents

104

31.9

50

50.0

   

Ref.

 With relatives

30

9.2

10

10.0

0.443

1

0.506

1.4 (0.5–4.0)

 With friends/peers

60

18.4

11

11.0

0.761

1

0.383

0.6 (0.2–1.9)

 With partner

37

11.3

11

11.0

0.857

1

0.354

0.5 (0.2–2.0)

 Alone

52

16.0

13

13.0

0.040

1

0.841

0.9 (0.3–2.7)

 Orphanage

43

13.2

5

5.0

3.020

1

0.082

3.0 (0.9–10.3)

Total

326

100.0

100

100.0

    
  1. CI confidence interval, d.f. degree of freedom, OR odds ratio, SD standard deviation