Assessment of Exposure to Sexually Explicit Materials and Substance Abuse among High-School Adolescents in North Shewa Zone: Application of Logistic Regression Analysis

Table 6

Factors associated with life time substance use among high school adolescents in North Shewa zone.

Variables	Substance use		AOR	95% CI for AOR	value
	N	%
Sex
Male	110	61.1	2.334	1.549, 9.926	0.002
Female	70	38.9	1
Living through high levels of family conflict
Yes	29	17.4	6.25	1.745, 10.00	0.023
No	138	82.6	1
Poor family management
Yes	42	25.1	27.084	1.624, 45.56	0.022
No	125	74.9	1
Pressure from my friends to use substance
Yes	41	23.8	12.882	1.882, 88.153	0.009
No	131	76.2	1
Friends use of substances
Yes	25	14.3	11.928	1.761, 18.692	0.007
No	150	85.7	1
Age
14–16	35	24.3	0.261	0.100, 0.683	0.006
17–19	109	75.7	1
Access of substances near your school
Yes	41	26.3	1.062	0.128, 8.787	0.956
No	115	73.7	1
Poor academic performance
Yes	35	21.6	14.48	1.290, 162.58	0.030
No	127	78.4	1
Low school commitment
Yes	39	24.5	11.951	1.418, 100.73	0.033
No	120	75.5	1
Family history of substance use
Yes	32	19.6	5.915	0.748, 46.773	0.092
No	131	80.4	1
Family economic status
Poor	39	22	0.405	0.033, 5.052	0.483
Moderate	110	62.1	3.699	0.500, 27.358	0.200
Rich	28	15.8	1
Mother’s education
Illiterate/read and write	117	65.7	2.051	0.068, 61.564	0.051
Primary	33	18.5	2.165	0.074, 62.981	0.653
Secondary	13	7.3	1.584	0.044, 56.408	0.053
Diploma/higher	15	8.4	1
Father’s education
Illiterate/read and write	107	61.1	2.936	0.553, 15.588	0.206
Primary	23	13.1	2.868	0.256, 28.212	0.410
Secondary	20	11.4	0.053	0.002, 1.410	0.053
Diploma/higher	25	14.3	1