Advances in Public Health / 2020 / Article / Tab 5 / Research Article
Knowledge, Attitude, and Preventive Practices towards Sexually Transmitted Infections among Preparatory School Students in West Gojjam Zone, Ethiopia Table 5 Factors associated with knowledge, attitude, and preventive practice on STIs among preparatory school students, West Gojjam zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018.
Variable Knowledge AOR (95% CI) Attitude AOR (95% CI) Practice AOR (95% CI) Good (%) Poor (%) Appropriate Inappropriate Good (%) Poor (%) Age of students 15–19 years 160 (42.8) 214 (57.2) 1 20–24 years 193 (48) 209 (52.0) 1.29 (0.96, 1.72) 25–29 years 16 (69.6) 7 (30.4) 2.33 (1.27, 4.28) Sex of the students NA Male 254 (55.1) 207 (44.9) 1.58 (1.19, 2.09) 222 (48.2) 239 (51.8) Female 164 (44.7) 203 (55.3) 1 162 (44.1) 205 (55.9) Religion of students NA NA Orthodox christianity 346 (49.4) 355 (50.6) 303 (43.2) 398 (56.8) Muslim 72 (56.7) 55 (43.3) 81 (63.8) 46 (36.2) Grade of students NA 11th grade 262 (47.9) 285 (52.1) 12th grade 122 (43.4) 159 (56.6) Cohabitant NA NA With my parents or relatives 211 (36.8) 363 (63.2) 255 (44.4) 319 (55.6) With my friend in rental home 62 (38.8) 98 (61.2) 88 (55.0) 72 (45.0) Myself in rental home 45 (47.9) 49 (52.1) 41 (43.6) 53 (56.4) Original residence NA NA Rural 250 (48.6) 264 (51.4) 227 (44.2) 287 (55.8) Urban 168 (53.5) 146 (46.5) 157 (50.0) 157 (50.0) Mother’s level of education NA NA No formal education 302 (49.1) 313 (50.9) 280 (45.5) 335 (54.5) Primary level of education (1st –8th grade) 50 (56.8) 38 (43.2) 44 (50.0) 44 (50.0) Secondary and above 66 (52.8) 59 (47.2) 60 (48.0) 65 (52.0) Father’s level of education NA NA No formal education 275 (50.1) 274 (49.9) 202 (36.8) 347 (63.2) 1 247 (45) 302 (55.0) Primary level of education (1st –8th grade) 51 (43.6) 66 (56.4) 42 (35.9) 75 (64.1) 1.18 (1.04, 3.02) 58 (49.6) 59 (50.4) Secondary and above 92 (56.8) 70 (43.2) 74 (45.7) 88 (54.3) 2.16 (1.28, 3.64) 79 (48.8) 83 (51.2) Mother’s occupation NA NA House wife 163 (47.5) 180 (52.5) 155 (45.2) 188 (54.8) Farmer 143 (49.7) 145 (50.3) 127 (44.1) 161 (55.9) Merchant 57 (53.8) 49 (46.2) 57 (53.8) 49 (46.2) Employee 55 (60.4) 36 (39.6) 45 (49.5) 46 (50.5) Father’s occupation NA Farmer 207 (46.7) 236 (53.3) 1 178 (40.2) 265 (59.8) 1.77 (1.04, 3.02) 193 (43.6) 250 (56.4) Merchant 111 (51.6) 104 (48.4) 1.35 (0.95, 1.93) 72 (33.5) 143 (66.5) 1.14 (0.69, 1.89) 107 (49.8) 108 (50.2) Employee 100 (58.8) 70 (41.2) 1.97 (1.18, 3.30) 68 (40.0) 102 (60.0) 1 84 (49.4) 86 (50.6) Ever practiced sexual intercourse No 268 (48.6) 283 (51.4) 1.44 (1.07, 1.94) Yes 116 (41.9) 161 (58.1) 1 Earning monthly pocket money NA No 116 (47.7) 127 (52.3) Yes 268 (45.8) 317 (54.2) Knowledge on STIs Poor 169 (41.2) 241 (58.8) 1 Good 215 (51.4) 203 (48.6) 1.53 (1.16, 2.02)
