Time to First Sexual Experience and Its Determinants among Female Youths in Ethiopia: Survival Analysis Based on EDHS 2016

Table 4

Bivariable and multivariable Cox regression analysis for determinants of time to first sexual experience among female youths in Ethiopia, EDHS 2016 ().

Variable	Categories	Outcome		CHR (95% CI)	AHR (95% CI)
		Censored	Event
Residence	Urban	969	498	1	1
	Rural	2309	2366	1.59 (1.41, 1.81)	1.07 (0.91, 1.28)
Religion	Orthodox	1401	1239	1	1
	Muslim	874	1009	1.17 (1.04, 1.32)	0.93 (0.82, 1.05)
	Protestant	948	539	0.89 (0.76, 1.04)	0.86 (0.74, 1.00)
	Others	55	78	1.08 (0.89, 1.31)	0.84 (0.69, 1.02)
Educational status	No education	330	900	3.13 (2.56, 3.81)	2.72 (2.16, 3.39)
	Primary	1884	1449	2.39 (2.00, 2.85)	2.17 (1.79, 2.63)
	Secondary	824	360	1.55 (1.28, 1.88)	1.47 (1.21, 1.77)
	Higher	240	156	1	1
Wealth index	Poor	826	1200	1.52 (1.36, 1.69)	1.15 (1.00, 1.32)
	Middle	560	554	1.38 (1.21, 1.58	1.11 (0.96, 1.29)
	Rich	1893	1110	1	1
Working status	No	2369	2095	1.24 (1.11, 1.39)	1.03 (0.93, 1.16)
	Yes	909	770	1	1
Khat chewing	No	3124	2492	1	1
	Yes	154	373	1.24 (1.05, 1.46)	1.11 (0.92, 1.34)
Frequency of watching television	Not at all	2066	2139	1.57 (1.37, 1.79)	0.99 (0.84, 1.19)
	Less than once a week	480	334	1.32 (1.11, 1.57)	1.08 (0.91, 1.28)
	At least once a week	733	391	1	1
Frequency of listening to radio	Not at all	1972	1938	1.25 (1.12, 1.40)	0.99 (0.81, 1.15)
	Less than once a week	673	474	1.03 (0.89, 1.20)	1.00 (0.85, 1.18)
	At least once a week	632	454	1	1

N.B: CHR = crude hazard ratio; AHR = adjusted hazard ratio.