Adolescents’ Communication on Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters with Their Parents and Associated Factors among Secondary and Preparatory School Students in Ambo Town, Oromia, Ethiopia

Table 5

Factors associated with parent-adolescent communication on SRH issues among secondary and preparatory school students in Ambo Town, Oromia region, Ethiopia, 2019.

Variables	Parent-adolescent SRH communication		Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	value
	Yes	No
Sex
Male	135	180	1	1	0.001
Female	87	188	1.62(1.15, 2.27)	2.03(1.37, 2.99)
Age group
14-16	71	81	1.66(1.14, 2.42)	1.73(0.78, 1.94)	0.356
17-19	151	287	1	1
School type
Government	95	88	1	1	0.009
Private	127	280	2.38(0.64, 3.40)	2.77(1.17, 3.69)
Father’s occupation
Private	63	97	1.60(1.05, 2.43)	0.83(0.47, 1.46)	0.530
Government	88	96	2.26(1.51, 3.36)	2.44(0.66, 3.30)	0.493
Others	71	175	1	1
Father’s education
No formal education	27	79	1	1
Primary (grade 1 to 8)	26	59	1.28(0.56, 3.56)	1.84(0.64, 5.29)	0.256
Secondary (grade 9 to 12)	51	101	1.47(0.10, 4.48)	2.93(1.05, 8.12)	0.039
Diploma and above	118	129	2.67(0.59, 4.26)	3.27(1.23, 8.71)	0.017
Know the age at which menses starts
Yes	153	219	1.50(0.46, 2.94)	1.28(0.77, 2.52)	0.327
No	69	149	1	1
Know sexually transmitted diseases
Yes	194	295	1.71(0.36, 1.9)	1.96(0.80, 2.32)	0.249
No	28	73	1	1
The necessity of sex education
Yes	158	230	1.48(1.12, 4.86)	2.83(1.22, 6.57)	0.015
No	64	138	1	1
Got information about sexual matters from school
Yes	116	133	1.98(0.93, 2.05)	2.01(1.06, 2.36)	0.023
No	106	235	1	1
Got information about sexual matters from media
Yes	139	143	2.63(1.27, 3.02)	2.92(1.49, 3.71)	0.001
No	83	225	1	1
Got information about sexual matters at home
Yes	33	39	1.47(0.41, 2.11)	2.00(0.53, 2.88)	0.986
No	189	329	1	1
Mother open to discuss SRH issues
Yes	62	40	3.17(1.73, 4.58)	3.30(1.31, 4.05)	0.004
No	160	328	1	1

Significant association .