Substance Use among Homeless Reproductive Age People in Southern Ethiopia

Table 3

Bivariate and multivariate analyses of factors associated with alcohol use among homeless reproductive age people in southern Ethiopia, 2019 ().

Variables	Alcohol use		OR (95% CI)
	Yes	No	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
Age in years
15-18	71	175	1	1
19-25	153	254	0.67 (0.48, 0.95)	0.49 (0.34, 0.72)
26 and more	85	104	0.49 (0.33, 0.74)	0.40 (0.25, 0.65)
Educational status
Illiterate	43	144	1
Literate	266	389	0.48 (0.33, 0.70)	0.61 (0.39, 0.94)
Marital status
Single	207	314	1	1
Married	60	173	1.90 (1.13, 2.68)	2.29 (0.82, 2.43)
Divorced	42	46	0.72 (0.46, 1.14)	1.22(0.73, 2.03)
Place of residence prior to joining street life
Major urban town	136	177	0.31 (0.19, 0.49)	0.31 (0.18, 0.51)
Small town	142	227	0.38 (0.25, 0.59)	0.38 (0.23, 0.63)
Rural area	31	129	1	1
Type of street
Street “on” [return to home at the night]	90	184	1.28 (0.95, 1.74)	1.27 (0.92, 1.77)
Street “off”[sleep on the street]	219	349	1	1
Duration of stay on the street
< 5 years	194	427	2.66 (1.21, 4.36)	2.37 (0.89, 3.46)
5-10 years	86	82	1.15 (0.62, 2.14)	1.42 (0.73, 2.74)
> 10 years	29	24	1	1
Ever heard about STDs
Yes	299	431	0.14 (0.07, 0.27)	0 0.14 (0.07, 027)
No	10	102	1	1
Cigarette smokers
Yes	161	162	2.49 (1.87, 3.33)	2.67 (1.94, 3.71)
No	148	371	1	1