Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice toward Youth-Friendly Reproductive Health Services among Mizan-Tepi University Students, South-Western Ethiopia

Table 6

Multiple logistic regression results of knowledge, attitude, and practice of students toward YFRHS.

Variables	Categories	Knowledge		Attitude		Practice
		AOR (95% CI)	value	AOR (95% CI)	value	AOR (95% CI)	value
Sex	Female	Ref.
	Male	1.847 (1.124–3.034)	0.015	0.519 (0.315–0.856)	0.010	1.821 (1.114–2.975)	0.017
Age (years)	18–20	Ref.
	21–22	2.732 (1.405–5.313)	0.003	0.418 (0.212–0.827)	0.012	2.275 (1.164–4.447)	0.016
	23–24	4.345 (1.742–7.168)	0.002	1.260 (0.611–2.599)	0.531	0.901 (0.443–1.836)	0.775
Region	Addis Ababa	Ref.
	Tigiray	0.314 (0.110–0.896)	0.030	1.561 (0.520–4.686)	0.427	0.498 (0.167–1.482)	0.210
	Amhara	1.210 (0.550–2.664)	0.635	1.043 (0.473–2.302)	0.916	0.779 (0.360–1.687)	0.527
	SNNPR	0.753 (0.358–1.582)	0.453	1.104 (0.519–2.349)	0.797	0.646 (0.305–1.365)	0.252
	Oromia	0.452 (0.207–0.986)	0.046	1.900 (0.860–4.195)	0.112	0.495 (0.228–1.073)	0.075
	Gambela	0.667 (0.229–1.941)	0.457	1.293 (0.440–3.801)	0.640	0.699 (0.246–1.987)	0.501
	Other	0.812 (0.393–1.676)	0.573	0.967 (0.465–2.011)	0.928	0.799 (0.387–1.650)	0.544
Mother education status	Uneducated	Ref.
	Primary	1.274 (1.139–2.541)	0.001	3.087 (1.557–6.121)	0.001	2.541 (1.160–5.569)	0.001
	Secondary	1.413 (1.185–3.919)	0.030	2.485 (1.108–5.571)	0.027	3.279 (1.516–7.094)	0.019
	Diploma	1.085 (0.398–2.957)	0.873	0.805 (0.294–2.208)	0.674	2.451 (1.034–5.813)	0.510
	Degree and above	0.678 (0.311–1.477)	0.328	1.348 (0.617–2.944)	0.454	7.125 (2.867–17.710)	0.595
Father education status	Uneducated	Ref.
	Primary	2.605 (1.191–5.699)	0.017	0.574 (0.262–1.256)	0.165	2.541 [1.160–5.569)	0.020
	Secondary	3.544 (1.643–7.648)	0.001	0.318 (0.147–0.689)	0.004	3.279 [1.516–7.094)	0.003
	Diploma	2.725 (1.138–6.523)	0.024	0.428 (0.179–1.024)	0.057	2.451 [1.034–5.813)	0.042
	Degree and above	8.308 (3.299–20.923)	0.001	0.135 (0.053–0.341)	0.001	7.125 [2.867–17.710)	0.001
Any service in area	No	Ref.
	Yes	3.230 (1.908–5.469)	0.001	0.392 (0.230–0.668)	0.001	2.475 (1.469–4.168)	0.001
	I do not know	2.559 (1.216–5.385)	0.013	0.345 (0.162–0.733)	0.006	1.476 (0.706–3.086)	0.301
Source of information	Parent	Ref.
	Friend	0.927 (0.430–1.995)	0.846	1.733 (0.805–3.730)	0.160	0.738 (0.346–1.572)	0.431
	Teacher	1.657 (0.774–3.544)	0.193	0.663 (0.312–1.408)	0.285	1.691 (0.802–3.565)	0.168
	Newspaper	0.119 (0.027–0.529)	0.005	7.776 (1.764–34.290)	0.007	0.151 (0.034–0.668)	0.013
	Media	0.288 (0.112–0.738)	0.009	5.177 (1.944–13.787)	0.001	0.305 (0.119–0.785)	0.014
Religion	Orthodox	Ref.
	Protestant	0.981 (0.527–1.823)	0.951	1.455 (0.781–2.711)	0.237	0.936 (0.508–1.724)	0.832
	Catholic	0.713 (0.333–1.527)	0.384	1.696 (0.790–3.639)	0.175	0.728 (0.341–1.554)	0.412
	Muslim	0.807 (0.404–1.609)	0.542	1.590 (0.792–3.193)	0.192	0.796 (0.401–1.579)	0.514
	Other	0.314 (0.110–0.896)	0.030	7.582 (2.318–24.796)	0.001	0.197 (0.062–0.624)	0.006

Ref.: reference categories, significant variables at the 5% level of significance, and AOR: adjusted odds ratio.