Table 3 Factors associated with use of modern contraception at first sexual intercourse among sexually active Nepalese youth, univariate and multivariate analyses
Background Characteristics | n = 492 (%) | % of youth used modern contraceptive methods | Univariate analyses | Multivariate analyses | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Odd ratio (95% CI) | p-value | Adjusted odd ratio (95% CI) | p-value | |||
Sex | ||||||
Female | 245 (49.8) | 76 (30.9) | Ref. | <0.001* | Ref. | 0.437 |
Male | 247 (50.2) | 172 (69.7) | 5.14 (3.34–7.89) | 1.48 (0.54–4.03) | ||
Place of origin | ||||||
Rural | 296 (60.2) | 141 (47.6) | Ref. | Ref. | 0.849 | |
Urban | 196 (39.8) | 107 (54.6) | 1.32 (0.92–1.90) | 0.128 | 0.96 (0.64–1.45) | |
Ever studied at school | ||||||
Yes | 469 (95.3) | 245 (52.2) | 6.51 (1.51–28.08) | 0.013* | 2.74 (0.74–10.21) | 0.128 |
No | 23 (4.7) | 3 (14.4) | Ref. | Ref. | ||
Ethnicity | ||||||
Tibeto-Burmese | 214 (43.6) | 103 (41.6) | Ref. | 0.363 | Ref. | 0.486 |
Indo-Aryan | 278 (56.4) | 145 (58.4) | 1.18 (0.82–1.69) | 1.17 (0.74–1.85) | ||
Religion | ||||||
Hindu | 400 (81.3) | 204 (82.1) | Ref. | 0.671 | Ref. | 0.860 |
Non-Hindua | 92 (18.7) | 44 (17.9) | 0.91 (0.91–1.45) | 0.95 (0.54–1.68) | ||
Age at the first sexual intercourse | ||||||
12–15 | 42 (8.5) | 7 (2.6) | 0.17 (0.07–0.41) | 0.001* | 0.10 (0.03–0.31) | 0.001* |
16–19 | 306 (62.3) | 167 (67.5) | 1.13 (0.72–1.76) | 0.81 (0.50–1.33) | ||
20–24 | 144 (29.2) | 74 (29.9) | Ref. | Ref. | ||
Relationship type with partner | ||||||
Spouse | 255 (51.7) | 76 (30.6) | Ref. | <0.001* | Ref. | 0.003* |
Boy/girlfriend | 215 (43.8) | 153 (61.7) | 5.78 (3.88–8.61) | 4.55 (1.63–12.75) | ||
Familiar person/sex workerb | 22 (4.5) | 19 (7.7) | 15.29 (4.88–47.89) | 11.85 (2.70–43.54) | ||
Type of participation | ||||||
Willingly | 458 (93.0) | 236 (95.1) | Ref. | 0.064 | Ref. | 0.826 |
Unwillingly/forcefully | 34 (7.0) | 12 (4.9) | 0.51 (0.25–1.04) | 0.92 (0.44–1.95) | ||
Total | - | 248 (50.4) | ||||