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Table 4 Factors associated with EC knowledge among secondary school students in Wolkite town, southern Ethiopia, 2019

From: Emergency contraceptive knowledge, utilization and associated factors among secondary school students in Wolkite town, southern Ethiopia, cross sectional study

Variable

Knowledge of EC

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

P-value

Yes

No

Age

 14–18 years

167

43

1

1

0.459

 19–23 years

95

3

0.453(0.237–0.507)

1.434(0.101–1.520)

0.234

 24–28 years

17

2

0.231(0.045–1.244)

1.50(0.364–4.625)

0.548

Admission type

 Night

41

1

7.025(1.28–12.32)

7.421(1.241–4.041)

0.026*

 Regular

238

47

1

1

1

Grade level

 Grade 9th

49

38

1

1

0.021

 Grade 10th

106

7

0.34(0.362–0.931)

4.21(3.451–4.172)

0.014*

 Grade 11th

66

0

0.251(0.670, 0.975)

0.421(0.521–1.371)

0.872

 Grade 12th

58

3

0.543(0.239, 0.439)

2.02(1..641 - 9.071)

0.035*

 Father education

     

Discussion about RH issues with parents

 Yes

126

14

2.00(1.028, 3.891)

2.721(0.231, − 2.612)

0.013*

 No

153

34

1

1

0.412

  1. CI Confidence interval, COR Crude odds ratio, AOR Adjusted odds ratio
  2. *P < 0.05 = indicates statistically significant association