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Table 5 Factors associated with EC utilization 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

Use of EC

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

P- Value

Yes

No

Admission type

 Regular

5

16

1

1

0.431

 Night

10

6

3.813(1.349,4.245)

0.274(0.671–7.281)

0.976

Grade level

 Grade 9th

2

12

1

1

0.021

 Grade 10th

8

4

0.343(0.232, 1.458)

0.73 (0.24–7.521)

0.631

 Grade 11th

4

5

0.451(0.078,2.528)

1.812(0.672–1.278)

0.038*

 Grade 12th

1

1

0.243(0.014, 1.271)

2.83(0.231–1.549)

0.026*

Marital status

 Single

3

17

1

1

0.910

 Married

12

4

0.254(0.011, 0.512)

1.24(0.340–3.091)

0.834

Have a boy friend

 Yes

14

9

1.321(1.065, 1.721)

5.723(1.007–1.213)

0.015*

 No

1

13

1

1

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