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Table 8 Associations with no condom use among school-going adolescents in Sierra Leone and Liberia 2017 GSHS

From: Sexual risk behaviour among school-going adolescents in Sierra Leone and Liberia: a secondary analysis of the 2017 Global school-based student health surveys

Study characteristics

All AOR (95%CI)

Sierra Leone AOR (95%CI)

Liberia AOR (95%CI)

Liberia vs Sierra Leone

0.614(0.362–1.041)

  

Age group

 14 or less

1

1

1

 15–16

0.919(0.524–1.613)

0.943(0.398–2.234)

0.732(0.344–1.555)

 ≥ 17

0.686(0.398–1.181)

0.722(0.351–1.485

0.535(0.250–1.143)

Sex (Male vs female)

1.174(0.733–1.882)

1.060(0.502–2.242)

1.209(0.810–1.806)

Current alcohol use (yes vs no)

1.106(0.767–1.596)

0.954(0.366–2.485)

1.075(0.765–1.509)

Ever use cannabis (Yes vs No)

0.622(0.193–1.997)

0.418(0.093–1.877)

1.533(0.819–2.868)

Ever use amphetamine use (Yes vs No)

1.755(0.693–4.446)

2.544(0.634–10.206)

0.754(0.295–1.929)

Psychological distress items

 0

1

1

1

 1

1.346(1.016–1.783)

1.775(0.961–3.282)

1.138(0.812–1.595)

 2–5

0.772(0.505–1.180)

0.800(0.352–1.817)

0.809(0.522–1.254)

Missed class/school (yes vs no)

1.226(0.874–1.718)

1.244(0.747–2.074)

1.174(0.834–1.652)

Peer support (Yes vs No)

0.784(0.514–1.196)

1.019(0.499–2.080)

0.608(0.435–0.850)

Parental support

 Low

1.183(0.792–1.767)

1.565(0.778–3.151)

0.979(0.646–1.482)

 Medium

0.885(0.605–1.294)

0.813(0.425–1.558)

1.003(0.637–1.580)

 High

1

1

1