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Table 4 Multiple Logistic Regression models for capitals and competence score (dependent variable) among adolescent girls by pregnancy statusa*

From: Socio-cultural and economic factors influencing adolescents’ resilience against the threat of teenage pregnancy: a cross-sectional survey in Accra, Ghana

Social & cultural capital variables

Never pregnant girls

Pregnant and young mothers

Odds Ratio

95 %

C.I.

P-Value

Odds Ratio

95 %

C.I.

P-Value

Model 1: Social capital

        

 Husband/partner

0.6407

0.2759

1.4880

0.300

2.9272

0.9661

8.8689

0.058

 Nurses/doctors

1.4348

0.3302

6.2341

0.630

7.1912

1.8068

28.6216

0.005

 Other relatives

1.0414

0.6947

1.5611

0.844

1.4532

0.4938

4.2767

0.497

 Parents

1.4998

0.9990

2.2516

0.050

0.7479

0.2539

2.2035

0.598

 Peers

0.8350

0.5398

1.2918

0.418

2.4893

0.7362

8.4176

0.142

 Religious leaders

    

4.1876

0.1996

87.8472

0.356

 Teachers

1.4145

0.8552

2.3397

0.177

    

Model 2: Cultural capital

        

 Books

1.4293

0.0168

2.0091

0.039

1.7165

0.4608

6.3945

0.420

 Brochure

0.3134

0.1341

0.7321

0.007

1.0675

0.0313

36.4024

0.971

 Cell Phones

    

0.4231

0.0891

2.0104

0.279

 Magazines

    

1.9136

0.3187

11.4897

0.478

 Music songs

0.6170

0.3582

1.0631

0.082

5.0131

1.0565

23.7879

0.042

 Radio

    

0.9022

0.3455

2.3555

0.833

 Television (TV)

1.9244

1.1769

3.1466

0.009

1.4982

0.4065

5.5218

0.544

  1. aSorted in column 1 in alphabetical order under the headings “Social capital” and “Cultural capital”
  2. *Age and marital status were included in the model as control variables
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