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Table 2 Unadjusted odds ratios for association of risky sexual behavior with socio-demographic, social and economic factors

From: Prevalence and associated factors of risky sexual behaviors among undergraduate students in state universities of Western Province in Sri Lanka: a descriptive cross sectional study

Factors

Risky sexual behavior

OR

p value

 

Yes No (%)

No No (%)

(95%CI)

 

Sex

 Male

123 (64.7)

522 (37.8)

3.02 (2.20–4.15)

< 0.001

 Female

67 (35.3)

859 (62.2)

Reference

 

Age

  ≤ 22 yrs

55 (29.3)

414 (30.0)

1.04 (0.74–1.45)

0.83

  > 23 yrs

133 (70.7)

964 (70.0)

Ref

 

Residence

 Outside home

137 (72.1)

948 (68.5)

1.19 (0.85–1.66)

0.31

 In home

53 (27.9)

436 (31.5)

Ref

 

Religion

 Buddhist

176 (92.6)

1238 (89.4)

1.50 (0.84–2.64)

0.17

 Non-Buddhists

14 (7.4)

147(10.6)

Ref

 

Ethnicity

 Sinhala

188 (98.9)

1292 (93.3)

6.77 (1.65–27.69)

0.002

 Non- Sinhala

2 (1.1)

93 (6.7)

Ref

 

Income

  ≤ 50,000 rupees

139 (77.2)

1055 (82.8)

0.70 (0.48–1.03)

0.07

  > 50,000 rupees

41 (15.8)

219 (17.2)

Ref

 

Financial support

  > 3000 Rs/month

13 (9.8)

81(7.8)

1.28 (0.69–2.37)

0.43

  ≤ 3000 Rs/month

119(90.2)

951 (92.2)

Ref

 

Academic year

 Second

112 (58.9)

818 (59.1)

1.005(0.74–.37)

0.98

 Third

78 (41.1)

567 (40.9)

Ref

 

Academic stream

 Bio-Science

26 (13.7)

222 (16.0)

0.83 (0.54–1.29)

0.41

 Non Bio-Science

164 (86.3)

1163 (84.0)

Ref

 

School type

 Mixed

70 (49.0)

575 (51.8)

0.89 (0.63–1.26)

0.51

 Non-mixed

73 (51.0)

534 (48.2)

Ref

 

Religious activities

 More

58 (30.5)

615 (44.8)

0.54 (0.39–0.75)

< 0.001

 Less

132 (69.5)

759 (55.2)

Ref

 

Importance of religion

 More

118 (62.1)

1084 (78.3)

0.46 (0.33–0.63)

< 0.001

 Less

72 (37.9)

301 (21.7)

Ref

 

Access to talk with relative,

 Yes

110 (57.9)

969 (70.1)

0.59 (0.43–0.80)

0.001

 No

80 (42.1)

416 (30.0)

Ref

 

Access to talk with friends

 Yes

177 (93.2)

1231 (88.9)

1.70 (0.95–3.06)

0.07

 No

13 (6.8)

154 (11.1)

Ref