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Table 3 Adjusted odds ratios of condom use at last sex (n = 260)

From: Condom use at last sex by young men in Ethiopia: the effect of descriptive and injunctive norms

 

AOR

95% CI

Age

 15–19

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 20–24

0.61

(0.33–1.12)

Education

 Never attended school/Primary

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 Secondary/technical/vocational/higher

1.84

(0.99–3.42)

Religion

 Orthodox Christian

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 Muslim

2.07

(0.96–4.45)

 Protestant

1.63

(0.51–5.23)

Region

 Oromia

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 Tigray

1.12

(0.46–2.71)

 Amhara/Benshangul-Gumuz

1.07

(0.44–2.63)

 SNNP

1.67

(0.72–3.87)

Proximity to health facility/YFS

  < 5 km from YFS

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 5-10 km from YFS

0.46*

(0.23–0.92)

  < 5 km from non-YFS

0.47

(0.22–1.05)

Wealth quintile

 Lowest

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 Lower

2.31

(0.87–6.14)

 Middle

1.64

(0.70–3.85)

 Higher

3.10*

(1.24–7.73)

 Highest

1.99

(0.79–4.99)

Chewed khat, drank alcohol, smoked cigarettes in past month

 Did not do any behavior

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 Did one or more behaviors

0.88

(0.45–1.70)

Descriptive Norm: Knows a friend who has ever used condoms

 Yes

4.74**

(2.26–9.95)

Injunctive norm: “I would be worried about what people in my community would say if they found out I needed condoms”

 Disagree

3.39**

(1.38–8.35)

Descriptive norm × Injunctive norm

 Descriptive Norm: Yes × Injunctive Norm: Disagree

0.37

(0.12–1.19)

  1. * p-value ≤0.05; ** p-value ≤0.01