Teenage childbearing and school dropout in a sample of 18,791 single mothers in Cameroon

Table 2 Factors associated to school dropout in 18,791 teenage single mothers recruited between 2005 and 2011, in Cameroon

	n	OR	95% C.I	p-value	OR^a	95% C.I	p-value
Age at first childbirth
10–14 ans	1244	1.11	0.99–1.24	0.07	1.49	1.32–1.69	0.001
15–19 ans	17,547	1			1
Educational level
Vocational school	395	0.33	0.27–0.42	0.001	0.30	0.23–0.38	0.001
Primary school	6850	0.42	0.40–0.44	0.001	0.40	0.37–0.42	0.001
High school or University	11,546	1			1
Sent away from home
Yes	2317	1.27	1.17–1.38	0.001	1.85	1.69–2.04	0.001
No	16,474	1			1
Father providing for the child needs
Yes	10,765	1			1
No	8026	1.41	1.35–1.47	0.001	1.20	1.13–1.28	0.001
Family history of teenage mothers
Yes	12,970	1.28	1.23–1.33	0.001	1.16	1.08–1.25	0.001
No	5821	1			1
Number of sexual partners during the last 12 months
0	1226	0.65	0.57–0.73	0.001	0.79	0.68–0.91	0.001
1	14 758	0.69	0.66–0.71	0.001	0.86	0.80–0.92	0.001
≥ 2	4713	1			1
Use condom during the last sexual intercourse
Yes	6162	1			1
No	12,629	1.28	1.22–1.35	0.001	1.01	0.94–1.07	0.873
Ever done HIV screening test
Yes	12,229	1			1
No	6562	1.41	1.22–1.35	0.001	1.15	1.08–1.23	0.001
Number of children
1	12,528	0.67	0.64–0.69	0.001	0.72	0.60–0.87	0.007
2–3	5722	0.89	0.84–0.94	0.001	1.03	0.85–1.25	0.409
≥ 4	541	1			1
Was raped
Yes		1			1
No		0.87	0.78–0.96	0.007	0.88	0.78–0.98	0.026

^aAdjusted for every variable presented and year of inclusion in the study, socioanthropological region, partner’s profession, amount of expenses during the last month, condom use during the last sexual intercourse, age at first sexual intercourse, ever had an STD

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