Associated factors for multidimensional attitudes and behaviors of reproductive health toward pregnancy among early and late adolescents in Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Results of mixed-effect multiple regression analyses

Attitudes of reproductive health
Female					Male
	Coefficient	95% CI		P-value		Coefficient	95% CI		P-value
Place					Place
Rural	Reference				Rural	Reference
Town	− 0.15	− 0.99	0.69	0.72	Town	− 0.72	− 1.81	0.36	0.20
Age					Age
− 12	Reference				− 12	Reference
12–14	− 0.39	− 1.00	0.23	0.22	12–14	− 0.07	− 0.90	0.76	0.87
14−	− 0.94	− 1.75	− 0.13	0.02	14−	− 0.30	− 1.21	0.61	0.52
Have brother/sister					Have brother/sister
No	Reference				No	Reference
Yes	− 0.10	− 0.80	0.60	0.78	Yes	0.60	− 0.09	1.28	0.09
Religion					Religion
Christian	Reference				Christian	Reference
Muslim	0.19	− 0.26	0.64	0.41	Muslim	− 0.23	− 0.73	0.26	0.36
Others	0.23	− 2.54	3.00	0.87	Others	− 0.24	− 3.52	3.04	0.89
Hope for marriage					Hope for marriage
No	Reference				No	Reference
Yes	− 0.85	− 1.34	− 0.35	< 0.001	Yes	− 0.45	− 1.06	0.17	0.15
Experience of menstruation or nocturnal emission					Experience of menstruation or nocturnal emission
No	Reference				No	Reference
Yes	− 0.09	− 0.66	0.48	0.76	Yes	0.33	− 0.23	0.88	0.25
Experience of sexual intercourse					Experience of sexual intercourse
No	Reference				No	Reference
Yes	0.36	− 3.52	4.25	0.85	Yes	0.63	− 1.86	3.12	0.62
Hope in the future	− 0.18	− 0.23	− 0.14	< 0.001	Hope in the future	− 0.17	− 0.22	− 0.11	< 0.001
Talk about sex or pregnancy with parents					Talk about sex or pregnancy with parents
No	Reference				No	Reference
Yes	− 0.52	− 0.98	− 0.07	0.02	Yes	0.21	− 0.29	0.70	0.41
Have daily talk with parents					Have daily talk with parents
No	Reference				No	Reference
Yes	− 0.52	− 1.10	0.06	0.08	Yes	− 0.05	− 0.70	0.59	0.87

Behaviors of reproductive health
Female					Male
	Coefficient	95% CI		P-value		Coefficient	95% CI		P-value
Place					Place
Rural	Reference				Rural	Reference
Town	− 0.05	− 0.70	0.59	0.87	Town	0.14	− 0.61	0.89	0.72
Age					Age
− 12	Reference				− 12	Reference
12–14	− 0.03	− 0.41	0.36	0.90	12–14	− 0.40	− 0.92	0.12	0.14
14−	− 0.62	− 1.15	− 0.10	0.02	14−	− 0.64	− 1.21	− 0.06	0.03
Have brother/sister					Have brother/sister
No	Reference				No	Reference
Yes	− 0.07	− 0.51	0.36	0.74	Yes	− 0.21	− 0.63	0.22	0.34
Religion					Religion
Christian	Reference				Christian	Reference
Muslim	0.004	− 0.28	0.29	0.98	Muslim	0.15	− 0.16	0.46	0.34
Others	− 0.50	− 2.23	1.22	0.57	Others	0.85	− 1.20	2.91	0.42
Hope for marriage					Hope for marriage
No	Reference				No	Reference
Yes	− 0.30	− 0.61	0.01	0.06	Yes	− 0.05	− 0.43	0.34	0.81
Experience of menstruation or nocturnal emission					Experience of menstruation or nocturnal emission
No	Reference				No	Reference
Yes	0.09	− 0.27	0.45	0.61	Yes	0.34	− 0.01	0.69	0.05
Experience of sexual intercourse					Experience of sexual intercourse
No	Reference				No	Reference
Yes	0.02	− 2.41	2.44	0.99	Yes	0.81	− 0.75	2.37	0.31
Hope in the future	− 0.07	− 0.10	− 0.04	< 0.001	Hope in the future	− 0.05	− 0.08	− 0.01	0.01
Talk about sex or pregnancy with parents					Talk about sex or pregnancy with parents
No	Reference				No	Reference
Yes	− 0.49	− 0.77	− 0.20	0.001	Yes	− 0.17	− 0.48	0.14	0.28
Have daily talk with parents					Have daily talk with parents
No	Reference				No	Reference
Yes	− 0.53	− 0.89	− 0.16	0.004	Yes	− 0.61	− 1.01	− 0.21	0.003

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