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

Table 4 Results of mixed-effect multiple regression analyses with multiple imputations

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	− 0.94	0.65	0.72	Town	− 0.65	− 1.70	0.39	0.22
Age					Age
− 12	Reference				− 12	Reference
12–14	− 0.57	− 1.17	0.03	0.06	12–14	− 0.01	− 0.82	0.80	0.98
14−	− 1.20	− 2.00	− 0.41	0.003	14−	− 0.24	− 1.12	0.63	0.58
Have brother/sister					Have brother/sister
No	Reference				No	Reference
Yes	− 0.03	− 0.71	0.65	0.93	Yes	0.57	− 0.09	1.23	0.09
Religion					Religion
Christian	Reference				Christian	Reference
Muslim	0.11	− 0.34	0.56	0.63	Muslim	− 0.25	− 0.73	0.23	0.31
Others	0.59	− 1.84	3.02	0.63	Others	− 0.35	− 3.45	2.75	0.82
Hope for marriage					Hope for marriage
No	Reference				No	Reference
Yes	− 0.76	− 1.24	− 0.28	0.002	Yes	− 0.36	− 0.95	0.24	0.24
Experience of menstruation or nocturnal emission					Experience of menstruation or nocturnal emission
No	Reference				No	Reference
Yes	− 0.10	− 0.67	0.46	0.72	Yes	0.27	− 0.25	0.80	0.31
Experience of sexual intercourse					Experience of sexual intercourse
No	Reference				No	Reference
Yes	0.06	− 3.85	3.97	0.98	Yes	0.51	− 1.70	2.72	0.65
Hope in the future	− 0.19	− 0.24	− 0.14	< 0.001	Hope in the future	− 0.17	− 0.23	− 0.12	< 0.001
Talk about sex or pregnancy with parents					Talk about sex or pregnancy with parents
No	Reference				No	Reference
Yes	− 0.47	− 0.92	− 0.03	0.04	Yes	0.20	− 0.27	0.67	0.41
Have daily talk with parents					Have daily talk with parents
No	Reference				No	Reference
Yes	− 0.53	− 1.10	0.03	0.06	Yes	− 0.21	− 0.84	0.42	0.52

Behaviors of reproductive health
Female					Male
	Coefficient	95% CI		P-value		Coefficient	95% CI		P-value
Place					Place
Rural	Reference				Rural	Reference
Town	− 0.07	− 0.69	0.56	0.84	Town	0.03	− 0.68	0.74	0.93
Age					Age
− 12	Reference				− 12	Reference
12–14	− 0.04	− 0.40	0.32	0.84	12–14	− 0.37	− 0.86	0.12	0.14
14−	− 0.70	− 1.20	− 0.19	0.01	14−	− 0.63	− 1.17	− 0.08	0.02
Have brother/sister					Have brother/sister
No	Reference				No	Reference
Yes	− 0.16	− 0.57	0.26	0.46	Yes	− 0.18	− 0.60	0.24	0.41
Religion					Religion
Christian	Reference				Christian	Reference
Muslim	0.01	− 0.26	0.29	0.92	Muslim	0.15	− 0.15	0.45	0.32
Others	− 0.44	− 1.95	1.08	0.57	Others	0.68	− 1.27	2.63	0.49
Hope for marriage					Hope for marriage
No	Reference				No	Reference
Yes	− 0.24	− 0.55	0.07	0.13	Yes	− 0.09	− 0.47	0.28	0.63
Experience of menstruation or nocturnal emission					Experience of menstruation or nocturnal emission
No	Reference				No	Reference
Yes	0.10	− 0.25	0.45	0.59	Yes	0.38	0.03	0.74	0.03
Experience of sexual intercourse					Experience of sexual intercourse
No	Reference				No	Reference
Yes	− 0.13	− 2.55	2.29	0.92	Yes	0.55	− 0.85	1.95	0.44
Hope in the future	− 0.08	− 0.10	− 0.05	< 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	− 0.44	− 0.72	− 0.16	0.002	Yes	− 0.15	− 0.45	0.15	0.32
Have daily talk with parents					Have daily talk with parents
No	Reference				No	Reference
Yes	− 0.47	− 0.83	− 0.11	0.01	Yes	− 0.59	− 0.99	− 0.18	0.005

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