Table 3 Logistic univariate and multivariate analyses showing the association of sociodemographic and clinical information with sexual health literacy

Living area

City

374 (93.5%)

73 (19.5%)

301 (80.5%)

1.83 (0.77,4.38)

0.173

1.21 (0.42, 3.50)

0.721

Urban

26 (6.5%)

8 (30.8%)

18 (69.2%)

Reference

Reference

Economic status

Poor

8(2.0%)

6 (75%)

2 (25%)

0.04 (0.0, 0.51)

0.013

0.02 (0.001, 0.53)

0.018

Medium

247 (61.8%)

53 (21.4%)

194 (78.6%)

0.41 (0.05, 3.28)

0.398

0.47 (0.05, 4.44)

0.514

Good

135 (33.8%)

21 (15.6%)

114 (84.4%)

0.60 (0.07, 5.01)

0.640

0.52 (0.05, 5.08)

0.577

Excellent

10 (2.5%)

1 (10%)

9 (90%)

Reference

-

Reference

-

Religion

Islam

397(99.3%)

79 (19.9%)

318 (80.1%)

Reference

0.090

Reference

0.110

Other

3 (0.8%)

6 (75%)

1 (33.3%)

0.12 (0.01, 1.39)

0.04 (0.001, 1.98)

Passing family knowledge course

Yes

330 (82.5%)

57 (17.2%)

273 (82.8%)

Reference

0.002

Reference

0.104

No

70 (17.5%)

24 (34.2%)

46 (65.8%)

0.40 (0.23, 0.71)

0.56 (0.28, 1.12)

Participation in sexual health workshop

Yes

77 (19.3%)

9 (11.7%)

68 (88.3%)

2.17 (1.03, 4.56)

0.041

1.31 (0.55, 3.10)

0.531

No

323 (80.8%)

72 (22.2%)

251 (77.8%)

Reference

Reference

Subscribe to sexual health social media

Yes

173 (43.3%)

26 (15%)

147 (85%)

1.81 (1.08, 3.03)

0.024

3.23 (1.51, 6.90)

0.002

No

227 (56.8%)

55 (24.2%)

172 (75.8%)

Reference

Reference

Use of contraceptive methods

Yes

285 (71.3%)

48 (16.9%)

237 (83.1%)

Reference

0.008

Reference

0.079

No

115 (28.7%)

33 (28.7%)

82 (71.3%)

0.50 (0.30, 0.84)

0.55 (0.29, 1.07)

Use of condom

Never

99 (24.8%)

24 (24.2%)

75 (75.8%)

Reference

-

Reference

-

Usually, not

59 (14.8%)

16 (27.1%)

43 (72.9%)

1.16 (0.56, 2.43)

0.688

0.79 (0.33, 1.86)

0.591

Sometimes

147 (36.8%)

18 (12.2%)

129 (87.8%)

2.67 (1.25, 5.68)

0.011

1.94 (0.88, 4.29)

0.100

Always

95 (23.8%)

23 (24.2%)

72 (75.8%)

1.17 (0.56, 2.45)

0.87

0.72 (0.31, 1.65)

0.443

Internet search information source

Yes

258 (64.5%)

61 (23.7%)

197 (76.3%)

Reference

0.024

Reference

0.047

No

142 (35.5%)

20 (14%)

122 (86%)

0.88 (0.79, 0.98)

1.91 (1.00, 3.64)

information source of channels and cyberspace

Yes

90 (22.5%)

22 (24.4%)

68 (75.6%)

2.46 (1.40, 4.30)

0.002

3.32 (1.46, 7.56)

0.004

No

310 (77.5%)

59 (19%)

251 (81%)

Reference

Reference

Faculty

Medicine

59 (14.8%)

10 (17%)

49 (83%)

Reference

-

Reference

-

Dentistry

23 (5.8%)

10 (43.4%)

13 (56.6%)

0.27 (0.09, 0.77)

0.015

0.07 (0.10, 0.53)

0.010

Pharmacy

17 (4.3%)

0 (0%)

17 (100%)

3.27 (0.39, 27.52)

0.277

3.36 (0.15, 73.36)

0.440

Health

95 (23.8%)

20 (21%)

75 (79%)

0.77 (0.33, 1.77)

0.533

2.07 (0.65,6.60)

0.217

Nursing and midwifery

107 (26.8%)

17 (15.9%)

90 (84.1%)

1.08 (0.46, 2.54)

0.859

2.59 (0.79, 8.49)

0.115

Paramedical and New technologies

99 (24.8%)

24 (29.3%)

75 (23.6%)

0.64 (0.28, 1.45)

0.283

1.73 (0.54, 5.48)

0.351

Educational level

Bachelor’s degree

203 (50%)

48 (24%)

155 (76%)

Reference

-

Reference

-

Master degree

113 (28.2%)

21 (18.6%)

92 (81.4%)

1.31 (0.74, 2.33)

0.361

1.38 (0.66, 2.85)

0.385

General doctorate

61 (15.3%)

8 (13.1%)

53 (86.9%)

1.42 (0.46, 4.38)

0.543

2.14 (0.51, 8.89)

0.291

Ph.D

23 (5.8%)

4 (17.3%)

19 (82.7%)

1.98 (0.88, 4.46)

0.100

17.82 (2.29, 138.21)

0.006