The uptake of key elements of sexual and reproductive health services and its predictors among rural adolescents in Southern Ethiopia, 2020: application of a Poisson regression analysis

Table 4 Results of the Multi-variable Generalized Linear regression Analysis with Poisson log link to identify the determinants of SRH service use among adolescents in Guraghe Zone, Southern Ethiopia, May1-30, 2020

Respondents’ characteristics	Mean of number of SRH services	p-value	Beta	AOR(95% CI)
Age
15–16	3.8	0.000^b	1	1
17–19	4.4		0.04	1.04(0.98,1.11)
Sex
Female	4.1	0.546^b
Male	4.0
Marital status
Un married	4.0	0.410^b
Ever Married	3.8
Current enrolment at school
No	3.07	0.000^b		1
Yes	4.14		0.114	1.12(0.98,1.28)
Educational status
No formal education	3.1	0.000^a	1	1
Primary	3.5		0.048	1.04(0.91,1.21)
Secondary	4.6		0.173	1.28(1.03,1.56)
Current living arrangement
With husband/ wife	3.5	0.002^a		1
With father only	3.1		− 0.157	0.85(0.53,1.36)
With mother only	3.7		0.145	1.15(0.67,1.98)
With both parents	4.1		0.009	1.01(0.79,1.27)
Mother’s education level (n = 969)
No Formal education	4.0	0.987^a
Primary	4.0
Secondary	4.0
Diploma and above	3.9
Father’s educational level
No formal education	3.9	0.001^a		1
Primary	3.9		− 0.006	0.99(0.92,1.07)
Secondary	4.4		0.033	1.03(0.94,1.13)
Diploma and above	4.8		0.070	1.07(0.94,1.22)
Family size
> 5	4.0	0.764^b
≤ 5	4.1
Availability of Youth clubs nearby
Yes	5.2	0.000^b		1
No	3.2		− 0.333	0.71(0.66,0.87)
Ever had sexual partner/s
No	4.1	0.363^b
Yes	4.0
Ever had a parental discussion on SRH issues
No	3.3	0.000		1
Yes	4.9		0.194	1.31(1.13,1.51)
Overall knowledge
Knowledgeable	4.8	0.000		1
Not knowledgeable	3.1		− 0.234	0.79(0.73,0.85)

Key: 1: reference category; AOR Adjusted odds ratio, p-values with ^aindicates descriptive analysis by using ONE WAY ANOVA, and p-value with ^bindicates independent t-test analysis

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