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J Epidemiol Community Health 59:223-230 doi:10.1136/jech.2004.023374
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The effect of dislike of school on risk of teenage pregnancy: testing of hypotheses using longitudinal data from a randomised trial of sex education

Table 4

 Associations between exposure and last sex and pregnancy outcomes

Exposure (superscript indicates group) Unprotected last sex Pregnancy
% (n) Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Adjusted* OR (95% CI) % (n) Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Adjusted* OR (95% CI)
1, Socioeconomic status group; 2, Expectation group; 3, Confidence group; 4, Knowledge group.
Attitude to school p = 0.008 p = 0.102 p = 0.000 p = 0.013
    Like 12.44 (49) 1 1 2.59 (35) 1 1
    Ambivalent 15.02 (38) 1.26 (0.70,2.29) 1.31 (0.76,2.27) 1.96 (17) 0.74 (0.42,1.28) 0.65 (0.28,1.55)
    Dislike 22.09 (38) 1.99 (1.25,3.17) 1.77 (1.02,3.06) 5.84 (25) 2.32 (1.40,3.85) 2.04 (0.97,4.26)
Non-privately owned accomodation1 p = 0.055 p = 0.119 p = 0.013 p = 0.013
    No 13.98 (73) 1 1 2.43 (43) 1 1
    Yes 18.93 (46) 1.42 (0.99,2.04) 1.38 (0.92,2.06) 4.59 (27) 1.97 (1.16,3.37) 1.50 (0.80,2.80)
Neither parent in full time employment1 p = 0.309 p = 0.127 p = 0.033 p = 0.028
    No 15.77 (109) 1 1 2.63 (59) 1 1
    Yes 12.17 (14) 0.73 (0.40,1.33) 0.58 (0.29,1.16) 4.18 (14) 1.65 (1.04,2.61) 1.93 (1.07,3.46)
Expectation of parenting by 202 p = 0.004 p = 0.632 p = 0.0000 p = 0.032
    No 13.99 (68) 1 1 2.52 (43) 1 1
    Unsure 13.73 (28) 0.95 (0.66,1.38) 0.89 (0.55,1.43) 1.85 (12) 0.73 (0.34,1.55) 0.64 (0.26,1.56)
    Yes 22.31 (29) 1.75 (1.24,2.45) 1.23 (0.62,2.19) 7.86 (22) 3.29 (1.95,5.54) 1.83 (1.01,3.33)
Lack of expectation of education/training at age 202 p = 0.003 p = 0.026 p = 0.0000 p = 0.032
    No 13.85 (77) 1 1 2.24 (44) 1 1
    Unsure 16.60 (40) 1.24 (0.90,1.69) 1.12 (0.72,1.75) 4.42 (28) 2.01 (1.26,3.19) 1.73 (0.91,3.29)
    Yes 38.10 (8) 3.90 (1.59,9.58) 3.85 (1.25,11.87) 11.36 (5) 5.53 (2.56,11.93) 4.89 (1.48,16.10)
Confidence in rejecting unwanted sex3 p = 0.018 p = 0.001 p = 0.253 p = 0.048
    ⩽Median score 16.87 (68) 1 1 2.69 (42) 1 1
    >Median score 14.14 (56) 0.80 (0.67,0.96) 0.78 (0.67,0.91) 3.59 (35) 1.14 (0.91,1.44) 1.28 (1.00,1.63)
Confidence communicating about sex3 p = 0.305 p = 0.135 p = 0.000 p = 0.008
    ⩽Median score 15.90 (69) 1 1 1.83 (35) 1 1
    >Median score 15.07 (55) 0.85 (0.63,1.16) 0.80 (0.60,1.07) 6.64 (42) 2.33 (1.62,3.35) 1.28 (1.00,1.63)
Knowledge of emergency contraception timing4 p = 0.995 p = 0.986 p = 0.091 p = 0.767
    No 15.40 (59) 1 1 2.44 (35) 1 1
    Yes 15.29 (65) 1.00 (0.60,1.65) 1.01 (0.56,1.80) 3.45 (40) 1.42 (0.95,2.12) 1.08 (0.65,1.78)
Knowledge of contraception and sexual health service access4 p = 0.934 p = 0.979 p = 0.015 p = 0.170
    0 14.29 (7) 1 1 2.09 (5) 1 1
    1 13.99 (20) 0.96 (0.43,2.14) 0.87 (0.34,2.22) 1.23 (8) 0.59 (0.18,1.88) 0.44 (0.13,1.49)
    2 16.28 (21) 1.19 (0.52,2.72) 1.00 (0.42,2.40) 3.94 (16) 1.97 (0.60,6.46) 0.62 (0.16,2.34)
    3 15.61 (76) 1.10 (0.50,2.42) 0.98 (0.45,2.12) 3.68 (48) 1.85 (0.67,5.11) 0.92 (0.33,2.54)

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