Table 3 |
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Predictors of highest grade completed§ by adolescents in Southwest Ethiopia |
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Predictors |
Bivariate |
Multivariable¶ |
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β |
P |
β∫ |
P |
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Female gender |
-0.21 |
0.083 |
- |
- |
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Age in completed years |
0.76 |
< 0.001 |
0.66 |
< 0.001 |
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Adolescent food insecurity |
-0.45 |
0.003 |
-0.44 |
< 0.001 |
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Severe household food insecurity |
-0.63 |
< 0.001 |
-0.41 |
< 0.001 |
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The highest grade the adolescent aspires to complete |
0.30 |
< 0.001 |
0.17 |
< 0.001 |
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Residence in semi urban area*,f |
0.70 |
< 0.001 |
-0.92 |
< 0.001 |
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Residence in rural areaf |
-3.04 |
< 0.001 |
-2.70 |
< 0.001 |
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Gender of the head of the household |
0.77 |
< 0.001 |
-0.10 |
0.402 |
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Household income |
0.01 |
< 0.001 |
0.00 |
0.235 |
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§The highest grade completed in school refers to the grade attained 1 year after the collection of data on predictors. ∫Coefficients as obtained from a multivariable linear regression model [adjusted R² = 0.48]. ¶Multivariable models with the highest grade completed by the adolescents as dependent variable and predictors with P < 0.05 of the bivariate model. *Yebbu, Serbo & Dedo Towns. Parameters estimates adjusted for gender, household income, gender of the household head and the tabulated variables. fUrban was used as a reference category in the multivariable model. |
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Belachew et al. Nutrition Journal 2011 10:29 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-10-29 |
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