Equity of access to reproductive health services among youths in resource-limited suburban communities of Mandalay City, Myanmar

Table 5 Factors significantly associated with unmet needs for RH services

Factor	SRH information	Family planning	Maternal care	HIV/STD testing
	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Age group: ref. = Adolescents		-	-
Young adults	0.55 (0.34 – 0.91)†			0.43 (0.21 – 0.86)†
Youth's residence: ref. = East	-	-	-
North-west				1.40 (0.49 – 4.01)
West				0.75 (0.33 – 1.7)
South- west				5.14 (1.68 – 15.75)‡
South				3.16 (1.40 – 7.16) ‡
Schooling status: ref. = In-school		-	-	-
Out-of-school	4.47 (2.30 – 8.68)*
Marital status: ref = Never married	-		-	-
Ever married		0.09 (0.01 – 0.97)*
Number of family members: ref = ≤5 persons	-	-		-
>5 persons			2.6 (1.25 – 5.37)‡
Overall accessibility: ref = Low		-	-	-
High	0.61 (0.39 – 0.94)†
Media exposure: ref = Never exposed	-		-	-
Ever exposed		0.21 (0.05 – 0.83)†
Knowledge on RH services	0.78 (0.68 – 0.90)*	0.61 (0.41 – 0.89) ‡	-	0.72 (0.59 – 0.88)*
Perceived norm of peer exposure to RH services: ref = No	-	-
Yes			0.09 (0.01 – 0.76)‡	0.16 (0.05 – 0.54)*

Notes: † p ≤ 0.05; ‡p ≤ 0.01; *p ≤ 0.001 (Likelihood ratio test) OR: Odds Ratio; CI: Confidence Interval.
Factors included in each initial model were sex, education attainment, occupation, personal income, parental status, father’s education, mother’s education, household income, history of sexual exposure, pregnancy status.

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