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Table 3 Absolute and relative changes in proportion of respondents who believeda that it was important to adolescents that the physician ensured confidentiality of their consultancy about SRH issues, by survey yearb and socio-demographic factors: results from the multivariate analysis

From: Changes in public attitudes towards confidential adolescent sexual and reproductive health services in Lithuania after the introduction of new legislation: findings from the cross-sectional surveys conducted in 2005 and 2012

 

Absolute change

Relative change

%

(95 % CI)

p-value

PR

(95 % CI)

p-value

Constant

63.1

(53.5 to 72.6)

<0.001

0.61

(0.53 to 0.71)

<0.001

Gender:

      

 Male (ref.)

0

  

1

  

 Female

6.9

(2.2 to 11.6)

0.004

1.12

(1.05 to 1.21)

0.001

Age (years):

      

 16–34 (ref.)

0

  

1

  

 35–54

−8.9

(−15.6 to −2.2)

0.005

0.88

(0.80 to 0.96)

0.004

 55–74

−10.9

(−18.5 to −3.3)

0.009

0.85

(0.76 to 0.95)

0.004

Education:

      

 Basic or lower (ref.)

0

  

1

  

 General (secondary school)

7.1

(−0.1 to 14.3)

0.051

1.12

(1.00 to 1.25)

0.054

 Further education

7.6

(−0.1 to 15.2)

0.051

1.13

(1.00 to 1.27)

0.057

 Higher (university)

4.2

(−4.0 to 12.3)

0.317

1.08

(0.96 to 1.23)

0.198

Marital status:

      

 Married (ref.)

0

  

1

  

 Single

1.5

(−6.0 to 9.1)

0.688

1.03

(0.93 to 1.14)

0.572

 Divorced

−4.4

(−12.1 to 3.2)

0.256

0.94

(0.84 to 1.06)

0.307

 Widow(−er)

−5.2

(−13.5 to 3.1)

0.217

0.92

(0.80 to 1.06)

0.247

 Family without a registered marriage

−2.5

(−14.0 to 9.1)

0.673

1.00

(0.85 to 1.17)

0.963

Employment:

      

 Employed (ref.)

0

  

1

  

 Unemployed

−3.0

(−8.8 to 2.7)

0.302

0.97

(0.89 to 1.05)

0.428

Incomes (per month and family person) 1

      

 Up to 500 litas

0

  

1

  

 501 to 1000 litas

−3.4

(−9.1 to 2.4)

0.249

0.94

(0.87 to 1.03)

0.174

 More than 1000 litas

1.1

(−7.0 to 9.2)

0.793

1.00

(0.90 to 1.12)

0.992

Nationality:

      

 Lithuanian

0

  

1

  

 Other nationality

1.5

(−5.9 to 8.8)

0.699

1.03

(0.92 to 1.15)

0.634

Size of location:

      

 Up to 2,000 residents (ref.)

0

  

1

  

 2,000–180,000 residents

1.3

(−4.3 to 6.8)

0.659

1.04

(0.96 to 1.12)

0.375

 More than 180,000 residents

−3.2

(−9.3 to 2.8)

0.296

0.97

(0.88 to 1.06)

0.481

Survey year:

      

 2005 (ref.)

0

  

1

  

 2012

11.3

(6.2 to 16.5)

<0.001

1.16

(1.08 to 1.25)

<0.001

  1. PR: prevalence ratio
  2. CI: Wald confidence interval
  3. ref.: reference group
  4. awho said that it is “very important” or “important” that physician ensures confidentiality of adolescent consultation
  5. bdata of surveys in 2005 and 2012 adjusted for gender, age and marital status
  6. 11 litas = €0.29
  7. p-values in bold indicate a statistically significant difference