Prevalence and Correlates of Truancy among School-Going Adolescents in Mozambique: Evidence from the 2015 Global School-Based Health Survey

Table 3

Multivariate analysis on the association between independent variables and truancy.

Variable	Model I OR (95% CI)	Model II OR (95% CI)	Model III OR (95% CI)
Age
11-14	Ref	Ref	Ref
15+	1.4631.168,1.833	1.4751.165,1.868	1.4601.153,1.848]
Experienced hunger
No	Ref	Ref	Ref
Yes	1.5151.218,1.884	1.2390.983,1.561	1.2290.975,1.550]
Tobacco use
No	–	Ref	Ref
Yes	–	1.599 1.045,2.446	1.613 1.051,2.475
Engaged in a fight
No	–	Ref	Ref
Yes	–	1.083 0.835,1.404	1.071 0.825,1.389
Smoking
No	–	Ref	Ref
Yes	–	1.8841.289,2.754	1.8931.293,2.771
Bullied
No	–	Ref	Ref
Yes	–	1.341 1.050,1.713	1.314 1.027,1.681
Attacked
No	–	Ref	Ref
Yes	–	1.6621.282,2.156	1.6561.276,2.14
Number of Close friends
0	–	Ref	Ref
1-2	–	2.0461.163,3.600	2.1311.214,3.740
3+	–	1.335 0.764,2.331	1.382 0.793,2.407
Felt Lonely
No	–	Ref	Ref
Yes	–	1.283 1.010,1.630	1.2951.019,1.646
Suicidal Ideation
No	–	Ref	Ref
Yes	–	1.3100.933,1.841	1.2880.914,1.815
Parents checking Homework
No	–	Ref	Ref
Yes			0.530.232,0.791
N	1500	1500	1500
Pseudo R^2	0.013	0.089	0.091

p<0.05, p<0.01, and p<0.001; CI=confidence interval; Ref=reference; OR=odds ratio.