Table 3 Factors associated with emotional and behavioural difficulties in simple and multiple binary logistic regression

Sex

 Male

25(31.6)

54(68.4)

1

-

-

 Female

50(25.3)

148(74.7)

1.370(0.773–2.429)

0.281

-

-

Religion

 Protestant

53(38.7)

84(61.3)

1

1

 Roman Catholic

10(18.9)

43(81.1)

2.713(1.257–5.855)

0.011

4.113(1.502–11.262)

0.006

 Pentecost

8(16.7)

46(84.3)

3.155(1.371–7.259)

0.007

3.730(1.155–12.043)

0.028

 Tradition

2(14.3)

12(85.7)

3.786(0.815–17.587)

0.089

2.130(0.399–11.379)

0.377

 Muslim

2(10.5)

17(89.5)

5.363(1.191–24.155)

0.02

4.742(0.534–42.100)

0.162

Participant’s Education Level

 Up to primary

48(30.4)

110(69.6)

1

1

 Secondary and above

27(22.7)

92(77.3)

1.606(0.920–2.803)

0.096

1.632(0.747–3.566)

0.219

Guardian’s Education Level

 None

2(20.0)

8(80.0)

1

 Primary

23(31.9)

49(68.1)

0.533(0.105–2.710)

0.448

-

-

 Secondary

44(30.3)

101(69.7)

0.574(0.117–2.812)

0.493

-

-

 Tertiary

6(12.0)

44(88.0)

2.050(0.337–12.481)

0.436

-

-

Guardian’s Occupation

 Unemployed

44(27.0)

119(73.0)

1

 Employed

31(26.5)

86(73.5)

1.035(0.599–1.786)

0.903

-

-

Single/both parents

 Yes

42(33.3)

84(66.7)

1

1

 No

33(21.9)

118(78.1)

1.880(1.047–3.374)

0.034

3.404(1.563–7.416)

0.002

WHO Clinical Stages

 Stage 1

49(40.2)

73(59.8)

1

1

 Stage 2

16(23.5)

52(76.5)

2.222(1.088–4.538)

0.028

2.536(1.005–6.395)

0.049

 Stage 3/4

10(11.5)

77(88.5)

6.556(2.752–15.615

< 0.001

8.459(5.820-10.544

< 0.001

 Age

0.995(0.869–1.050)

0.341

-

-