Sexual and reproductive health knowledge, sexual attitudes, and sexual behaviour of university students: Findings of a Beijing-Based Survey in 2010-2011

Table 3 Mediating effects of sociodemographic factors on the associations between sources and categories of sexual and reproductive health knowledge, categories of contraceptive knowledge, and sexual behavior in Beijing, China in 2010-2011

	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4	Model 5	Model 6
Outcome model
accsour	0.059 (0.064)
expcateg		-2.078 ** (1.002)
expsour			-3.645** (1.438)
emerg				-1.363 (4.885)
safe					48.388 (36.571)
condm						3.702 (76.517)
sociod	-5.643	265.125	276.408	241.752 (568.280)	2275.436 *** (0.437)	-12.061 (576.327)
constant	2.166*** (0.211)	-196.307*** (4.715)	-202.345***(4.883)	-187.527 (439.458)	-1860.777	4.882 (385.066)
Indirect effects of covariates via true covariate
accsour	-0.064** (0.029)
expcateg		2.051** (0.941)
expsour			3.200** (1.320)
emerg				12.794(30.317)
safe					42.823(36.585)
condm						-1.601(76.517)
Total effects of covariates
accsour	-0.006 (0.057)
expcateg		-0.026 (0.467)
expsour			0.446 (0.631)
emerg				11.431(29.388)
safe					91.210(.627) 0.000
condm						2.100(.227) 0.000
True covariate model
sociod
accsour	0.011** (0.005)
expcateg		0.008** (0.004)
expsour			0.012** (0.005)
emerg				0.053*** (0.016)
safe					.019(.016)
condm						0.133 (0.015) 0.000
constant	0.699*** (0.017)	0.700*** (0.016)	0.696*** (0.016)	0.697*** (0.013)	.716	0.668 (0.010) 0.000
res. var.	0.000 (0.000)	0.003 (0.001)	0.003 (0.001)	0.002 (0.001)	.005(0.000)	0.000 (0.000)
Measurement model
error var.	0.196 (0.005)	0.194 (0.005)	0.194 (0.005)	0.195 (0.005)	.195(.005)	0.193 (0.005)
reliability	0.000 (0.000)	0.013 (0.005)	0.013 (0.005)	0.011 (0.005)	.026(.001)	0.000 (0.000)
No. of obs	1171	1146	1149	1156	1149	1155
log likelihood	-2538.6739	-2475.2182	-2479.4629	-2472.3732	-2404.8148	-2413.6262

Note: *, **, *** denote significance at 10%, 5%, and 1% levels, respectively. sociod = sociodemographic factors, accsour = accessible knowledge sources, expcateg = expected knowledge categories, expsour = expected knowledge sources, emerg = knowledge of emergency contraception, safe = knowledge of safety period, and condm = knowledge of condom use

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