Table 5 Logistic regression of factors associated with substance use among street children, Jimma town, Oromiya National Regional State, Southwest Ethiopia, March 2019

age

> 14

49

142

1.84

1.97

1.001–3.889*

12–14

47

74

1

1

Educational status

Never attend school

34

54

1

1

Read and write

8

15

0.84

0.86

0.242–3.08

Grade 1–4

38

108

0.56

0.33

0.151–0.737*

Grade 5–8 and above

16

39

0.65

0.27

0.093–0.756*

Maternal substance use

Yes

24

14

7.2

7.78

3.00–20.11*

No

35

147

1

1

Don’t know

37

55

2.83

5.1

2.19–11.81*

Sibling substance use

yes

28

26

3.06

2.23

1.254–5.63*

no

45

128

1

1

Don’t know

23

61

1.07

0.42

0.19–1.302

Best friend substance use

Yes

76

69

8.1

11.07

5.47–25.04*

no

20

147

1

1

Duration on the street (in month)

< 12

40

142

1

1

12–60

49

67

2.59

3.00

1.511–5.96*

> 60

7

7

3.55

4.592

1.06–19.7*