Practice of stress management behaviors and associated factors among undergraduate students of Mekelle University, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Bivariate and multivariable results of factors associated with practice of stress management behaviors of undergraduate Mekelle university students, 2019 (n = 633)

Variable	Category	practice of Stress management behaviors		P-value	COR	AOR [CI]
Variable	Category	Poor	Good	P-value	COR	AOR [CI]
Sex	Female	163	81			1
Sex	Male	204	185	0.000	1.825	3.244[1.934–5.439]
Age	> = 20 year	204	244
Age	< 20 years (18-19)	163	22	0.520	0.113
Year of education	4th year	30	36			1
	2nd & 3rd year	195	168	0.062	0.720
	1st year	171	33	0.000	0.161	0.012 [0.001–0.120]
		116	40
Student’s income (ETB)	> = 300ETB	273	229			1
Student’s income (ETB)	< 300 ETB	94	37	0.002	0.469	0.356[0.187–0.678]
College	CHS	101	167			1
	CBE	116	40	0.210	0.209
	CNCS	150	59	0.056	0.238
Parent’s resident	Urban	152	161			1
Parent’s resident	Rural	215	105	0.256	0.461
Health value status	High	137	215
Health value status	Low	230	51	0.301	0.141
Perceived self- efficacy	Good	230	241
Perceived self- efficacy	Poor	131	31	0.000	0.226	0.297[0.159–0.554]
Perceived social support	Good	133	150			1
Perceived social support	Poor	234	116	0.000	0.440	0.295[0.155–0.560]
Perceived stress status	yes	127	158			1
Perceived stress status	No	240	108	0.571	0.344

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