Effects of COVID-19 on schooling and sexual activity measures
| COVID-19 cohort | Pre-COVID-19 cohort | RR (95% CI) | P value | aRR (95% CI) | P value | |
| Dropped out of school | 49/509 (9.7) | 12/403 (3.0) | 3.18 (1.63 to 6.22) | 0.001 | 3.03 (1.55 to 5.95) | 0.001 |
| Migrated schools | 36/509 (7.1) | 8/403 (2.0) | 3.37 (1.74 to 6.53) | <0.001 | 3.39 (1.70 to 6.77) | 0.001 |
| Incident pregnancy | 55/509 (10.9) | 21/403 (5.2) | 2.13 (1.18 to 3.87) | 0.013 | 2.11 (1.13 to 3.95) | 0.019 |
| Sexually active | 293/443 (66.1) | 186/367 (50.7) | 1.31 (1.11 to 1.54) | 0.001 | 1.28 (1.09 to 1.51) | 0.002 |
| Sexual debut* | 135/285 (47.4) | 62/243 (25.5) | 1.87 (1.27 to 2.75) | 0.001 | 1.84 (1.25 to 2.70) | 0.002 |
| First sex desired† | 52/293 (17.8) | 67/186 (36.0) | 0.49 (0.38 to 0.63) | <0.001 | 0.49 (0.37 to 0.65) | <0.001 |
| Condom use—last 6 months† | 140/293 (47.8) | 97/186 (52.2) | 0.92 (0.71 to 1.18) | 0.504 | 0.91 (0.70 to 1.18) | 0.477 |
| Hormonal contraceptives—current† | 12/293 (4.1) | 13/186 (7.0) | 0.59 (0.24 to 1.47) | 0.254 | 0.58 (0.22 to 1.48) | 0.252 |
| Work for pay | 105/443 (23.7) | 93/367 (25.3) | 0.94 (0.74 to 1.19) | 0.597 | 0.93 (0.72 to 1.21) | 0.596 |
| Non-school-related work hours—prior school day‡ | 3.32 (2.0–5.0) | 2.63 (1.0–3.0) | 1.85 (1.18 to 2.90) | 0.007 | 1.92 (1.23 to 2.99) | 0.004 |
| Sexual violence | 14/443 (3.2) | 5/367 (1.4) | 2.36 (0.69 to 7.99) | 0.169 | 2.15 (0.65 to 7.16) | 0.211 |
| Indecent touching | 50/443 (11.3) | 54/367 (14.7) | 0.77 (0.49 to 1.20) | 0.241 | 0.75 (0.47 to 1.19) | 0.225 |
Statistically significant differences at p<0.05 in bold.
*Only among girls who were not sexually active at baseline.
†Only among sexually active.
‡Only among girls responding to participating in work activities (prior day restricted to Monday-Friday).
aRR, adjusted RR; RR, risk ratio.