Risky Sexual Practices And Associated Factors Among Daytime And Evening Shift Of Polytechnic College Students In Addis Ababa The Case Of Nifas Silk Polytechnic College.

Introduction:Risky sexual behaviors are any practices that increase the probability of adversernsexual and reproductive health.Most college adolescent and young aged 15–24 years are atrnparticularly high risky sexual practices and often characterized by anew-found sense selfgovernment,rnexperimentationrnwithrnsexrnand a feeling of invincibility.rnObjective:To compare the magnitude of risky sexual practices and associated factors amongrnday/regular and evening/extension shift of polytechnic college students in Addis Ababa with therncase of Nifassilk polytechnic college.rnMethod and material: A comparative cross sectional study was conducted from March 27Aprilrn15, 2019. A stratified sampling technique was used based on type of schooling (day andrnevening time) and then, allocation of sample was proportionally distributed torespected studyrnlevels based on number of students. Study participants were selected using simple randomrnsampling technique. Two population proportion formulas were used to calculate a total samplernsize of 486 students (243 day/regular and 243 night/extension students). Data was summarizedrnusing descriptive statistics including mean, proportion and standard deviation and inferentialrnstatistics such as chi-square test and binomial logistic regression. Ethical clearance was obtainedrnfrom Addis Ababa University School of Public health.rnResult: A total of 442 students (227 regular/day time and 215 extension/evening shift)participated in the study making the response rate 90.9%. The prevalence of risky sexual practicernamong regular/day and extension/evening shift students were 34(15%)and 75(34.9%),rnrespectively and the overall prevalence for both type schooling was 109(24.7%). The differencernbetween the two categories is statistically significant (p

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