Table 3. Reported current risky sexual behaviours among sexually-initiated participants (N=446).
| Variable | Men
(N=261) n (%) |
Women
(N=185) n (%) |
Total
n (%) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Did you use a condom/was a condom used when you had sexual intercourse in the last 4 weeks? | ||||
| - Yes, used every time
- Yes, used sometimes - No, not used in the last 4 weeks |
38 (33.0)
39 (33.9) 38 (33.0) |
17 (16.5)
33 (32.0) 53 (51.5) |
55 (25.2)
72 (33.0) 91 (41.7) |
0.006 |
| Past 4 weeks, how many partners were five or more years older than you? * | ||||
| - 0
- 1 - 2 - ≥3 - |
206 (79.2)
22 (8.5) 20 (7.7) 12 (4.6) |
105 (57.7)
42 (23.1) 12 (6.6) 23 (12.6) |
311 (70.4)
64 (14.5) 32 (7.2) 35 (7.9) |
< 0.000 |
| Past 4 weeks, how many partners were five or more years younger than you? * | ||||
| - 0
- 1 - 2 - ≥3 |
182 (72.2)
37 (14.7) 16 (6.4) 17 (6.8) |
145 (84.3)
12 (7.0) 5 (2.9) 10 (5.8) |
327 (77.1)
49 (11.6) 21 (5.0) 27 (6.4) |
0.020 Ϯ |
| Have you ever been physically forced to have sexual intercourse when you did not want to? * | ||||
| - Yes
- No - |
38 (14.7)
221 (85.3) |
46 (24.9)
139 (75.1) |
84 (18.9)
360 (81.1) |
0.007 |
| During the past 6 months, did someone you were dating or going out with force you to do sexual things that you did not want to do? | ||||
| - Yes
- Never happened |
26 (10.0)
233 (90.0) |
22 (12.0)
161 (88.0) |
48 (10.9)
394 (89.1) |
0.509 |
| How old were you (years) when you had your first drink of alcohol? * | ||||
| - <12
- 12-15 - 16-18 - >18 Mean (SD) |
5 (6.2)
12 (14.8) 26 (32.1) 38 (46.9) 17.6 (3.4) |
1 (2.5)
7 (17.5) 7 (17.5) 25 (62.5) 18.5 (3.2) |
6 (5.0)
19 (15.7) 33 (27.3) 63 (52.1) 17.9 (3.3) |
0.254 † |
| How old were you when you first tried marijuana/other illegal drugs? * | ||||
| - <12
- 12-15 - 16-18 - >18 Mean (SD) |
1 (4.0)
2 (8.0) 8 (32.0) 14 (56.0) 18.2 (2.7) |
0 (0.0)
1 (25.0) 1 (25.0) 2 (50.0) 18.5 (3.4) |
1 (3.5)
3 (10.3) 9 (31.0) 16 (55.2) 18.3 (2.7) |
0.606 † |
| Have you ever had sexual intercourse while under the influence of alcohol or marijuana/other illegal drugs ? | ||||
| - Yes
- No |
20 (23.5)
65 (76.5) |
12 (28.6)
30 (71.4) |
32 (25.2)
95 (74.8) |
0.963 |
| How old were you when you first performed oral sex on a man/woman? | ||||
| - <12
- 12-15 - 16-18 - >18 |
1 (1.7)
3 (5.0) 20 (33.3) 36 (60.0) |
1 (2.1)
0 (0.0) 11 (22.9) 36 (75.0) |
2 (1.9)
3 (2.8) 31 (28.7) 72 (66.7) |
0.217 Ϯ |
| Do you read/watch pornographic materials? | ||||
| - Yes
- No |
152 (58.5)
108 (41.5) |
56 (30.3)
129 (69.7) |
208 (46.7)
237 (53.3) |
< 0.000 |
| Do you think of yourself as … * | ||||
| - Heterosexual (attracted to opposite sex only)
- Homosexual (attracted to same sex only) - Bisexual (attracted to men and women) - Prefer not to say |
160 (61.3)
9 (3.5) 24 (9.2) 68 (26.1) |
84 (45.4)
4 (2.2) 37 (20.0) 60 (32.4) |
244 (54.7)
13 (2.9) 61 (13.7) 128 (28.7) |
0.001 Ϯ |
† Fisher’s exact, * had missing/not reported data