Table 1.
characteristics of sexually active women aged 15-49 years, interviewed in the 2019/20 Rwanda DHS (N=8,481)
| Covariate | Category | Condom use N (%) | Total | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | N | % | |||
| Age group | 15-24 | 1093(13.2) | 297 (3.3) | 1390 | 16.5 | <0.001 |
| 25-34 | 2964(35.1) | 312(3.9) | 3276 | 38.9 | ||
| 35-49 | 3510(41.0) | 305(3.6) | 3815 | 44.5 | ||
| Residence | Urban | 1612(15.5) | 330(3.5) | 1942 | 19.0 | <0.001 |
| Rural | 5955(73.7) | 584(7.3) | 6539 | 81.0 | ||
| Kigali | 864(12.0) | 212(2.8) | 1076 | 14.7 | <0.001 | |
| Region | South | 1851(19.1) | 186(1.9) | 2037 | 21.0 | |
| West | 1707(19.1) | 195(2.2) | 1902 | 21.3 | ||
| North | 1251(14.2) | 113(1.3) | 1364 | 15.5 | ||
| East | 1894(24.8) | 208(2.6) | 2102 | 27.4 | ||
| Living with a man | Yes | 7102(83.9) | 491(6.0) | 7593 | 89.9 | <0.001 |
| No | 465(5.3) | 423(4.8) | 888 | 10.1 | ||
| Education | No education | 946(11.3) | 57(0.7 | 1003 | 12.0 | <0.001 |
| Primary | 4923(58.0) | 540(6.3) | 5463 | 64.3 | ||
| Secondary | 1316(15.8) | 258(3.1) | 1574 | 18.9 | ||
| Higher | 382(4.1) | 59(0.7) | 441 | 4.8 | ||
| Employment | No | 1228(14.3) | 182(2.1) | 1410 | 16.4 | 0.005 |
| Yes | 6339(74.9) | 732(8.7) | 7071 | 83.6 | ||
| Wealth index | Poor | 3057(35.3) | 277(3.2) | 3334 | 38.5 | 0.000 |
| Middle | 1500(18.1 | 121(1.5) | 1621 | 19.6 | ||
| Rich | 3010(35.8) | 516(6.1) | 3526 | 41.9 | ||
| Religion | Catholic | 2791(32.4) | 370(4.3) | 3161 | 36.8 | <0.001 |
| Protestant | 3543(43.2) | 369(4.5) | 3912 | 47.7 | ||
| Adventist | 870(11.5) | 120(1.4) | 1090 | 12.9 | ||
| Muslim | 137(1.5) | 37(0.4) | 174 | 1.9 | ||
| Other religions | 50(0.7) | 5(0.1) | 55 | 0.7 | ||
| Have comprehensive knowledge of HIV | No | 3213(37.8) | 87(4.5) | 3600 | 42.3 | 0.871 |
| Yes | 4354(51.5) | 527(6.2) | 4881 | 57.7 | ||
| Ever tested for HIV | No | 343(3.9) | 68(0.7) | 411 | 4.6 | <0.001 |
| Yes | 7224(85.4) | 846(10.0) | 8070 | 95.4 | ||
| HIV discriminatory attitudes | No | 3858(45.8) | 427(5.0) | 4285 | 50.8 | 0.025 |
| Yes | 3709(43.5) | 487(5.7) | 4196 | 49.2 | ||
| Lifetime number of sexual partners | One | 5140(60.6) | 376(4.4) | 5516 | 65.0 | <0.001 |
| Two | 1614(19.1) | 236(2.7) | 1850 | 21.9 | ||
| Three or more | 805(9.5) | 299(3.6) | 1104 | 13.1 | ||
| Had STI in last 12 Months | No | 7212(85.1) | 845(9.9) | 8057 | 95.1 | 0.001 |
| Yes | 351(4.0) | 68(0.8) | 419 | 4.9 | ||
| Do not know | 4(0.1) | 1(0.0) | 5 | 0.1 | ||
| Pregnancy | No | 547(6.6) | 229(2.5) | 776 | 9.1 | <0.001 |
| Yes | 7020(82.7) | 685(8.2) | 7705 | 90.9 | ||
| Experienced any sexual violence | No | 7390(87.1) | 899(10.6) | 8289 | 97.7 | 0.210 |
| Yes | 177(2.1) | 15(0.2) | 192 | 2.3 | ||
| Access to medpercentagesia | No | 7313(86.5) | 861(10.2) | 8174 | 96.7 | 0.003 |
| Yes | 254(2.7) | 53(0.6) | 307 | 3.3 | ||
*
Note that the percentage presented are weighted. %: percent; HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus; CI: confidence interval; GBV: gender based violence