Table 5.
2002 | 2003 | |||||
Low exposure (ref.) | Medium-high exposure | High exposure | Low exposure | Medium-high exposure | High exposure | |
Perceived Severity | ||||||
-HIV-positive person can survive | 32.7 | 38.1 | 37.7 | 48.2*** | 53.6*** | 51.5*** |
-AIDS can be cured | 17.5 | 17.6 | 14.0 | 18.8 | 16.0 | 15.8 |
Perceived Risk | ||||||
-Moderate/high personal risk | 64.0 | 65.7 | 70.9 | 55.6*** | 59.6 | 56.7** |
-Knows someone who has/died of HIV/AIDS | 41.0 | 50.0*** | 52.0*** | 45.9 | 50.4*** | 44.0 |
Perceived Condom Attributes and Access | ||||||
-Condoms effective for FP | 72.4 | 72.4 | 73.3 | 84.1*** | 84.6*** | 89.0*** |
-Condoms effective for HIV/AIDS prevention | 88.4 | 88.4 | 60.6 | 93.6*** | 94.2*** | 93.7** |
-Condom source within 10 minutes | 65.0 | 69.2 | 74.4** | 72.2*** | 77.2*** | 71.9** |
-Condoms reduce sexual pleasure | 40.5 | 39.0 | 31.9** | 33.6*** | 30.1*** | 23.3*** |
Self-Efficacy | ||||||
- Can convince regular partner to use condoms a | 82.4 | 82.7 | 86.9 | 89.0*** | 90.8*** | 90.6** |
- Can convince casual partner to use condoms b | – | – | – | – | – | – |
- Not shy to obtain condoms in nearby shop | 51.9 | 55.6 | 65.8*** | 51.9 | 60.0*** | 65.0*** |
- Confident knows correct condom use | 38.1 | 50.1*** | 64.5*** | 47.6*** | 55.5*** | 59.4*** |
Perceived Social Support | ||||||
-Friends support youth condom use | 78.3 | 82.3 | 85.8** | 84.5*** | 87.2*** | 88.1*** |
-Parents support youth condom use | 66.6 | 68.7 | 69.0 | 67.6 | 74.8*** | 71.1 |
-Discussed family planning with friends in past year | 16.8 | 27.5*** | 25.3** | 27.6*** | 24.6*** | 38.7*** |
-Discussed family planning with others in past year | 23.4 | 23.9 | 33.0** | 28.6 | 31.2** | 47.8*** |
-Discussed STI/AIDS with friends in past year | 35.2 | 43.3** | 46.9** | 42.0** | 43.0** | 49.1*** |
-Discussed STI/AIDS with others in past year | 28.8 | 31.6 | 39.8** | 41.7*** | 41.6*** | 58.9*** |
Sexual Activity | ||||||
-Had sex in the past year | 77.8 | 75.7 | 77.2 | 75.5 | 77.5 | 80.4 |
-Had 2+ sexual partners in the past year | 17.7 | 22.0 | 19.3 | 13.8** | 12.8** | 12.8 |
Condom Use | ||||||
-Ever used condoms | 61.4 | 62.2 | 67.3 | 64.2 | 67.9** | 67.5 |
-Used condom in last sex with regular partner a | 47.3 | 42.2 | 50.0*** | 60.8*** | 60.0*** | 68.5*** |
-Always uses condoms with regular partner a | 20.2 | 20.8 | 24.8 | 26.7** | 32.6*** | 39.2*** |
-Used condom in last sex with casual partner b | – | – | – | – | – | – |
-Always uses condoms with casual partner b | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Reproductive Health | ||||||
-Had an STI symptom in the past year c | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Number of Cases (100%) | 789 | 494 | 200 | 640 | 589 | 289 |
*** p < .01; ** p < .05. FP = family planning; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; STI/AIDS = sexually transmitted infections/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Analyses of sexual activity control for age, city of residence, level of education, school enrollment status, socioeconomic status, and spontaneous recall of other programs. All other analyses also control for number of sexual partners.
a N = 519, 275, and 108 in 2002 and 371, 314, and 163 in 2003.
b Results are omitted because of the small number of cases.
c Among sexually experienced males only because STIs are often asymptomatic among females. N = 686, 367, and 194 in 2002 and 624, 389, and 207 in 2003.