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. 2011 Aug 17;11:651. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-651

Table 4.

Sociodemographic and behavioural factors associated with any concurrency in past 12 months, among 1,668 men who report having had sex in the past 12 months

Any concurrency Concurrency excluding polygyny

Adjusted OR1
(95% CI)
Adjusted OR1
(95% CI)
SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC/ECONOMIC FACTORS
Age (years) P < 0.001 P < 0.001
 < 30 1 1
 30-39 1.29 [0.81, 2.05] 1.21 [0.77, 1.93]
 40-49 0.97 [0.57, 1.62] 0.85 [0.50, 1.43]
 50+ 0.39 [0.22, 0.70] 0.27 [0.14, 0.51]
Marital status P < 0.001 P = 0.07
 Never married 0.88 [0.51, 1.51] 0.79 [0.46, 1.36]
 Married with 1 wife 1 1
 Married with > 1 wife 43.5 [25.2, 74.8] 0.41 [0.19, 0.88]
 Separated/divorced/widowed 0.76 [0.41, 1.40] 0.75 [0.40, 1.40]
Age at first marriage1 P = 0.27 P = 0.29
 22+ years 1 1
 < 22 years 1.22 [0.86, 1.73] 1.22 [0.85, 1.77]
Education level P = 0.61 P = 0.82
 Incomplete primary or less 1 1
 Primary 1.19 [0.81, 1.75] 1.07 [0.72, 1.60]
 Junior or above 1.16 [0.79, 1.71] 1.14 [0.76, 1.69]
SES score tertile P = 0.01 P = 0.01
 Low 1 1
 Middle 1.72 [1.11, 2.65] 1.85 [1.17, 2.94]
 High 1.85 [1.20, 2.87] 1.92 [1.21, 3.05]

SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR
Age at first sex2 P = 0.41 P = 0.41
 18 years or older 1 1
 < 18 years 1.16 [0.82, 1.63] 1.16 [0.81, 1.66]
Lifetime partners2 P < 0.001 P < 0.001
 Less than 5 1 1
 5 or more 4.30 [2.95, 6.27] 4.55 [3.03, 6.82]
 Can't remember 3.35 [1.82, 6.17] 4.05 [2.13, 7.69]
Condom use with last partner P = 0.14 P = 0.11
 No 1 1
 Yes 1.45 [0.89, 2.36] 1.51 [0.92, 2.47]
Casual partner in past 12 months P < 0.001 P < 0.001
 No 1 1
 Yes 3.73 [2.40, 5.82] 3.90 [2.13, 7.69]
Problem drinking P = 0.15 P = 0.14
 No 1 1
 Yes 1.61 [0.86, 3.00] 1.64 [0.87, 3.12]

1Adjusted for age, marital status, SES, lifetime partners and casual partner in past 12 m

2Cutpoints based on median values in males in the entire cohort (see Table 1)