Table 3.
Prevalence of Sexual Risk Behaviors by gender
| Male (n = 371) |
Female (n = 321) |
Total (n = 692) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | χ2 | p | |
| Ever had sex | 137 | 36.9 | 91 | 28.3 | 228 | 32.9 | 5.732 | 0.019 |
| Age of first sex | 15.02 | 0.001 | ||||||
| < 10 | 40 | 29.2 | 10 | 11.1 | 50 | 22.0 | ||
| 10-14 | 29 | 21.2 | 14 | 15.6 | 43 | 18.9 | ||
| 15-19 | 55 | 40.1 | 49 | 54.4 | 104 | 45.8 | ||
| > 19 | 13 | 9.5 | 17 | 18.9 | 30 | 13.2 | ||
| Mean age at first sex | 14.06 (SD 4.19) | 16.07 (SD 4.14) | 14.85 (SD 4.28) | -3.54¶ | 0.000 | |||
| Age of first partner | 60.54 | 0.000 | ||||||
| < 10 | 35 | 25.5 | 7 | 8.1 | 42 | 18.8 | ||
| 10-14 | 33 | 24.1 | 6 | 7.0 | 39 | 17.5 | ||
| 15-19 | 46 | 33.6 | 19 | 22.1 | 65 | 29.1 | ||
| 20-24 | 19 | 13.9 | 24 | 27.9 | 43 | 19.3 | ||
| > 24 | 4 | 2.9 | 30 | 34.9 | 34 | 15.2 | ||
| Mean age of first partner | 14.61 (SD 5.05) | 21.80 (SD 7.92) | 17.38 (SD 7.21) | -8.28¶ | 0.000 | |||
| Age difference in first partner | 80.57 | 0.000 | ||||||
| Partner younger than respondent | 48 | 35.0 | 2 | 2.3 | 50 | 22.4 | ||
| Partner same age as respondent | 44 | 32.1 | 9 | 10.5 | 53 | 23.8 | ||
| Partner 1-3 yrs older | 32 | 23.4 | 25 | 29.1 | 57 | 25.6 | ||
| Partner 4 or more yrs older | 13 | 9.5 | 50 | 58.1 | 63 | 28.3 | ||
| Condom used at first sex | 11 | 8.0 | 8 | 8.8 | 19 | 8.3 | 0.04 | 1.000 |
| Ever had sex seeking for care | 6 | 1.6 | 33 | 10.3 | 39 | 5.6 | 24.28 | 0.000 |
| Ever received money or gift for sex | 3 | 0.8 | 22 | 6.9 | 25 | 3.6 | 18.05 | 0.000 |
| Ever given money or gifts for sex | 22 | 5.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 3.2 | 19.66 | 0.000 |
| Number sex partners in the past 12 months | 7.99 | 0.046 | ||||||
| None | 94 | 68.6 | 59 | 64.8 | 153 | 67.1 | ||
| 1 | 27 | 19.7 | 28 | 30.8 | 55 | 24.1 | ||
| 2 | 9 | 6.6 | 4 | 4.4 | 13 | 5.7 | ||
| > = 3 | 7 | 5.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 3.1 | ||
| Mean number sex partners in the past 12 months | 0.49 (SD 0.86) | 0.40 (SD 0.57) | 0.45 (SD 0.76) | 0.91¶ | 0.363 | |||
| Condom used at last sex | 20 | 14.6 | 10 | 11.0 | 30 | 13.2 | 0.43 | 0.549 |
| Reasons of not using a condom at last sex | 25.85 | 0.001 | ||||||
| No HIV risk | 35 | 30.7 | 15 | 18.8 | 50 | 25.8 | ||
| Don't like them | 6 | 5.3 | 6 | 7.5 | 12 | 6.2 | ||
| Partner did not want to use it | 3 | 2.6 | 6 | 7.5 | 9 | 4.6 | ||
| Don't have them | 16 | 14.0 | 8 | 10.0 | 24 | 12.4 | ||
| Want children | 2 | 1.8 | 2 | 2.5 | 4 | 2.1 | ||
| Don't know condoms/AIDS | 49 | 43.0 | 25 | 31.3 | 74 | 38.1 | ||
| Raped/Forced | 1 | 0.9 | 13 | 16.3 | 14 | 7.2 | ||
| Other | 2 | 1.8 | 5 | 6.3 | 7 | 3.6 | ||
| Number sex partners lifetime | 4.64 | 0.200 | ||||||
| 1 | 73 | 53.3 | 60 | 67.4 | 133 | 58.8 | ||
| 2 | 35 | 25.5 | 17 | 19.1 | 52 | 23.0 | ||
| 3 | 16 | 11.7 | 6 | 6.7 | 22 | 9.7 | ||
| > = 4 | 13 | 9.5 | 6 | 6.7 | 19 | 8.4 | ||
| Mean number sex partners lifetime | 1.88 (SD 1.34) | 1.55 (SD 0.98) | 1.75 (SD 1.22) | 1.97¶ | 0.049 | |||
| Ever been pregnant or gotten a girl pregnant | 4 | 2.9 | 53 | 58.2 | 57 | 25 | 89.27 | 0.000 |
| Age when she first got pregnant/he got a girl pregnant | 0.81 | 0.666 | ||||||
| < 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.9 | ||
| 15-18 | 1 | 25.0 | 23 | 46.0 | 24 | 44.4 | ||
| > 18 | 3 | 75.0 | 26 | 52.0 | 29 | 53.7 | ||
¶t value SD: Standard deviation