Table 1. Demographic characteristics of STD clinics attendees who did and did not practice oral sex.
Oral-sex group | No-oral-sex group | ||||||
Characteristics | Subgroups | n | (%a) | n | (%) | OR (95% CI)b | P-value |
Gender | Femalec | 13 | (21.7) | 295 | (36.3) | 1 | |
Male | 47 | (78.3) | 517 | (63.7) | 2.06(1.10–3.88) | 0.024 | |
Age | <30c | 31 | (51.7) | 320 | (39.4) | 1 | |
30–39 | 17 | (28.3) | 258 | (31.8) | 0.68(0.37–1.26) | 0.218 | |
≥40 | 12 | (20.0) | 234 | (28.8) | 0.53(0.27–1.06) | 0.070 | |
Marriage | Unmarriedc | 26 | (43.3) | 238 | (29.3) | 1 | |
Married | 33 | (55.0) | 564 | (69.5) | 0.54(0.31–0.92) | 0.022 | |
Residence | Locallyc | 48 | (80.0) | 580 | (71.4) | 1 | |
Other area | 12 | (20.0) | 200 | (24.6) | 0.73(0.38–1.39) | 0.334 | |
Education | Below high schoolc | 32 | (53.3) | 536 | (66.0) | 1 | |
High school and over | 27 | (45.0) | 270 | (33.3) | 1.68(0.98–2.85) | 0.058 | |
Income | ≤2000c | 22 | (36.7) | 495 | (61.0) | 1 | |
>2000 | 35 | (58.3) | 228 | (28.1) | 3.45(1.98–6.02) | 0.000 | |
Occupation | Unemployed/peasantc | 16 | (26.7) | 443 | (54.6) | 1 | |
Employed by government | 17 | (28.3) | 132 | (16.3) | 3.57(1.75–7.25) | 0.000 | |
Other | 27 | (45.0) | 229 | (28.2) | 3.26(1.72–6.18) | 0.000 |
The percentage of attendees may not add up to 100% due to non-response for some items.
OR: unadjusted odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.
Reference category.