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. 2013 Jun 25;8(6):e67092. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067092

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
a

The percentage of attendees may not add up to 100% due to non-response for some items.

b

OR: unadjusted odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.

c

Reference category.