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. 2013 Jun;13(2):407–414. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v13i2.30

Table 4.

Factors correlated with condom use at first and latest sex

Covariates Condom use at
first sex
Condom use at latest sex


Men
OR
Women
OR
Men
OR
Women
OR
District (base=Kabale)
Mukono 3.01 10.88 3.62 1.62
(1.52–5.96)** (2.98–39.79)** (1.76–7.45)*** (0.87–3.03)
Age at first sex (Base<15 years)
15–24 2.86 2.86 1.09 0.98
(1.43–5.70)** (0.85–9.68) (0.49–2.42) (0.50–1.90)
Education level
(Base=Non/primary)
Secondary 2.06 5.86 2.09 3.21
(1.06–4.00)* (1.76–19.51)** (0.97–4.52) (1.73–5.96)***
Listens to radio (Base=No)
Yes 1.45 0.24 0.69 0.28
(0.38–5.56) (0.06–1.08) (0.15–3.31) (0.11–0.72)**
Type of partner (base=Girl/boyfriend/friend)
Casual/one time partner 0.96 0.76 0.66 0.65
(0.67–1.37) (0.40–1.46) (0.26–1.67) (0.27–1.59)
Condom use at first sex (Base=no)
Yes 11.80 ++
(5.67–24.59)***
Goodness of fit χ2 test p-value 0.36 0.45 0.17 0.15
*

p<0.05

**

p<0.01

***

p<0.001

++ Not included in model due high confidence interval (OR=54.6 95%CI: 15.89–183.16) which causes undue confounding effects to other variables