TABLE 1.
Characteristics of the 412 Participants From the Relationship of Alcohol, Youth, and Sexually Transmitted Disease Project, by Sex
| Women (n = 212) % (n) |
Men (n = 200) % (n) |
Women Compared With Men Odds Ratio |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95% CI | |||
| Sexually transmitted disease | 28.4% (61) | 26.4% (52) | 1.1 | 0.7, 1.7 |
| Chlamydia | 16.0% (34) | 15.8% (31) | 1.0 | 0.6, 1.8 |
| Gonorrhea | 12.5% (26) | 12.2% (24) | 1.0 | 0.5, 1.9 |
| Newly diagnosed genital herpes | 1.9% (4) | 1.0% (2) | 1.8 | 0.3, 20.6 |
| Genital warts | 1.4% (3) | 5.6% (11) | 0.2 | 0.0, 0.9 |
| Trichomonas | 8.0% (17) | — | — | — |
| Partner characteristics | ||||
| STD in past yr | 37.2% (61) | 36.5% (58) | 1.0 | 0.6, 1.7 |
| ≥5 yr age difference | 34.0% (69) | 15.2% (29) | 2.9 | 1.7, 4.9 |
| Previously in jail | 50.3% (97) | 16.0% (26) | 5.3 | 3.1, 9.2 |
| Had other partners in past yr | 73.8% (121) | 68.9% (113) | 1.3 | 0.8, 2.1 |
| Alcohol problem | 53.9% (111) | 42.8% (83) | 1.5 | 1.0, 2.3 |
| Marijuana problem | 43.7% (90) | 27.3% (53) | 2.0 | 1.3, 3.1 |
| Individual sexual activities | ||||
| Did not use a condom during last sexual experience | 57.8% (122) | 57.4% (112) | 1.0 | 0.7, 1.6 |
| Use a condom less than nearly always during sexual activities* | 66.8% (139) | 66.7% (195) | 1.0 | 0.7, 1.6 |
| Casual partner in the past yr | 60.5% (130) | 80.5% (157) | 0.4 | 0.2, 0.6 |
| ≥10 sexual partners in lifetime | 40.9% (88) | 67.7% (130) | 0.3 | 0.2, 0.5 |
| Sexual activities under the influence of alcohol | 34.9% (75) | 42.1% (83) | 0.7 | 0.5, 1.1 |
| Concurrent partners in the past yr† | 40.9% (88) | 55.2% (107) | 0.6 | 0.4, 0.9 |
| ≥3 sexual partners in the past yr | 37.3% (79) | 67.7% (132) | 0.3 | 0.2, 0.4 |
| New partner in the past mo | 29.3% (63) | 44.2% (87) | 0.5 | 0.3, 0.8 |
| Age at first intercourse ≤15 yr | 53.5% (115) | 65.0% (128) | 0.6 | 0.4, 0.9 |
The odds ratios in this table compare women with men by each characteristic. For example, an odds ratio of 2.9 means that women are 2.9 times more likely than men to report the given characteristic.
%= percent with STD with given characteristic, n = total number of adolescents in each group, OR = odds ratio, CI = confidence interval.
Analyses compared 2 categories of condom use: always and nearly always versus more than half the time, half of the time, less than half of the time, and never.
Participants were defined as having concurrent partners in the past 12 mo if they reported >1 partner for “the largest number of people you have been in a sexual relationship with at the same time.”