Table 3.
Association between sexual debut while using drugs or alcohol and patterns of sexual communication among 943 sexually active university students
| Communication |
Sexual debut while on drugs or alcohol |
Odds ratio |
Adjusted odds ratio by sex |
Adjusted odds ratio |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
No |
Yes |
||||||||||
| n | % | n | % | OR (95% CI) | P-value | A-OR (95% CI) | P-value | A-OR (95% CI) | P-value | ||
|
With partners |
No |
54 |
6.8 |
7 |
7.1 |
1.00 |
- |
1.00 |
- |
1.00 |
- |
| Somehow yes1 |
168 |
21.1 |
35 |
35.3 |
1.60 (0.67, 3.82) |
0.28 |
1.64 (0.68, 3.9) |
0.26 |
1.50 (0.63, 3.68) |
0.34 |
|
| Yes openly and freely |
574 |
72.1 |
57 |
57.6 |
0.77 (0.33, 1.76) |
0.53 |
0.82 (0.35, 1.88) |
0.63 |
0.72 (0.31, 1.70) |
0.46 |
|
|
With mother/female guardian |
No |
511 |
62.2 |
68 |
65.4 |
1.00 |
- |
1.00 |
- |
1.00 |
- |
| Undecided |
75 |
9.1 |
8 |
7.7 |
0.80 (0.37, 1.73) |
0.57 |
0.82 (0.37, 1.77) |
0.61 |
0.79 (0.36, 1.72) |
0.55 |
|
| Yes |
236 |
28.7 |
28 |
26.9 |
0.89 (0.56, 1.42) |
0.63 |
0.94 (0.59, 1.50) |
0.80 |
0.91 (0.57, 1.47) |
0.71 |
|
|
With father/male guardian |
No |
524 |
64.6 |
54 |
53.5 |
1.00 |
- |
1.00 |
- |
1.00 |
- |
| Undecided |
84 |
10.3 |
10 |
9.9 |
1.15 (0.56, 2.35) |
0.69 |
0.90 (0.44, 1.86) |
0.78 |
0.86 (0.41, 1.80) |
0.69 |
|
| Yes |
204 |
25.1 |
37 |
36.6 |
1.75 (1.12, 2.75) |
0.01 |
1.22 (0.76, 1.99) |
0.41 |
1.17 (0.72, 1.92) |
0.51 |
|
| With friends | No |
107 |
13.5 |
4 |
3.8 |
1.00 |
- |
1.00 |
- |
1.00 |
- |
| Yes | 685 | 86.5 | 100 | 96.2 | 3.90 (1.40, 10.83) | 0.01 | 3.48 (1.25, 9.68) | 0.02 | 2.70 (0.96, 7.59) | 0.06 | |
1Somehow yes = using hints and cues. No = makes me or my partner uncomfortable.
Bolded p-values are statistically significant at critical α=0.05.