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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2014 Nov 19;55(6 0):S48–S57. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.07.023

TABLE 2.

A. CHARACTERISTICS OF FEMALES WHO REPORT HAVING HAD SEXUAL INTERCOURSE: IBADAN AND
SHANGHAI

EVER HAD SEX (FEMALES)
IBADAN
N=229
SHANGHAI
N=216

W% UW n W% UW n
AGE
  15–16 years 8.5*** 12/146 2.8*** 4/65
  17–19 years 25.0 19/83 11.7 15/151
EDUCATION LEVEL
  Less than 8th grade 9.3 2/36 11.4 3/34
  Some high school 17.8 18/127 8.2 10/115
  High school degree 16.2 10/53 4.9 4/59
  Some college, no degree 20.3 1/13 11.2 2/8
CURRENTLY IN SCHOOL
  No 22.3 10/45 10.3* 13/149
  Yes 15.0 21/184 5.2 6/67
RELATIVE WEALTH
  Better than most 14.1 12/114 2.3 1/10
  Same as most 17.6 15/91 8.0 12/183
  Worse than most 22.9 3/19 13.4 6/22
PERSON(S) RAISED BY$
  Two parents 15.6 21/161 8.9 17/181
  One parent 31.4 4/19 -- --
  Other 9.7 3/37 7.5 2/26
UNSTABLE HOUSING
  No 16.4 23/179 5.2* 13/194
  Yes 17.2 8/47 33.4 6/22
EVER DRANK ALCOHOL
  No 13.4* 21/188 3.6 3/71
  Yes 30.6 10/41 10.8 16/145
ALCOHOL USE PAST 30 DAYS£
  Did not drink last month 16.6*** 3/19 4.3 2/50
  < 5 drinks in a row last month 44.1 6/16 7.5 6/57
  ≥ 5 drinks in a row last month 77.0 1/2 25.9 8/37
PERCEIVED SAFETY IN ENVIRONMENT
  Safe 16.6 26/195 7.9 15/179
  Unsafe 17.7 15/30 10.9 4/35
Eversex – W mean (SE) Ever sex – W mean (SE)
Yes No Yes No
PERCEIVED FEAR (scale)§ 4.5 (1.29) 4.9 (0.31) 4.5 (0.04) 2.9 (0.38)
COMMUNITY VIOLENCE (scale)§ 3.1 (0.35) 3.2 (0.61) 4.3 (0.39)* 2.6 (0.18)
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT (scale)§ 13.9 (0.63) 15.1 (0.22) 7.9 (1.07) 9.5 (0.15)
B. CHARACTERISTICS OF MALES WHO REPORT HAVING HAD SEXUAL INTERCOURSE: IBADAN, NEW DELHI,
SHANGHAI

EVER HAD SEX (MALES)
IBADAN
N=220
SHANGHAI
N=222

W% UW n W% UW n
AGE
  15–16 years 29.8** 34/121 21.9 13/62
  17–19 years 53.2 52/99 28.9 65/160
EDUCATION LEVEL
  Less than 8th grade 72.1 11/17 45.0 28/61
  Some high school 40.2 43/118 15.4 28/103
  High school degree 38.8 27/72 21.8 19/51
  Some college, no degree 36.3 5/13 39.7 3/7
CURRENTLY IN SCHOOL
  No 51.3 18/39 33.0* 68/164
  Yes 40.1 67/180 1.6 10/58
RELATIVE WEALTH
  Better than most 48.1** 56/123 19.4 9/22
  Same as most 33.7 27/83 23.0 55/172
  Worse than most 19.4 1/9 48.5 14/27
PERSON(S) RAISED BY$
  Two parents 34.9** 52/159 20.3** 57/182
  One parent 71.5 9/14 33.6 2/4
  Other 54.2 20/40 46.8 13/25
UNSTABLE HOUSING
  No 37.6* 63/171 23.4* 56/166
  Yes 47.0 23/48 34.6 22/56
EVER DRANK ALCOHOL
  No 33.8*** 45/145 7.1** 9/46
  Yes 58.7 41/75 31.9 69/179
ALCOHOL USE PAST 30 DAYS£
  Did not drink last month 51.6 18/39 19.0 12/39
  < 5 drinks in a row last month 34.8 10/20 35.6 23/74
  >5 drinks in a row last month 86.4 13/16 37.8 34/64
PERCEIVED SAFETY IN COMMUNITY
  Safe 41.9 74/192 24.5 62/182
  Unsafe 45.8 12/27 30.9 16/40
Ever sex – W mean (SE) Ever sex – W mean (SE)
Yes No Yes No
PERCEIVED FEAR (scale)§ 4.3 (0.55) 3.9 (0.43) 5.0 (0.83) 4.44 (0.19)
COMMUNITY VIOLENCE (scale)§ 4.0 (0.25) 3.4 (0.51) 5.3 (0.50) 3.6 (0.12)
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT (scale)§ 12.6 (0.48) 13.5 (0.72) 11.4 (1.08) 9.7 (0.50)

Displaying weighted (W) row proportions using cluster and combined RDS and age post-stratification weights, followed by unweighted (U) observations by variable.

***

p<0.001,

**

p<0.01,

*

p<0.05.

Comparing ever vs. never had sex by characteristics (row percent).

Note: 99.9% of females were unmarried at time of survey.

Displaying weighted (W) row proportions using cluster and combined RDS and age post-stratification weights, followed by unweighted (U) observations by variable. The varaible unstably housed was excluded for Delhi.

Note: all males were unmarried at time of survey.