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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Immigr Minor Health. 2012 Feb;14(1):89–99. doi: 10.1007/s10903-011-9529-7

Table 3.

Birth control methods and condom use

Outcome FBHW n = 226 USBHW n = 94 Unadjusted
Adjustedb
Odds ratioa P value Odds ratioa P value
Used at least one form of birth control 202 (89.4%) 77 (81.9%) 1.9 (0.9, 3.6) 0.072 1.5 (0.7, 3.3) 0.33
If birth control used n = 202 n = 77
    Used at least 2 forms 184 (91.1%) 50 (64.9%) 5.5 (2.8, 10.8) <0.001 9.9 (4.0, 24.6) <0.001
Condom use 145 (64.2%) 44 (46.8%) 2.0 (1.2, 3.3) 0.004 2.2 (1.2, 4.0) 0.008
Oral contraceptives/birth control pills 71 (31.4%) 11 (11.7%) 3.4 (1.7, 6.9) 0.0004 2.8 (1.3, 6.1) 0.008
Trying to get pregnant 1 (0.4%) 6 (6.4%) 0.003
Other 67 (29.7%) 30 (31.9%) 0.9 (0.5, 1.5) 0.69 0.9 (0.5, 1.7) 0.85
Asked male partner/s to use a condom 168 (77.8%) 68 (78.2%) 1.0 (0.5, 1.8) 0.94 1.5 (0.7, 3.2) 0.26
Used condom last time had vaginal or anal sex 57 (27.7%) 14 (16.1%) 2.0 (1.0, 3.8) 0.04 2.3 (1.1, 4.9) 0.03
In the last year a condom used n = 101 n = 69
    At least some of the time 64 (63.4%) 33(47.8%) 1.9 (1.0,3.5) 0.04 2.3 (1.1, 4.8) 0.03
    At least half of the time 38 (37.6%) 13 (18.8%) 2.6 (1.3, 5.4) 0.01 3.9 (1.6, 9.4) 0.002
Have oral sex with male partner/s 124 (62.0%) 66 (75.9%) 0.5 (0.3, 0.9) 0.02 0.6 (0.3, 1.2) 0.16
If yes n = 124 n = 66
    Condom used at least some of the time with oral sex 59 (47.6%) 16 (24.2% 2.8 (1.5, 5.5) 0.002 2.5 (1.1, 5.4) 0.02
Have anal sex with male partner/s 75 (40.8%) 30 (34.9%) 1.3 (0.8, 2.2) 0.36 1.4 (0.7, 2.6) 0.33
If yes n = 75 n = 30
    Condom used at least some of the time with anal sex 41 (54.7%) 13 (43.3% 1.6 (0.7, 3.7) 0.30 0.9 (0.3, 2.8) 0.91
Confident or very confident in convincing partner to use condom 158 (82.3%) 74 (88.1%) 0.6 (0.3, 1.3) 0.23 1.1 (0.5, 2.7) 0.80
Partner ever refused to use condom 40 (20.1%) 12 (14.0%) 1.6 (0.8, 3.1) 0.22 1.2 (0.5, 2.6) 0.71
Had sex when you did not want to 8 (3.8%) 12 (14.1%) 0.003

FBHW foreign-born Hispanic women, USBHW US-born Hispanic women

a

FBHW versus USBHW; USBHW are reference group in all ORs

b

Estimates from model adjusted for current age and education