Table 2.
Self-Reported Sexual Health Behaviors of Total Samples and Stratified by Key Demographic Variables
| Deaf Health Survey (N=282)† | Adult Health Survey (N=1890)† |
P-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Sample | N (%) | 95% CI | N (%) | 95% CI | |||
| Abstinence in last 12 months | 52 (18.4) | (13.9, 23.0) | 417 (19.3) | (16.6, 22.1) | 0.74 | ||
| *≥2 partners in last 12 mos. | 71 (30.9) | (24.9, 36.9) | 158 (10.1) | (7.9, 12.3) | <0.01 | ||
| *Condom use at last sexual encounter | 58 (28.0) | (21.9, 34.2) | 265 (19.8) | (16.8, 22.8) | 0.02 | ||
| Ever tested for HIV | 104 (47.5) | (40.8, 54.2) | 705 (49.4) | (45.9, 52.9) | 0.61 | ||
| Gender | |||||||
| Female | |||||||
| Abstinence in last 12 months | 35 (22.6) | (15.9, 29.2) | 297 (19.7) | (16.8, 22.6) | 0.43 | ||
| *≥2partners in last 12 mos. | 29 (24.2) | (16.9, 31.9) | 82 (9.1) | (6.3, 11.9) | <0.01 | ||
| Condom use at last sexual encounter | 25 (23.4) | (15.2, 31.5) | 161 (18.2) | (14.7, 21.7) | 0.25 | ||
| *Ever tested for HIV | 52 (46.0) | (36.7, 55.3) | 486 (58.1) | (53.9, 62.2) | 0.02 | ||
| Male | |||||||
| Abstinence in last 12 months | 17 (13.4) | (7.4, 19.4) | 120 (19.0) | (14.3, 23.7) | 0.15 | ||
| *≥2 partners in last 12 mos. | 42 (38.2) | (30.0, 47.4) | 76 (11.1) | (7.7, 14.5) | <0.01 | ||
| *Condom use at last sexual encounter | 33 (33.0) | (23.6, 42.4) | 104 (21.4) | (16.6, 26.3) | 0.03 | ||
| Ever tested for HIV | 52 (49.1) | (39.4, 58.7) | 219 (40.8) | (35.3, 46.2) | 0.35 | ||
| Age | |||||||
| 18–34 | |||||||
| Abstinence in last 12 months | 8 (13.3) | (4.5, 22.2) | 64 (22.0) | (15.8, 28.2) | 0.11 | ||
| *≥2 partners in last 12 mos. | 21 (40.4) | (26.6, 54.2) | 69 (17.6) | (12.3, 22.9) | <0.01 | ||
| Condom use at last sexual encounter | 26 (50.0) | (35.9, 64.1) | 119 (35.8) | (28.9, 42.7) | 0.07 | ||
| Ever tested for HIV | 27 (56.3) | (41.7, 70.8) | 249 (59.9) | (52.6, 67.2) | 0.65 | ||
| 35–64 | |||||||
| Abstinence in last 12 months | 44 (19.8) | (14.5, 25.1) | 353 (17.8) | (15.5, 20.1) | 0.49 | ||
| *≥2 partners in last 12 mos. | 50 (28.1) | (21.4, 34.8) | 89 (6.0) | (4.4, 7.6) | <0.01 | ||
| *Condom use at last sexual encounter | 32 (20.7) | (14.2, 27.1) | 146 (11.1) | (9.0, 13.3) | 0.01 | ||
| Ever tested for HIV | 77 (45.0) | (37.5, 52.6) | 456 (43.7) | (40.0, 47.4) | 0.75 | ||
| Income | |||||||
| Less than $35,000 | |||||||
| *Abstinence in last 12 months | 29 (22.1) | (14.9, 29.3) | 232 (33.0) | (27.0, 39.0) | 0.02 | ||
| *≥2 partners in last 12 mos. | 44 (43.1) | (33.3, 52.9) | 86 (20.7) | (14.9, 26.6) | <0.01 | ||
| Condom use at last sexual encounter | 32 (37.6) | (27.1, 48.2) | 124 (31.0) | (24.6, 37.5) | 0.29 | ||
| *Ever tested for HIV | 44 (44.4) | (34.5, 54.4) | 276 (69.7) | (63.0, 76.5) | <0.01 | ||
| More than $35,000 | |||||||
| Abstinence in last 12 months | 21 (16.0) | (9.7, 22.4) | 149 (12.9) | (10.0, 15.9) | 0.38 | ||
| *≥2 partners in last 12 mos. | 20 (18.2) | (10.9, 25.5) | 62 (7.0) | (4.8, 9.3) | <0.01 | ||
| Condom use at last sexual encounter | 22 (20.4) | (12.7, 28.1) | 122 (15.9) | (12.5, 19.4) | 0.30 | ||
| Ever tested for HIV | 56 (52.8) | (43.2, 62.5) | 392 (44.2) | (40.0, 48.4) | 0.10 | ||
| Education | |||||||
| High school or less | |||||||
| Abstinence in last 12 months | 9 (21.4) | (8.5, 34.4) | 167 (25.6) | (19.8, 31.4) | 0.55 | ||
| *≥2 partners in last 12 mos. | 16 (48.5) | (30.5, 66.5) | 60 (13.9) | (9.2, 18.7) | <0.01 | ||
| Condom use at last sexual encounter | 5 (17.9) | (2.7, 33.0) | 89 (21.7) | (16.0, 27.4) | 0.63 | ||
| *Ever tested for HIV | 10 (31.3) | (14.3, 48.2) | 245 (57.7) | (50.9, 64.4) | <0.01 | ||
| Some college or higher | |||||||
| Abstinence in last 12 months | 43 (18.2) | (13.3, 23.2) | 248 (16.6) | (13.6, 19.6) | 0.58 | ||
| *≥2 partners in last 12 mos. | 52 (26.9) | (20.6, 33.3) | 98 (8.7) | (6.3, 11.0) | <0.01 | ||
| *Condom use at last sexual encounter | 52 (29.6) | (22.7, 36.3) | 176 (19.1) | (15.6, 22.6) | 0.01 | ||
| Ever tested for HIV | 93 (50.5) | (43.3, 57.8) | 460 (46.3) | (42.3, 50.3) | 0.32 | ||
| Marital status | |||||||
| Married or part of an unmarried couple | |||||||
| *Abstinence in last 12 months | 20 (13.0) | (7.6, 18.4) | 53 (5.4) | (3.7, 7.1) | <0.01 | ||
| *≥2 partners in last 12 mos. | 21 (15.7) | (9.4, 21.9) | 27 (2.4) | (1.3, 3.5) | <0.01 | ||
| *Condom use at last sexual encounter | 26 (21.3) | (13.9, 28.7) | 94 (9.2) | (7.0, 11.4) | <0.01 | ||
| Ever tested for HIV | 55 (43.0) | (34.3, 51.7) | 415 (46.6) | (42.7, 50.6) | 0.45 | ||
| Single, divorced, or separated | |||||||
| *Abstinence in last 12 months | 32 (25.6) | (17.8, 33.4) | 364 (40.6) | (35.0, 46.1) | <0.01 | ||
| *≥2 partners in last 12 mos. | 48 (51.6) | (41.3, 62.0) | 131 (28.8) | (22.5, 35.1) | <0.01 | ||
| Condom use at last sexual encounter | 32 (38.6) | (27.9, 49.2) | 171 (45.4) | (38.2, 52.6) | 0.29 | ||
| Ever tested for HIV | 48 (53.9) | (43.4, 64.5) | 290 (56.1) | (48.8, 63.4) | 0.74 | ||
*
Denotes 95% confidence of significant difference between proportions
†
Total N for condom use and HIV testing analyses includes only sexually active respondents. For DHS: N=230; for AHS: N=1358.
Confidence intervals are reported by percentage, not number of respondents.