Table 3.
Background characteristics | Condom attitudes
|
Test of association
|
Result of logistic regression Odds ratios |
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Higher positive attitudes | Moderate positive attitudes | Low Positive Attitudes | Total | Chi-square | P-value | ||
Age | |||||||
20 and below | 28.1 | 69.5 | 2.4 | 167 | |||
21–24 | 28.1 | 69.6 | 2.3 | 345 | 1.0 | 0.912 | 1.057 |
25 and over | 26.1 | 70.9 | 3.1 | 556 | 1.169 | ||
Marital status | |||||||
Married lives wife | 28.1 | 69.6 | 2.3 | 438 | |||
Married lives away from wife | 26.9 | 70.0 | 3.1 | 223 | 1.0 | 0.922 | 0.959 |
Unmarried | 26.0 | 71.0 | 2.9 | 407 | 1.769 | ||
Educational qualification | |||||||
Illiterate or primary | 28.1 | 68.7 | 3.2 | 377 | |||
Middle school | 28.7 | 68.8 | 2.4 | 491 | 5.2 | 0.266 | 1.140 |
High school and above | 21.2 | 76.5 | 2.5 | 200 | 2.101* | ||
Leisure time activity | |||||||
No activity | 23.1 | 72.8 | 4.1 | 169 | |||
One or two activity | 23.8 | 73.3 | 2.9 | 581 | 17.2 | 0.002 | 1.029 |
Three or more activities | 35.2 | 63.2 | 1.6 | 318 | 0.752 | ||
Alcohol and sexual expectancy | |||||||
Low | 18.0 | 80.5 | 1.5 | 261 | |||
Moderate | 25.1 | 72.1 | 2.7 | 402 | 33.0 | 0.000 | 0.575** |
High | 37.4 | 59.8 | 2.8 | 358 | 0.328*** | ||
Hyper masculinity | |||||||
Low | 21.2 | 75.5 | 3.3 | 364 | |||
Moderate | 28.9 | 67.5 | 3.5 | 425 | 15.9 | 0.003 | 0.737 |
High | 32.5 | 66.8 | 0.7 | 271 | 0.711 | ||
Level of drinking | |||||||
Low | 26.4 | 70.4 | 3.2 | 842 | |||
Moderate | 24.4 | 75.0 | 0.6 | 156 | 16.4 | 0.002 | 1.573* |
High | 50.0 | 47.8 | 2.2 | 46 | 0.608 | ||
Type of partner (critical event) | |||||||
Wife only | 27.3 | 69.9 | 2.8 | 579 | |||
Girl friend only | 41.9 | 58.1 | 0.0 | 86 | 21.2 | 0.000 | 0.425** |
Others | 65.0 | 35.0 | 0.0 | 20 | 0.188* | ||
Total | 27.1 | 70.2 | 2.7 | 1068 |
Note:
P <0.01,
P < 0.05 and
P < 0.10, First category of each predictor has been taken as a reference category for application of logistic regression