Table 3.
Factors associated with early resumption of sexual intercourse
| Variable | Timing of resumption | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before 6 weeks (%) | After 6 weeks (%) | |||
| Age | 15–20 | 1 (3.3) | 17 (7.7) | 0.223 |
| 21–35 | 54 (88.5) | 203 (91.9) | ||
| 36–45 | 5 (8.2) | 1(1.6) | ||
| Religion | Protestant | 8 (13.1) | 79 (35.7) | 0.000 |
| Roman catholic | 45 (73.8) | 119 (53.8) | ||
| Muslim | 8 (13.1) | 8 (3.6) | ||
| Others | 0 (0) | 15 (6.8) | ||
| Level of education by respondent | No formal education | 2 (3.3) | 6 (2.7) | 0.000 |
| Primary | 22 (36.1) | 52 (23.5) | ||
| Secondary | 21 (34.4) | 161 (72.9) | ||
| Diploma | 1 (1.6) | 2 (0.9) | ||
| Degree | 15 (24.6) | 0 (0) | ||
| Marital status | Unmarried | 3 (4.9) | 15 (6.8) | 0.772 |
| Married | 58 (95.1) | 206 (93.2) | ||
| Occupation of respondent | House wife | 21 (34.4) | 163 (73.8) | 0.000 |
| Self employed | 24 (39.3) | 42 (19.0) | ||
| Civil servant | 8 (13.1) | 1 (0.5) | ||
| Private | 8 (13.1) | 15 (6.8) | ||
| Parity | First | 0 (0) | 24 (10.9) | 0.000 |
| Second | 61 (100) | 76 (34.4) | ||
| Third or more | 0 (0) | 121 (54.7) | ||
| Highest level by spouse | No formal education | 0 (0) | 2 (0.9) | 0.000 |
| 16 (26.2) | 58 (26.2) | |||
| Primary | ||||
| 16 (26.2) | 161 (72.9) | |||
| Secondary | ||||
| 21 (34.4) | 0 (0) | |||
| Diploma | ||||
| 8 (13.1) | 0 (0) | |||
| Degree | ||||