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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 20.
Published in final edited form as: Int J STD AIDS. 2008 Oct;19(10):704–710. doi: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.007291

Table 2.

Change of behaviours with follow-up survey in urban high school ‘Focus-on-Teens’ participants

Behaviours Categories Adjusted* odds ratios (95% CI) P value
Having >1 lifetime sex partner Increasing each survey 1.82 (1.63-2.02) <0.0001
Having sex >5 times with the same or a different partner in the past six months Increasing each survey 0.90 (0.80-1.00) 0.0420
Have talked with girlfriend/boyfriend about not having sex in the last six months Increasing each survey 1.29 (1.16-1.44) <0.0001
Having asked most recent sexual partner about the number of his/her sexual partners Increasing each survey 1.07 (0.86-1.34) 0.5425
Having asked most recent sexual partner if he/she uses condom Increasing each survey 1.30 (1.01-1.68) 0.0421
Have talked with parents/adults about condom use in the past six months Increasing each survey 1.24 (1.13-1.36) <0.0001
Have talked with parents/adults about STDs/HIV infection in the past six months Increasing each survey 1.16 (1.05-1.27) 0.0035
Use ‘withdrawal/pulling out’ as birth control measure when having sex last time Increasing each survey 0.89 (0.79-1.00) 0.0640
Use condom as birth control measure when having sex last time Increasing each survey 1.14 (1.03-1.26) 0.0145
Intend to always use condom when having sex in the next six months Increasing each survey 1.15 (1.04-1.28) 0.0049
Having been pregnant or made someone pregnant Increasing each survey 0.97 (0.82-1.15) 0.7376
Having been diagnosed with an STD in the past six months Increasing each survey 0.96 (0.79-1.16) 0.6765
*

Generalized estimating equations adjusted for age and gender

CI = confidence interval