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