Table 4.

Sexual health and risk behaviours among adolescent males, BC AHS 2008

Sexual Behaviour	Younger males (14 & 15 years old)		Older males (16 & 17 years old)		p value*
	%	95% CI	%	95% CI
Forced sex by another youth	3.8	1.9 – 7.4	1.3	0.4 – 3.7	p = .025
Forced sex by an adult	1.7	0.7 – 4.0	0.2	0 – 1.6
Unwanted sex in past year because of alcohol or drugs	9.1	6.0 – 13.7	4.9	2.8 – 8.5	p =.077
Alcohol/drug use before last sex	24.4	19.2 – 30.3	24.5	20.1 – 29.5	p =.479
3 + sexual partners in past year	17.9	13.7 – 23.0	8.6	5.7 – 12.7	p =.02
Condom used at last sex	83.1	77.5 – 87.5	74.2	68.5 – 79.1	p =.018
Effective birth control at last sex**	89.3	84.3 – 92.8	90.1	85.4 – 93.4	p =.781
Pregnancy involvement	5.5	3.3 – 9.1	4.1	2.2 – 7.6	p =.863
Told had an STI	2.3	1.0 – 5.1	0.2	0 – 1.6	p =.009

^*The p-value is calculated from a variant of the second-order Rao-Scott adjusted chi-square test statistic, an adjusted F, and its degrees of freedom.

^**Among the 89.3% of younger males who reported effective birth control at last sex, 61.7% used condoms only, 5.2% used hormonal methods only, and 33.1% used dual methods; among the 90.1% of older males who reported effective birth control at last sex, 46.4% used condoms only, 19.6% used hormonal methods only, and 34.1% used dual methods.