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. 2017 Jan 4;17:1. doi: 10.1186/s12914-016-0109-8

Table 3.

Sexual behavior of participants and their knowledge on HIV/AIDS by site

Bittou Boromo Total p-value
n % n % n %
Sexually active
 No 48 36.9 35 26.1 83 31.4 0.059
 Yes 82 63.1 99 73.9 181 68.6
Age at the first sexual intercourse (n = 181)
 14 years or younger 21 25.6 39 39.4 60 33.2 0.051
 15 years or older 43 52.4 49 49.5 92 50.8
 I don’t remember 18 22 11 11.1 29 16
Number of sexual partner during the past 3 months (n = 181)
 1 person 48 58.5 53 53.5 101 55.8 0.168
 2 to 4 people 26 31.7 41 41.4 67 37
 5 people or more 5 6.1 5 5.1 10 5.5
 No sex in past 3 months 3 3.7 0 0 3 1.7
Condom use during the last sexual intercourse (n = 181)
 No 47 57.3 81 81.8 128 70.7 <0.001*
 Yes 35 42.7 18 18.2 53 29.3
Ever get unwanted Pregnancy (n = 181)
 No 50 61 49 49.5 99 54.7 0.122
 Yes 32 39 50 50.5 82 45.3
Ever received money or gift for sexual intercourse (n = 181)
 No 43 52.5 41 41.4 84 46.4 <0.001*
 Yes 22 26.8 57 57.6 79 43.7
 Proposed but I refused 17 20.7 1 1 18 9.9
Ever heard of HIV/AIDS
 No 13 10.0 18 13.4 31 11.7 0.388
 Yes 117 90.0 116 86.6 233 88.3

* = Statistically significant at P < 0.05