Table 2.

Bivariate and multivariate analysis of condom use and other variables.

Characteristics	Bivariate OR (95% CI)	p value	Multivariate OR (95% CI)	p value
Risk-perception
Women who self-identified themselves as high risk for STI (High Risk)	3.1 (2.11–4.55)	<0.001	2.2 (1.1–4.4)	0.033
Women who self-identified themselves as low risk for STI (Low risk)	1		1
Sociodemographic characteristics of respondent
Age
≤19	12 (6.1–23.8)	<0.001	9.6 (2.4–39.2)	0.002
20–29	3 (1.7–5.08)	<0.001	1.8 (0.1–55)	0.18
30+	1		1
Highest educational level
Beyond primary	3.2 (2.2–4.7)	<0.001	1.0 (0.5–2.3)	0.93
Primary and below	1		1
Marital status
Married	1		1
Engaged	3.4 (0.8–14.3)	0.09	8.2 (0.6–114)	0.12
Cohabitation	1.1 (0.26–4.9)	0.9	5.4 (0.4–75)	0.20
Religion
Christian	2.4 (1.5–3.8)	<0.001	1.9 (0.9–4.82)	0.08
Moslem	1		1
Sociodemographic characteristics of partner
Partner's age
18–29	4.2 (2.9–6.3)	<0.001	1.4 (0.6–3.4)	0.38
30+	1		1
Partner's educational level
Primary and below	1.7 (1.1–2.9)	0.021	1.3 (0.5–3.1)	0.63
Middle/JSS	1		1
Secondary and above	0.7 (0.5–1.2)	0.196	1.6 (0.7–3.6)	0.29
Most important consideration for using condoms
Avoiding HIV/STI alone	0.2 (0.15–0.37)	<0.001	0.5 (0.2–1.1)	0.10
Prevention of pregnancy alone	0.7 (0.48–1.26)	0.3	0.4 (0.2–1.1)	0.08
Avoiding HIV/STI and Prevention of pregnancy	1		1
Ability to ask for condom before sex
Yes	1		1
No	0.1 (0.06–0.16)	<0.001	0.3 (0.14–0.73)	0.010
Partner's approval
Yes	1		1
No	0.1 (0.009–0.02)	<0.001	0.2 (0.01–0.05)	<0.001