Table 4.
Bivariate and multivariate analysis for the risk of contracting STI and other variables.
| Characteristics | Risk of contracting STI n (%) |
Bivariate 95% CI |
p value | Multivariate 95% CI |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low risk | High risk | |||||
| Sociodemographic characteristics of respondent | ||||||
| Age | ||||||
| ≤19 | 7 (9.7) | 65 (90.3) | 3.4 (1.8–6.4) | <0.001 | 1.2 (0.5–2.8) | 0.566 |
| 20–29 | 85 (29.1) | 207 (70.9) | 1.0 (0.6–1.5) | 0.901 | 0.7 (0.4–1.2) | 0.169 |
| 30+ | 38 (27.1) | 102 (72.9) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Highest educational level | ||||||
| Beyond primary | 64 (24.2) | 200 (75.8) | 1.0 (0.6–1.5) | 0.901 | 1.0 (0.6–1.5) | 0.911 |
| Primary and below | 66 (27.5) | 174 (72.5) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married | 103 (34.9) | 192 (65.1) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Engaged | 6 (5) | 113 (95) | 3.7 (2.3–5.8) | <0.001 | 2.6 (1.5–4.5) | 0.001 |
| Cohabitation | 21 (23) | 69 (76.7) | 1.8 (1.1–2.9) | 0.012 | 1.5 (0.9–2.7) | 0.138 |
| Sociodemographic characteristics of partner | ||||||
| Partner's age | ||||||
| 18–29 | 29 (16.1) | 151 (84.9) | 1.6 (1.1–2.3) | <0.001 | 0.5 (0.3–1.1) | 0.138 |
| 30+ | 101 (31.1) | 222 (68.7) | ||||
| Most important consideration for using condoms | ||||||
| Avoiding HIV/STI alone | 77 (35.8) | 138 (64.2) | 0.6 (0.4–1.0) | 0.081 | 0.9 (0.6–1.4) | 0.571 |
| Prevention of pregnancy alone | 9 (8) | 104 (92.8) | 1.5 (0.9–2.4) | 0.084 | 1.3 (0.8–2.2) | 0.317 |
| Avoiding HIV/STI and Prevention of pregnancy | 43 (24.7) | 131 (75.3) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ability to ask for condom before sex | ||||||
| Yes | 61 (20.9) | 231 (79.1) | 1 | 1 | ||
| No | 69 (32.6) | 143 (67.4) | 1.2 (0.8–1.7) | 0.318 | 1.3 (0.8–1.9) | 0.317 |
| Partner's approval for condom use | ||||||
| Yes | 172 (32.2) | 154 (82.8) | 1.6 (1.1–2.3) | 0.011 | 0.5 (0.3–1.1) | 0.104 |
| No | 98 (30.8) | 220 (69.2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Condom use | ||||||
| Yes | 64 (37.4) | 107 (62.6) | 2.5 (1.7–3.6) | <0.001 | 2.9 (1.5–5.7) | 0.001 |
| No | 199 (60.1) | 132 (39.9) | 1 | 1 | ||