Table 2.
Sexual activity and sexual health among participants with and without intellectual disability
| Sex | Participants with intellectual disabilities | Other participants | Unadjusted Prevalence Ratio | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total n | % | Total n | % | |||
| Sexually Active | ||||||
| Ever had sexual intercourse | Men | 186 | 75% | 4150 | 89% | 0.84*** (0.77–0.92) |
| Women | 115 | 72% | 4287 | 88% | 0.82*** (0.73–0.92) | |
| First had sexual intercourse below age 16 | Men | 129 | 41% | 3488 | 36% | 1.12 (0.91–1.26) |
| Women | 76 | 15% | 3555 | 33% | 0.45** (0.26–0.77) | |
| Unsafe sex | ||||||
| Ever had unsafe sex | Men | 139 | 58% | 3673 | 56% | 1.03 (0.89–1.19) |
| Women | 81 | 59% | 3746 | 51% | 1.16 (0.97–1.40) | |
| Has unsafe sex on 50% time or more instances | Men | 137 | 26% | 3634 | 18% | 1.39* (1.03–1.86) |
| Women | 78 | 22% | 3710 | 13% | 1.71* (1.12–2.63) | |
| STI | ||||||
| Ever | Men | 110 | 4% | 3335 | 4% | 1.05 (0.39–2.79) |
| Women | 69 | 4% | 3463 | 7% | 0.61 (0.20–1.84) | |
| Pregnancies & Children | ||||||
| Ever | Women | 76 | 50% | 3709 | 23% | 2.17*** (1.72–2.74) |
| Abortion | Women | 39 | 8% | 856 | 23% | 0.33* (0.11–0.99) |
| Miscarriage | Women | 39 | 5% | 856 | 13% | 0.40 (0.10–1.56) |
| Has child at 17/18 | Men | 210 | 0% | 4565 | 1% | 0.20 (0.01–3.20) |
| Women | 119 | 12% | 4716 | 4% | 2.95*** (1.77–4.92) | |
| Has child at 18/19 | Men | 197 | 2% | 4270 | 3% | 0.61 (0.20–1.90) |
| Women | 122 | 18% | 4316 | 7% | 2.54*** (1.72–3.77) | |
| Has child at 19/20 | Men | 167 | 7% | 3777 | 4% | 1.55 (0.86–2.79) |
| Women | 105 | 25% | 3871 | 10% | 2.58*** (1.83–3.66) | |
| Child lives elsewhere at 19/20 | Men | 11 | 73% | 210 | 58% | 1.25 (0.86–1.83) |
| Women | 20 | 0% | 20 | 2% | 0.25 (0.00–126.81) | |
* P<0.05 **P<0.01 and *** P<0.001