Table 1. Distribution of the population of the female partners of inmates and sexual behavior in terms of sexually transmissible diseases. Piraquara, Londrina, Francisco Beltrão, Paraná (PR), Brazil, 2016 (n=349).
Variables | Total | STD* | p-value† | |||
N | (%) | N | (%) | |||
Age | <30 years old | 231 | 66.4 | 97 | 66.0 | 0.894 |
≥30 years old | 117 | 33.6 | 50 | 34.0 | ||
Education | Inc Prim Edu.‡ | 109 | 31.3 | 50 | 34.5 | 0.736 |
Prim Edu§ | 37 | 10.6 | 14 | 9.5 | ||
Inc. high││ | 111 | 31.9 | 45 | 30.6 | ||
High school¶ | 60 | 17.2 | 28 | 19.0 | ||
Some college | 22 | 6.3 | 7 | 4.8 | ||
College†† | 9 | 2.6 | 3 | 2.0 | ||
Partner/12 months | 1 | 206 | 59.2 | 74 | 50.3 | <0.006† |
>1 | 142 | 40.8 | 73 | 49.7 | ||
Uses condoms | Never | 198 | 59.6 | 78 | 53.1 | 0.295 |
Sometimes | 143 | 41.1 | 67 | 45.6 | ||
Always | 7 | 2.0 | 2 | 1.4 | ||
Sexual violence | Yes | 111 | 31.9 | 84 | 57.1 | <0.001† |
No | 237 | 68.1 | 63 | 42.9 | ||
Sex for money | Yes | 79 | 22.7 | 53 | 36.1 | <0.001† |
No | 269 | 77.3 | 94 | 63.9 | ||
Alcohol | Yes | 211 | 60.6 | 106 | 72.1 | <0.001† |
No | 137 | 39.4 | 41 | 27.9 | ||
Drugs | Yes | 71 | 20.4 | 41 | 27.9 | 0.005† |
No | 277 | 79.6 | 106 | 72.1 |
*STD: reports of Sexually Transmitted Diseases; †Chi-square; statistically significant p≤0.05; ‡Incomplete primary/middle education; §Complete Middle Education; ││Incomplete high-school; ¶Complete high-school; **Some college studies; ††College degree.