Table 1. The Prevalence of Condom Use at Last Sex Overall and Stratified by Gender Across Demographic and Behavioural Variables Among Young Adults (Analytic Sample = 633; Men = 488; Women = 145) .
| Variables | N | Overall, No. (%) a | Men, No. (%) | Women, No. (%) |
| Age group | ||||
| 19-24 years | 318 | 101 (32.3) | 82 (35.0) | 16 (21.6) |
| 25-29 years | 314 | 121 (39.2)e | 100 (41.2) | 20 (30.8) |
| Educational attainment | ||||
| Illiterate | 30 | 13 (43.3) | 9 (50.0) | 4 (33.3) |
| Diploma and less | 94 | 33 (36.3) | 26 (34.2) | 7 (46.7) |
| Undergraduate | 230 | 78 (34.5) | 66 (35.3) | 10 (28.6) |
| Graduate | 277 | 98 (35.8) | 81 (41.1) | 15 (20.0) |
| Job status | ||||
| Unemployed – housekeeper | 89 | 20 (23.8) | 7 (18.4) | 13 (28.9) |
| Stable job status (Governmental employed/self-employed) | 303 | 129 (42.6) | 114 (43.9) | 12 (30.8) |
| Unstable job status (Labourer/others) | 98 | 29 (30.2) | 27 (30.3) | 1 (16.7) |
| Students | 141 | 44 (31.9)f | 34 (37.4)f | 10 (21.3) |
| Marital status | ||||
| Currently unmarried (Single and previously married) | 447 | 158 (36.1) | 135 (39.1) | 21 (23.6) |
| Currently married | 177 | 62 (35.2) | 46 (36.5) | 14 (29.2) |
| Age at first sex | ||||
| ≤18 years | 170 | 60 (35.5) | 48 (35.6) | 11 (34.4) |
| >18 years | 241 | 90 (37.7) | 73 (44.5) | 17 (22.7) |
| Experienced sex under the influence of alcohol or high on drugs | ||||
| No/not remember | 369 | 148 (39.7) | 121 (42.3) | 24 (28.9) |
| Yes | 246 | 74 (29.9)f | 61 (32.1)f | 12 (21.8) |
| Condom knowledge | ||||
| Condom-related Knowledge question 1b | ||||
| No | 59 | 15 (25.9) | 11 (23.4) | 3 (30.0) |
| Yes | 570 | 204 (36.4) | 168 (39.3)f | 33 (25.6) |
| Condom-related knowledge question 2c | ||||
| No | 159 | 38 (24.1) | 31 (28.7) | 6 (12.5) |
| Yes | 469 | 181 (39.4)f | 149 (40.7)f | 29 (32.2)f |
| Condom knowledge scaled | ||||
| No | 183 | 48 (26.4) | 39 (30.2) | 7 (14.0) |
| Yes | 411 | 168 (38.9)f | 138 (40.5)f | 28 (31.8)f |
| Knowledge on sexual route of HIV transmission | ||||
| No | 154 | 39 (25.5) | 34 (27.4) | 3 (11.5) |
| Yes | 474 | 180 (38.7)f | 146 (41.7)f | 32 (28.6)e |
a The prevalence of condom use overall and stratified by gender across the covariates is presented here; b Condomless sex, with an HIV-positive partner can transmit the HIV infection; c HIV can be prevented by properly using condom during sex; d Aggregated scale of the two previous questions; eP value < .10; fP value < .05