Table 2.
Characteristics of sexual and reproductive experience among questionnaire-participants according to vaccination status, n = 1834.
| Characteristic | Variable | Vaccinated |
Unvaccinated |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Sexually active | Total responses | N = 821 | N = 919 | |
| Yes | 610 (74.3) | 675 (73.5) | 0.69 | |
| Age at first vaginal intercourse (years) | Total responses | N = 585 | N = 652 | |
| 13–15 | 16 (2.7) | 7 (1.1) | 0.02 | |
| 16–18 | 278 (47.5) | 282 (43.2) | ||
| 19–24 | 291 (49.7) | 363 (55.7) | ||
| Difference in partner age at debut (years) | Total responses | N = 579 | N = 645 | |
| <3 | 468 (80.8) | 541 (83.9) | 0.34 | |
| 3–7 | 103 (17.8) | 98 (15.2) | ||
| 8–17 | 8 (1.4) | 6 (0.9) | ||
| Number of sexual partners in past 12 months | Total responses | N = 563 | N = 622 | |
| 0 | 32 (5.7) | 42 (6.8) | 0.89 | |
| 1 | 478 (84.9) | 521 (83.8) | ||
| 2–4 | 48 (8.5) | 54 (8.7) | ||
| 5–10 | 5 (0.9) | 5 (0.8) | ||
| Number of lifetime sexual partners | Total responses | N = 529 | N = 592 | |
| 1 | 346 (65.4) | 377 (63.7) | 0.66 | |
| 2–4 | 165 (31.2) | 198 (33.4) | ||
| >5 | 18 (3.2) | 17 (2.9) | ||
| Prior pregnancy | Total responses | N = 609 | N = 657 | |
| Yes | 293 (48.1) | 272 (41.4) | 0.02 | |
| Number of pregnancies | Total responses | N = 278 | N = 263 | |
| 1 | 212 (76.3) | 207 (78.7) | 0.50 | |
| >2 | 66 (23.7) | 56 (21.3) | ||
| Number of births | Total responses | N = 250 | N = 231 | |
| 0 | 43 (17.2) | 40 (17.3) | 0.97 | |
| >=1 | 207 (82.8) | 191 (82.7) | ||