Table 1.
Prevalence of sexual and non-sexual risk-taking behaviors among in-school adolescents stratified by gender
| Country | Variables | Total n (%) | Gender | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male n (%) | Female n (%) | |||||
| Benin (n = 2536) | Ever had sexual intercourse | Yes | 1215 (47.9) | 799 (31.5) | 416 (16.4) | < 0.001 |
| Sex with multiple partners | Yes | 650 (25·6) | 541 (21.3) | 109 (4.3) | < 0.001 | |
| Currently smoked cigarettes | Yes | 109 (4.3) | 87 (3.4) | 22 (0.9) | < 0.001 | |
| Currently drank alcohol | Yes | 1015 (40.0) | 593 (23.4) | 422 (16.6) | 0.003 | |
| Currently used marijuana | Yes | 24 (0.9) | 20 (0.8) | 4 (0.1) | 0.005 | |
| Ever used amphetamine | Yes | 49 (1.9) | 37 (1.5) | 12 (0.4) | 0.002 | |
| Parental connectedness | Yes | 835 (32.9) | 438 (17.3) | 397 (15.6) | 0.23 | |
| Mozambique (n = 1918) | Ever had sexual intercourse | Yes | 1149 (59·9) | 706 (36.8) | 443 (23.1) | < 0.001 |
| Sex with multiple partners | Yes | 544 (28·4) | 411 (21.4) | 133 (7.0) | < 0.001 | |
| Currently smoked cigarettes | Yes | 55 (2.8) | 34 (1.7) | 21 (1.1) | 0.46 | |
| Currently drank alcohol | Yes | 263 (13.7) | 145 (7.6) | 118 (6.1) | 0.57 | |
| Currently used marijuana | Yes | 30 (1.6) | 23 (1.2) | 7 (0.4) | 0.02 | |
| Ever used amphetamine | Yes | 28 (1.5) | 17 (0.9) | 11 (0.6) | 0.34 | |
| Parental connectedness | Yes | 854 (44.5) | 450 (23.5) | 404 (21.0) | 0.74 | |
| Namibia (n = 4531) | Ever had sexual intercourse | Yes | 2416 (53.3) | 1389 (30.7) | 1027 (22.6) | < 0.001 |
| Sex with multiple partners | Yes | 1174 (25.9) | 810 (17.9) | 364 (8.0) | < 0.001 | |
| Currently smoked cigarettes | Yes | 443 (9.8) | 300 (6.6) | 143 (3.2) | < 0.001 | |
| Currently drank alcohol | Yes | 1476 (32.6) | 823 (18.2) | 653 (14.4) | < 0.001 | |
| Currently used marijuana | Yes | 243 (5.4) | 152 (3.3) | 91 (2.1) | < 0.001 | |
| Ever used amphetamine | Yes | 256 (5.6) | 159 (3.5) | 97 (2.1) | < 0.001 | |
| Parental connectedness | Yes | 1852 (40.9) | 841 (18.6) | 1011 (22.3) | 0.04 | |
| Seychelles (n = 2540) | Ever had sexual intercourse | Yes | 1048 (41.3) | 555 (21.9) | 493 (19.4) | < 0.001 |
| Sex with multiple partners | Yes | 584 (23.0) | 322 (12.7) | 262 (10.3) | 0.001 | |
| Currently smoked cigarettes | Yes | 507 (20.0) | 302 (11.9) | 205 (8.1) | < 0.001 | |
| Currently drank alcohol | Yes | 1177 (46.3) | 549 (21.6) | 628 (24.7) | 0.55 | |
| Currently used marijuana | Yes | 249 (9.8) | 171 (6.7) | 78 (3.1) | < 0.001 | |
| Ever used amphetamine | Yes | 128 (5.0) | 89 (3.5) | 39 (1.5) | < 0.001 | |
| Parental connectedness | Yes | 810 (31.9) | 376 (14.8) | 434 (17.1) | 0.55 | |
| Tanzania (n = 3793) | Ever had sexual intercourse | Yes | 842 (22.2) | 529 (13.9) | 313 (8.3) | < 0.001 |
| Sex with multiple partners | Yes | 252 (6·6) | 183 (4.8) | 69 (1.8) | < 0.001 | |
| Currently smoked cigarettes | Yes | 177 (4.7) | 99 (2.6) | 78 (2.1) | 0.04 | |
| Currently drank alcohol | Yes | 190 (5.0) | 101 (2.7) | 89 (2.3) | 0.16 | |
| Currently used marijuana | Yes | 100 (2.6) | 51 (1.3) | 49 (1.3) | 0.99 | |
| Ever used amphetamine | Yes | 118 (3.1) | 55 (1.4) | 63 (1.7) | 0.56 | |
| Parental connectedness | Yes | 1456 (38.4) | 683 (18.0) | 773 (20.4) | 0.26 | |
| Overall (N = 15,318) | Ever had sexual intercourse | Yes | 6670 (43·5) | 3978 (26.0) | 2692 (17.5) | < 0.001 |
| Sex with multiple partners | Yes | 3204 (20·9) | 2267 (14.8) | 937 (6.1) | < 0.001 | |
| Currently smoked cigarettes | Yes | 1291 (8.4) | 822 (5.3) | 469 (3.1) | < 0.001 | |
| Currently drank alcohol | Yes | 4121 (26.9) | 2211 (14.4) | 1910 (12.5) | < 0.001 | |
| Currently used marijuana | Yes | 646 (4.2) | 417 (2.7) | 229 (1.5) | < 0.001 | |
| Ever used amphetamine | Yes | 579 (3.7) | 357 (2.3) | 222 (1.4) | < 0.001 | |
| Parental connectedness | Yes | 5807 (37.9) | 2788 (18.2) | 3019 (19.7) | 0.01 | |
Note: Sex with multiple partners = Sexual intercourse with ≥2 persons