Table 3.
Association between sexting, socio-demographic characteristics, and risky sexual behaviour among respondents using binary logistic regression.
| Predictor variables | Low risky behaviour (%) | High risky sexual behaviour (%) | Model 1 |
Model 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR [95% CI] | OR [95% CI] | |||
| Knowledge of sexting | 73 (48.0) | 79 (52.0) | 1.636 [.790–3.389] | 3.069 [.529–17.820] |
| Enjoyment of sexting | 49 (55.1) | 40 (44.9) | 0.639 [.333–1.224] | 0.745 [.130 - .443] |
| Ever received/sent a sext to a friend | 49 (52.1) | 45 (47.9) | 0.706 [.368–1.355] | 0.076 [.013 - .443] |
| Last time of sexting | 36 (52.9) | 32 (47.1) | 0.539 [2.56–1.135] | 1.389 [.272–7.095] |
| Ever sent a nude picture to her partner | 29 (39.7) | 44 (60.3) | 2.504∗ [1.102–5.690] | 2.957 [.513–17.036] |
| Partner enjoys sexting | 32 (42.1) | 44 (57.9) | 1.702 [.776–3.733] | 2.006 [.312–12.891] |
| Use of smartphones to encourage sexting | 63 (43.8) | 81 (56.2) | 2.068 [.956–4.474] | 16.139∗ [2.374–109.696] |
| Forced by partner to sext | 22 (73.3) | 8 (26.7) | 0.300 [.118 - .768] | 2.469 [.251–24.290] |
| Socio-demographic variables | ||||
| Age | ||||
| Less than 18 years old (Ref) | 35 (76.1) | 11 (23.9) | 1.000 | |
| 18–22 years old | 10 (18.9) | 43 (81.1) | 83.962∗∗ [7.046–1000.537] | |
| 23–30 years old | 54 (53.5) | 47 (46.5) | 10.656 [1.275–82.542] | |
| Religion | ||||
| Christian (Ref) | 99 (50.0) | 99 (50.0) | – | |
| Muslim | – | 2 (100.0) | – | |
| Ethnic group | ||||
| Yoruba (Ref) | 2 (40.0) | 3 (60.0) | 1.000 | |
| Urhobo | 2 (4.4) | 43 (95.6) | 130.612∗ [1.090–15657.333] | |
| Igbo | 6 (16.2) | 31 (83.8) | 10.953 [.138–870.740] | |
| Hausa | – | 2 (100.0) | – | |
| Ijaw/Epie | 89 (80.2) | 22 (19.8) | 0.186 [.003–13.089] | |
| Academic level | ||||
| 100 Level (Ref) | 16 (36.4) | 28 (63.6) | 1.000 | |
| 200 Level | 27 (67.5) | 13 (32.5) | 0.293 [.018–4.812] | |
| 300 Level | 17 (41.5) | 24 (58.5) | 1.338 [.096–18.578] | |
| 400 Level | 15 (45.5) | 18 (54.5) | 8.299 [.552–124.726] | |
| 500 Level | 24 (57.1) | 18 (42.9) | 2.554 [.143–45.545] | |
| Income/monthly allowance (N) | ||||
| 5,000 – 10,999 | 23 (28.8) | 57 (71.2) | 1.000 | |
| 11,000 – 16,999 | 54 (72.0) | 21 (28.0) | 0.017∗ [.002 - .139] | |
| 17,000 – 20,000 | 22 (48.9) | 23 (51.1) | 0.072∗ [.007 - .722] | |
| Mode of residence at school | ||||
| Off-campus (Ref) | 66 (55.5) | 53 (44.5) | 1.000 | |
| On-campus | 33 (40.7) | 48 (59.3) | 3.604 [.552–23.520] | |
Significant at P < 0.01∗∗ or P < 0.05∗; Ref = reference category.