Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of early-circumcised (EC) and non-circumcised (NC) participants.
| Total | Total sample |
Early circumcised |
Non circumcised |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 619 | 408 | 69.27% | 211 | 35.82% | ||||
| Age [mean SD] | 34.91 |
9.99 |
35.98 |
10.36 |
32.85 |
8.90 |
t484.39 = 3.91, p < .001 |
|
|
Circumcision reasons |
N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
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| Hygiene | 91 | 22.30% | - | - | ||||
| I don't know why | 236 | 57.84% | - | - | ||||
| Medical reasons | 24 | 05.88% | - | - | ||||
| Other | 10 | 02.45% | - | - | ||||
| Religion | 47 | 11.52% | - | - | ||||
| missing | 0 |
00.00% |
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|
Ethnicity | ||||||||
| Black or African American | 46 | 07.43% | 28 | 06.86% | 18 | 08.53% | ||
| Hispanic or Latino | 49 | 07.92% | 13 | 03.19% | 36 | 17.06% | ||
| White | 462 | 74.64% | 341 | 83.58% | 121 | 57.35% | ||
| Other | 58 | 09.37% | 22 | 05.39% | 36 | 17.06% | X23 = 67.16, p < .001 | |
| missing | 4 |
00.65% |
4 |
00.98% |
0 |
00.00% |
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|
Sexual orientation | ||||||||
| Bisexual | 24 | 03.88% | 15 | 03.68% | 9 | 04.27% | ||
| Heterosexual | 571 | 92.25% | 379 | 92.89% | 192 | 91.00% | ||
| Homosexual | 21 | 03.39% | 12 | 02.94% | 9 | 04.27% | ||
| Other | 3 | 00.48% | 2 | 00.49% | 1 | 00.47% | X23 = 0.90, p = .826 | |
| missing | 0 |
00.00% |
0 |
00.00% |
0 |
00.00% |
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|
Is in a relationship | ||||||||
| No | 247 | 39.90% | 153 | 37.50% | 94 | 44.55% | ||
| Yes | 346 | 55.90% | 240 | 58.82% | 106 | 50.24% | X21 = 3.55, p = .060 | |
| missing | 26 |
04.20% |
15 |
03.68% |
11 |
05.21% |
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|
Education | ||||||||
| Bachelor | 288 | 46.53% | 189 | 46.32% | 99 | 46.92% | ||
| High School | 244 | 39.42% | 155 | 37.99% | 89 | 42.18% | ||
| Master | 53 | 08.56% | 40 | 09.80% | 13 | 06.16% | ||
| More than one Master | 5 | 00.81% | 5 | 01.23% | 0 | 00.00% | ||
| PhD | 4 | 00.65% | 3 | 00.74% | 1 | 00.47% | ||
| Primary | 1 | 00.16% | 0 | 00.00% | 1 | 00.47% | ||
| Technical | 24 | 03.88% | 16 | 03.92% | 8 | 03.79% | X26 = 7.46, p = .281 | |
| missing | 0 |
00.00% |
0 |
00.00% |
0 |
00.00% |
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|
Occupation time | ||||||||
| Career of home, family, etc. full time | 2 | 00.32% | 1 | 00.25% | 1 | 00.47% | ||
| Other permanently unemployed e.g. chronically sick, independent means | 12 | 01.94% | 10 | 02.45% | 2 | 00.95% | ||
| Retired | 10 | 01.62% | 7 | 01.72% | 3 | 01.42% | ||
| Student full-time | 22 | 03.55% | 9 | 02.21% | 13 | 06.16% | ||
| Temporarily unemployed but actively seeking work | 31 | 05.01% | 22 | 05.39% | 9 | 04.27% | ||
| Working full- and part-time | 542 | 87.56% | 359 | 87.99% | 183 | 86.73% | X25 = 8.42, p = .135 | |
| missing | 0 |
00.00% |
0 |
00.00% |
0 |
00.00% |
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Occupation type | ||||||||
| Armed Forces | 10 | 01.62% | 8 | 01.96% | 2 | 00.95% | ||
| Civil Service and local government | 21 | 03.39% | 19 | 04.66% | 2 | 00.95% | ||
| Education | 43 | 06.95% | 27 | 06.62% | 16 | 07.58% | ||
| Finance and banking | 60 | 09.69% | 42 | 10.29% | 18 | 08.53% | ||
| Manufacturing | 70 | 11.31% | 44 | 10.78% | 26 | 12.32% | ||
| Other service industries | 177 | 28.59% | 111 | 27.21% | 66 | 31.28% | ||
| Primary farming, fishing, mining, etc. | 12 | 01.94% | 8 | 01.96% | 4 | 01.90% | ||
| Professions in private practice | 107 | 17.29% | 74 | 18.14% | 33 | 15.64% | ||
| Selling, distribution and retailing | 99 | 15.99% | 62 | 15.20% | 37 | 17.54% | ||
| Transportation | 20 | 03.23% | 13 | 03.19% | 7 | 03.32% | X29 = 9.24, p = .415 | |
| missing | 0 | 00.00% | 0 | 00.00% | 0 | 00.00% | ||