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. 2021 Apr 28;11(5):63. doi: 10.3390/bs11050063

Table 3.

Mass media and refuse sex, condom use, and safer sex negotiation by countries.

Countries Refuse Sex p-Values Ask for Condom Use p-Values Safer Sex Negotiation p-Values
Not Exposed to Mass Media Exposed to Mass Media Not Exposed to Mass Media Exposed to Mass Media Not Exposed to Mass Media Exposed to Mass Media
All countries 55.1 66.8 <0.001 42.2 61.1 <0.001 62.2 76.1 <0.001
Central Africa
Angola 44.1 73.2 <0.001 34.5 70.5 <0.001 48.7 79.6 <0.001
Cameroon 59.3 78.4 <0.001 30.0 71.0 <0.001 61.1 83.8 <0.001
Chad 44.0 66.5 <0.001 19.3 35.0 <0.001 48.5 71.2 <0.001
Congo 73.0 70.8 0.201 61.7 69.6 0.001 82.8 87.2 0.005
Congo DR 65.0 70.9 <0.001 36.4 50.0 <0.001 72.0 80.3 <0.001
Gabon 79.5 84.0 0.048 65.0 84.5 <0.001 86.4 93.1 <0.001
West Africa
Benin 48.3 64.3 <0.001 33.8 48.4 <0.001 51.6 69.5 <0.001
Burkina Faso 47.8 55.8 <0.001 29.5 41.8 <0.001 53.8 64.0 <0.001
Cote D’lvoire 50.1 62.9 <0.001 28.5 51.6 <0.001 54.3 71.9 <0.001
Gambia 41.0 54.1 0.002 30.5 46.4 <0.001 43.8 62.5 <0.001
Ghana 68.6 76.5 0.006 49.5 71.1 <0.001 73.5 85.0 <0.001
Guinea 36.4 49.4 <0.001 18.7 33.4 <0.001 39.1 55.3 <0.001
Liberia 76.1 88.4 <0.001 43.1 63.2 <0.001 78.8 91.1 <0.001
Mali 21.2 28.1 <0.001 16.4 31.3 <0.001 29.2 42.2 <0.001
Nigeria 42.2 66.0 <0.001 27.3 52.4 <0.001 45.5 70.9 <0.001
Senegal 21.1 30.2 <0.001 16.1 32.1 <0.001 28.6 43.4 <0.001
Sierra Leone 63.6 74.7 <0.001 38.5 54.4 <0.001 66.4 78.8 <0.001
Togo 68.7 77.0 <0.001 53.7 68.1 <0.001 72.9 84.1 <0.001
East Africa
Burundi 58.4 63.3 <0.001 58.3 62.2 <0.001 75.8 79.9 <0.001
Comoros 52.4 53.2 0.819 50.9 56.0 0.160 64.9 66.4 0.597
Ethiopia 39.8 54.8 <0.001 22.7 46.0 <0.001 45.2 64.8 <0.001
Kenya 61.5 78.1 <0.001 56.7 80.1 <0.001 71.0 89.3 <0.001
Rwanda 84.7 83.3 0.299 83.7 84.8 0.431 93.3 93.7 0.640
Uganda 80.6 88.2 <0.001 76.3 82.2 <0.001 87.7 93.6 <0.001
Southern Africa
Lesotho 62.4 74.5 <0.001 86.9 94.4 <0.001 89.8 96.6 <0.001
Malawi 66.9 72.6 <0.001 71.0 78.2 <0.001 78.3 84.8 <0.001
Namibia 88.9 94.9 0.001 88.6 96.4 <0.001 94.8 98.8 <0.001
Zambia 61.3 67.4 <0.001 68.8 75.8 <0.001 75.6 82.1 <0.001
Zimbabwe 67.7 74.2 <0.001 65.5 73.8 <0.001 81.5 87.9 <0.001

Note: Pearson chi-square test was used to obtain p-values; percentages are relative to category refuse sex, ask for condom and safer sex negotiation = yes.