Table 1 Characteristics of adolescents and young adults (N= 3274)
Characteristics of the participants (N= 3274) | Frequency | % | % (weighted)** | Unprotected sex. n = 2842 | p-value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Individual characteristics | |||||
Age (years) | 0.900 | ||||
15–19 | 1490 | 45.5 | 42.0 | 1295 (87.0%) | |
20–24 | 1784 | 54.5 | 58.0 | 1547 (87.0%) | |
Sex | < 0.001 | ||||
Female | 2385 | 72.8 | 71.0 | 2167 (91.0%) | |
Male | 889 | 27.2 | 29.0 | 675 (76.0%) | |
Living in a couple | < 0.001 | ||||
No | 2260 | 69.0 | 73.0 | 1879 (83.0%) | |
Yes | 1014 | 31.0 | 27.0 | 963 (95.0%) | |
Education level | < 0.001 | ||||
No education | 413 | 12.6 | 11.0 | 395 (96.0%) | |
Primary | 1160 | 35.4 | 25.0 | 1058 (91.0%) | |
Secondary or higher | 1701 | 52.0 | 64.0 | 1389 (82.0%) | |
Sufficient literacy level | < 0.001 | ||||
No | 1814 | 55.4 | 50.0 | 1664 (92.0%) | |
Yes | 1460 | 44.6 | 50.0 | 1178 (81.0%) | |
Religion | 0.110 | ||||
Christianity | 2816 | 86.0 | 84.2 | 2434 (86.0%) | |
Islam | 376 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 331 (88.0%) | |
Other | 82 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 77 (94.0%) | |
Professional activity | 0.013 | ||||
No | 1545 | 47.2 | 49.0 | 1317 (85.0%) | |
Yes | 1729 | 52.8 | 51.0 | 1525 (88.0%) | |
Level of wealth | < 0.001 | ||||
Poor | 1381 | 42.2 | 36.6 | 1241 (90.0%) | |
Middle | 701 | 21.4 | 21.6 | 613 (87.0%) | |
Rich | 1192 | 36.4 | 41.8 | 988 (83.0%) | |
Gender of the head of household | 0.300 | ||||
Female | 1235 | 37.7 | 41.0 | 1062 (86.0%) | |
Male | 2039 | 62.3 | 59.0 | 1780 (87.0%) | |
Level of media exposure | < 0.001 | ||||
Low | 2469 | 75.4 | 69.5 | 2207 (89.0%) | |
Medium | 698 | 21.3 | 25.8 | 559 (80.0%) | |
High | 107 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 76 (71.0%) | |
Age at first sexual intercourse | < 0.001 | ||||
< 16 | 976 | 29.8 | 34.0 | 2.042 (89.0%) | |
16–24 years | 2298 | 70.2 | 66.0 | 800 (82.0%) | |
Multiple sexual partnerships | < 0.001 | ||||
No | 2745 | 83.8 | 83.0 | 2415 (88.0%) | |
Yes | 529 | 16.2 | 17.0 | 427 (81.0%) | |
Last sex partner | < 0.001 | ||||
Occasional partner | 139 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 102 (73.0%) | |
Boyfriend or girlfriend | 2207 | 67.4 | 69.7 | 1849 (84.0%) | |
Spouse | 928 | 28.4 | 25.5 | 891 (96.0%) | |
Self-reported STIs | 0.999 | ||||
No | 2352 | 71.8 | 69.0 | 2041 (87.0%) | |
Yes | 922 | 28.2 | 31.0 | 801 (87.0%) | |
History of HIV testing | 0.012 | ||||
No | 2004 | 61.2 | 62.0 | 1716 (86.0%) | |
Yes | 1270 | 38.8 | 38.0 | 1126 (89.0%) | |
Level of knowledge of HIV | 0.001 | ||||
Low | 417 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 381 (91.0%) | |
Medium | 1049 | 32.1 | 29.7 | 923 (88.0%) | |
High | 1808 | 55.2 | 57.8 | 1538 (85%) | |
Contextual characteristics | |||||
Community poverty levels | < 0.001 | ||||
Low | 1790 | 54.7 | 63.0 | 1517 (85.0%) | |
High | 1484 | 45.3 | 37.0 | 1325 (89.0%) | |
Community education level | < 0.001 | ||||
Low | 1321 | 40.3 | 27.0 | 1239 (94.0%) | |
High | 1953 | 59.7 | 73.0 | 1603 (82.0%) | |
Level of media exposure | < 0.001 | ||||
Low | 1803 | 55.1 | 57.0 | 1531 (85.0%) | |
High | 1471 | 44.9 | 43.0 | 1311 (89.0%) | |
Place of residence | < 0.001 | ||||
Rural | 1781 | 54.4 | 34.0 | 1631 (92.0%) | |
Urban | 1493 | 45.6 | 66.0 | 1211 (81.0%) | |
Region | < 0.001 | ||||
North Central | 730 | 22.3 | 29.7 | 640 (88.0%) | |
North Western | 389 | 11.9 | 6.1 | 362 (93.0%) | |
South Central | 933 | 28.5 | 51.6 | 759 (81.0%) | |
South Eastern A | 535 | 16.3 | 6.3 | 487 (91.0%) | |
South Eastern B | 687 | 21.0 | 6.3 | 594 (86.0%) | |