From: Home-based chlamydia testing of young people attending a music festival - who will pee and post?
Characteristic | n (%) |
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Total number of participants | 902 |
Socio-demographics | Â |
   Median age (range) | 20 (16-29) |
   Female | 523 (58.0) |
   Residing in or close to a major citya | 549 (60.9) |
   Born in Australia | 795 (88.1) |
   Highest level of education is high school or below | 454 (50.3) |
   Living with their partner | 125 (13.9) |
   Living with their parent(s) | 465 (51.6) |
Reported sexual behaviours | Â |
   Median age (range) of first sex | 16 (11-25) |
   Median (range) number of lifetime sexual partners | 4 (1-297) |
   Reported multiple sexual partners in the past year | 426 (47.2) |
   Reported new sexual partner in the past three monthsb | 322 (35.7) |
   Reported at least one same-sex partner in the past year | 96 (10.6) |
   Reported inconsistent condom usec | 338 (37.5) |
Reported drug and alcohol related behaviours | Â |
   Reported hazardous drinking in the past yeard | 325 (36.0) |
   Reported illicit drug use in the past month | 296 (32.8) |
Sexual health service utilisation | Â |
   Reported seeing a doctor in the past six months | 510 (56.5) |
   Reported speaking to a doctor about sexual health in the past six months | 276 (30.6) |
   Reported having ever had an STI test (other than a pap smear) | 328 (36.4) |
   Reported having had an STI test (other than a pap smear) in the past six months | 152 (16.9) |
Level of STI-related knowledge | Â |
   Knew that a pap smear cannot diagnose all of the main STIs | 252 (27.9) |
   Knew that chlamydia can last for years if left untreated | 654 (72.5) |
   Knew that chlamydia can be asymptomatic | 706 (78.3) |
   Knew that chlamydia can be diagnosed using a simple urine test | 638 (70.7) |
   Knew that bacterial STIs can be easily treated with antibiotics | 487 (54.0) |
   Knew that chlamydia can make women infertile | 545 (60.4) |
   Answered more than three of six STI-related knowledge questions correctly* | 540 (59.9) |