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Table 5 Factors related to condom use during the last sexual intercourse with a commercial sexual partner

From: A cross-sectional study to evaluate factors related to condom use with commercial sexual partners in workers from Ecuadorian companies

   

Condom use at last sexual intercourse

Variable

Category

N

No

Yes

OR (95 % CI)*

P-value*

P-value**

Number (%)

 

239

62 (25.9)

177 (74.1)

   

Gender

 

239

   

0.0006

0.0005

 

Male

 

51 (22.9)

172 (77.1)

1.0

  
 

Female

 

11 (68.7)

5 (31.3)

7.16 (2.34 – 21.9)

  

Age (years)

Mean ± SD

223

34.8 ± 10.1

30.1 ± 8.1

1.06 (1.02 – 1.10)

0.0014

0.079

Age of first sexual intercourse (years)

Mean ± SD

224

15.8 ± 2.7

15.5 ± 2.4

1.05 (0.93 – 1.18)

0.45

0.63

Level of education

 

229

   

0.016

0.051

Primary

 

16 (38.1)

26 (61.9)

3.91 (1.53 – 9.98)

  

Secondary

 

25 (24.5)

77 (75.5)

1.71 (0.81 – 3.63)

  

Higher

 

15 (17.6)

70 (82.4)

1.0

  

Living in status

 

212

   

0.0005

0.042

A*

 

37 (36.6)

64 (63.4)

6.82 (2.48 – 18.7)

  

B*

 

7 (58.3)

5 (41.7)

16.5 (3.71 – 73.4)

  

C*

 

4 (30.8)

9 (69.2)

4.34 (0.96 – 19.6)

  

D*

 

4 (16.0)

21 (84.0)

2.21 (0.54 – 9.19)

  

E*

 

5 (8.2)

56 (91.8)

1.0

  

Job category

 

239

   

0.10

0.96

Executive

 

3 (37.5)

5 (62.5)

1.0

  

Administrative

 

5 (14.3)

30 (85.7)

0.25 (0.04 – 1.45)

  

Manual Labor

 

47 (30.3)

108 (69.7)

0.67 (0.15 – 3.00)

  

Other

 

7 (17.1)

34 (82.9)

0.31 (0.06 – 1.67)

  

Previous exposure to HIV prevention programs

 

227

   

0.57

0.83

Yes

 

32 (24.1)

101 (75.9)

1.0

  

No

 

26 (27.7)

68 (72.3)

0.84 (0.45 – 1.57)

  

HIV transmission knowledge

 

200

   

0.86

0.52

Good

 

18 (22.8)

61 (77.2)

1.0

  

Poor

 

30 (24.8)

91 (75.2)

1.06 (0.51 – 2.19)

  

HIV prevention measures knowledge

 

201

   

0.18

0.82

Good

 

29 (22.7)

99 (77.3)

1.0

  

Poor

 

23 (31.5)

50 (68.5)

1.55 (0.81 – 2.97)

  

Casual sexual partner

 

239

   

0.93

0.75

Yes

 

38 (25.8)

109 (74.2)

1.03 (0.56 – 1.88)

  

No

 

24 (26.1)

68 (73.9)

1.0

  
  1. A* Married, living with spouse
  2. B* Married, living with other sexual partner
  3. C* Married, not living with a sexual partner
  4. D* Not married, living with a sexual partner
  5. E* Not married, not living with a sexual partner
  6. *Univariate logistic regression but adjusted for province and working sector
  7. **Multivariate logistic regression adjusted for province and working sector (N = 187) – AUC = 84.7 %