Improving STD testing behavior among high-risk young adults by offering STD testing at a vocational school

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Characteristics and sexual (risk) behavior of 345 vocational school students by sex

	Men (n = 104)		Women (241)		Total (n = 345)
	%¹	N	%¹	N	%¹	N
Sociodemographic
Age
15-19 years	71%	74	63%	152	66%	226
20-27 years	29%	30	37%	89	35%	119	*
Residence
Rural	45%	47	34%	83	38%	130
Urban	55%	57	66%	158	62%	215
Ethnicity
Dutch	93%	97	94%	223	94%	320
Antillean/Surinam	0%	0	1%	2	1%	2
Turkish/Moroccan	1%	1	3%	7	2%	8
Other	6%	6	2%	5	3%	11
Regular alcohol and drug use < 6 months
Alcohol	68%	68	40%	93	49%	161	**
Drugs	45%	47	22%	53	29%	100	**
Sexual behavior
Ever sex
Never sex	17%	17	14%	32	15%	49
Ever sex	83%	84	86%	204	85%	287
Life time partners
1 partner	21%	17	28%	54	26%	71
2-5 partners	54%	43	57%	111	56%	154
6 or more	25%	20	16%	31	19%	51
Sexual debut
Younger than 16 years	44%	36	45%	88	45%	124
16 years and older	56%	45	56%	109	55%	154
Condom use last sexual contact
No	55%	45	69%	138	65%	183
Yes	45%	37	31%	61	35%	98	*
Partner change in past 2 months
No	75%	62	85%	171	82%	233
Yes	25%	21	15%	30	18%	51	*
Concurrent sexual partners in past (max.) 4 partners
No	93%	78	97%	196	95%	274
Yes	7%	6	3%	7	5%	13
Sex while going out < 6 months
No	35%	29	25%	49	28%	78
Yes, with steady partner	44%	36	66%	129	59%	165
Yes, with casual partner	21%	17	9%	18	13%	35	*
Types of mixed partnerships
by age
High risk age mixing	75%	61	74%	144	74%	205
Low risk age mixing	25%	20	26%	51	26%	71
Sexual orientation
Opposite sex activities	95%	78	94%	187	95%	265
Same sex activities	5%	4	6%	11	5%	15
Previous STD testing
No	77%	64	78%	155	77%	219
Yes, in < 6 months	8%	7	12%	24	11%	31
Yes, > 6 months ago	15%	12	11%	21	12%	33
High CT risk***
High risk	70%	59	77%	157	75%	216
Low risk	30%	25	23%	46	25%	71
Sexual health
Sexual health problems	14%	10	35%	65	29%	256	*
Worried about pregnancy	23%	16	55%	103	46%	256	*
STD related symptoms	6%	5	39%	71	29%	260	*

¹Missings were excluded from calculation proportions
* = p < 0.05 ** = p < 0.001, indicates differences between men and women
*** based on CT prediction rule (Götz et al, 2005)
All variables below sexual behavior are calculated among sexually active participants

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