Condom availability in high risk places and condom use: a study at district level in Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia

Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Blystad, Astrid; Shayo, Elizabeth H; Makundi, Emmanuel; Michelo, Charles; Zulu, Joseph; Byskov, Jens

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-1030

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Reported sexual behaviour by respondents, population-based surveys

From: Condom availability in high risk places and condom use: a study at district level in Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia

Variable	Educational level	Rural Malindi				Urban Malindi				Rural Mbarali				Urban Mbarali				Rural Kapiri Mposhi				Urban Kapiri Mposhi
		%	n	aRR	95% CI	%	n	aRR	95% CI	%	n	aRR	95% CI	%	n	aRR	95% CI	%	n	aRR	95% CI	%	n	aRR	95% CI
Had two or more sexual partners in previous 12 months	Low	19	460	Ref.		17	170	Ref.		9	209	Ref.		8	227	Ref.	9	10	373	Ref.		15	303	Ref.
	Middle	20	400	1.10	0.75-1.62	21	211	1.20	0.87-1.64	12	710	1.32	1.02-1.72	12	602	1.52	1.05-2.21	14	316	1.40	0.83-2.35	11	291	0.76	0.46-1.25
	High	14	287	0.83	0.64-1.07	12	210	0.72	0.40-1.29	20	74	2.15	1.27-3.66	13	94	1.75	0.91-3.38	15	236	1.51	1.03-2.23	8	303	0.56	0.33-0.95
	Total	18	1147			17	591			12	993			11	923			13	925			11	897
Condom use at previous sexual intercourse	Low	9	447	Ref.		24	171	Ref.		22	184	Ref.		17	199	Ref.		7	348	Ref.		17	264	Ref.
	Middle	19	368	1.78	1.20-2.65	30	199	1.22	0.99-1.50	25	633	1.14	0.84-1.55	27	561	1.59	1.09-2.33	9	292	1.27	0.88-1.84	13	255	0.76	0.47-1.22
	High	22	246	2.15	1.41-3.25	28	193	1.31	1.02-1.67	30	66	1.37	0.79-2.39	24	76	1.40	0.83-2.35	12	210	1.79	1.08-2.97	21	270	1.21	0.82-1.78
	Total	15	1061			27	563			25	883			24	836			9	850			17	789
Condom use at previous sexual intercourse with casual partners	Low	41	61	Ref.		73	26	Ref.		88	8	Ref.		60	10	Ref.		31	48	Ref.		55	53	Ref.
	Middle	65	54	1.43	1.05-1.94	68	40	0.93	0.74-1.17	80	44	0.83	0.72-0.95	74	39	1.49	0.63-3.50	36	47	1.32	0.83-2.10	56	39	1.06	0.75-1.51
	High	61	28	1.36	0.90-2.03	87	30	1.18	0.96-1.45	67	9	0.60	0.37-0.98	100	5	2.14	0.98-4.66	43	37	1.39	0.96-2.01	73	37	1.41	1.10-1.82
	Total	54	143			75	96			79	61			74	54			36	132			60	129
Always use condom with casual partners	Low	39	62	Ref.		62	26	Ref.		75	8	Ref.		50	10	Ref.		17	48	Ref.		34	53	Ref.
	Middle	50	54	1.24	1.00-1.53	58	40	0.95	0.63-1.43	68	44	0.84	0.75-0.94	54	39	0.88	0.37-2.12	18	45	1.10	0.41-2.90	41	39	1.25	0.76-2.05
	High	54	28	1.26	0.83-1.90	73	30	1.24	0.79-1.94	67	9	0.66	0.40-1.09	80	5	1.51	0.72-3.19	22	37	1.23	0.59-2.58	35	37	1.09	0.66-1.82
	Total	46	144			64	96			69	61			56	54			18	130			36	129

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