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Table 3 Risky sexual behaviors of students who were sexually active in the past one year

From: A call for parental monitoring to improve condom use among secondary school students in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

 

Total (n = 665)

Male (n = 518)

Female (n = 147)

 
 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

p-value

Age at sexual intercourse debut [mean yrs] (S.D)

 

[16.7] (2.5)

[17.3] (2.1)

0.003

Ever had sexual intercourse with a sex worker

    

 Yes

68 (10.2)

66 (12.7)

2 (1.4)

< 0.001

 No

596 (89.8)

452 (87.3)

144 (98.6)

 

Ever use of condom

    

 No

114 (17.3)

93 (18.1)

21 (14.5)

0.37

 Yes

544 (82.7)

420 (81.9)

124 (85.5)

 

Condom use at last sexual intercourse

    

 No

271 (41.1)

213 (41.4)

58 (40.0)

0.83

 Yes

388 (58.9)

301 (58.6)

87 (60.0)

 

Number of lifetime sexual partners

    

 1 partner

194 (29.3)

123 (23.8)

71 (48.6)

< 0.001

 ≥ 2 partners

468 (70.7)

393 (76.2)

75 (51.4)

 

Number of sexual partners in the last one year

    

 1 partner

388 (58.3)

279 (53.9)

109 (74.1)

< 0.001

 ≥ 2 partners

277 (41.7)

239 (46.1)

38 (25.9)

 

Lifetime concurrency

    

 No

582 (87.5)

443 (85.5)

139 (94.6)

0.01

 Yes

83 (12.5)

75 (14.5)

8 (5.4)

 

Concurrency in the past one year

    

 No

595 (89.5)

455 (87.8)

140 (95.2)

0.02

 Yes

70 (10.5)

63 (12.2)

7 (4.8)

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