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Table 3 Prevalence of Sexual Risk Behaviors by gender

From: Sexual risk behaviors among youth heads of household in Gikongoro, south province of Rwanda

 

Male

(n = 371)

Female

(n = 321)

Total

(n = 692)

  
 

n

%

n

%

n

%

χ 2

p

Ever had sex

137

36.9

91

28.3

228

32.9

5.732

0.019

Age of first sex

      

15.02

0.001

   < 10

40

29.2

10

11.1

50

22.0

  

   10-14

29

21.2

14

15.6

43

18.9

  

   15-19

55

40.1

49

54.4

104

45.8

  

   > 19

13

9.5

17

18.9

30

13.2

  

   Mean age at first sex

14.06 (SD 4.19)

16.07 (SD 4.14)

14.85 (SD 4.28)

-3.54¶

0.000

Age of first partner

      

60.54

0.000

   < 10

35

25.5

7

8.1

42

18.8

  

   10-14

33

24.1

6

7.0

39

17.5

  

   15-19

46

33.6

19

22.1

65

29.1

  

   20-24

19

13.9

24

27.9

43

19.3

  

   > 24

4

2.9

30

34.9

34

15.2

  

Mean age of first partner

14.61 (SD 5.05)

21.80 (SD 7.92)

17.38 (SD 7.21)

-8.28¶

0.000

Age difference in first partner

      

80.57

0.000

   Partner younger than respondent

48

35.0

2

2.3

50

22.4

  

   Partner same age as respondent

44

32.1

9

10.5

53

23.8

  

   Partner 1-3 yrs older

32

23.4

25

29.1

57

25.6

  

   Partner 4 or more yrs older

13

9.5

50

58.1

63

28.3

  

Condom used at first sex

11

8.0

8

8.8

19

8.3

0.04

1.000

Ever had sex seeking for care

6

1.6

33

10.3

39

5.6

24.28

0.000

Ever received money or gift for sex

3

0.8

22

6.9

25

3.6

18.05

0.000

Ever given money or gifts for sex

22

5.9

0

0.0

22

3.2

19.66

0.000

Number sex partners in the past 12 months

      

7.99

0.046

   None

94

68.6

59

64.8

153

67.1

  

   1

27

19.7

28

30.8

55

24.1

  

   2

9

6.6

4

4.4

13

5.7

  

   > = 3

7

5.1

0

0.0

7

3.1

  

   Mean number sex partners in the past 12 months

0.49 (SD 0.86)

0.40 (SD 0.57)

0.45 (SD 0.76)

0.91¶

0.363

Condom used at last sex

20

14.6

10

11.0

30

13.2

0.43

0.549

Reasons of not using a condom at last sex

      

25.85

0.001

   No HIV risk

35

30.7

15

18.8

50

25.8

  

   Don't like them

6

5.3

6

7.5

12

6.2

  

   Partner did not want to use it

3

2.6

6

7.5

9

4.6

  

   Don't have them

16

14.0

8

10.0

24

12.4

  

   Want children

2

1.8

2

2.5

4

2.1

  

   Don't know condoms/AIDS

49

43.0

25

31.3

74

38.1

  

   Raped/Forced

1

0.9

13

16.3

14

7.2

  

   Other

2

1.8

5

6.3

7

3.6

  

Number sex partners lifetime

      

4.64

0.200

   1

73

53.3

60

67.4

133

58.8

  

   2

35

25.5

17

19.1

52

23.0

  

   3

16

11.7

6

6.7

22

9.7

  

   > = 4

13

9.5

6

6.7

19

8.4

  

   Mean number sex partners lifetime

1.88 (SD 1.34)

1.55 (SD 0.98)

1.75 (SD 1.22)

1.97¶

0.049

Ever been pregnant or gotten a girl pregnant

4

2.9

53

58.2

57

25

89.27

0.000

Age when she first got pregnant/he got a girl pregnant

      

0.81

0.666

   < 15

0

0.0

1

2.0

1

1.9

  

   15-18

1

25.0

23

46.0

24

44.4

  

   > 18

3

75.0

26

52.0

29

53.7

  
  1. ¶t value SD: Standard deviation