Acceptability of condom promotion and distribution among 10–19 year-old adolescents in Mpwapwa and Mbeya rural districts, Tanzania

Table 2 Percentage distribution of 10-19 year-old adolescents that accept condom promotion and distribution among them and their peers by background and non background characteristics in Mpwapwa and Mbeya rural districts of Tanzania, 2011 (N = 1, 327)

		Percent of adolescents that accept condom promotion and distribution
Variable	Number of adolescents	Overall	District		P-value
			Mpwapwa	Mbeya rural
Sex	1,322	36.9	34.9	39.2	0.112
Male	668	38.9	37.8	40.3
Female	654	34.7	32.1	38.1
Age (in years)	1, 327	36.9	34.9	39.3	<0.001
10-14	1,061	33.0	28.3	37.8
15-19	266	52.6	54.4	48.8
Religion	1,319	36.9	34.9	39.2	0.284
Christian	1,239	37.2	35.5	39.2
Muslim	80	31.3	28.8	38.1
Living arrangement	1,311	37.0	35.0	39.4	0.037
Lives with parent(s)	1,063	35.7	34.8	36.7
Lives with guardian	248	42.7	35.9	50.4
Sexual activity	1,258	36.7	34.8	39.3	<0.001
Active	275	61.8	63.7	58.3
Inactive	983	29.7	25.2	35.1
Ever heard or seen a condom	1,325	37.0	34.9	39.5	0.263
No	97	42.3	20.0	44.8
Yes	1,228	36.6	35.1	38.6
Agreeability of condom effectiveness in preventing transmission of STIs	1,317	37.1	34.9	39.7	<0.001
Agree	1,070	39.6	38.4	41.1
Do not agree	133	15.0	19.3	8.0
Difficult to say	144	38.6	22.4	55.4
Do you know a place where condoms are available or distributed freely?	1,323	36.9	35.0	39.2	0.011
No	1,072	35.3	34.3	36.3
Yes	251	43.8	37.2	54.7
Feelings about condom price	1,315	36.9	35.0	39.2	<0.001
Too costly	35	48.6	46.2	55.6
Fair	392	47.2	44.2	55.1
Don’t know	888	31.9	27.8	35.4
How would you feel being seen by a parent/guardian holding or buying a condom?	1,298	37.1	34.9	39.8	<0.001
Comfortable	116	62.9	54.6	74.0
Uncomfortable	1,182	34.5	32.9	36.6

Due to missing responses, some variable categories do not add up to 1,327. P-values are based on Pearson’s Chi Square test between each of the variables and the overall acceptance of condom promotion and distribution.

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