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Table 2 Sexual risk factors amongst sexually active girls participating in our study (n = 1595), the Netherlands 2010

From: Equity in human papilloma virus vaccination uptake?: sexual behaviour, knowledge and demographics in a cross-sectional study in (un)vaccinated girls in the Netherlands

Category

Total

Vaccinated

Unvaccinated

OR (95% CI) for being vaccinated

P-value

 

N (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

1595 (100)

1070 (67)

525 (33)

  

Steady partner (n=1588)

    

  No

510 (32)

336 (32)

174 (33)

ref

 

  Yes

1078 (68)

729 (68)

349 (67)

1.1 (0.9–1.4)

0.49

Number of casual partners (n=1589)

   

  0

806 (51)

553 (52)

253 (48)

ref

 

  1

602 (38)

402 (38)

200 (38)

0.9 (0.7–1.2)

 

  2

125 (8)

75 (7)

50 (10)

0.7 (0.5–1.0)

 

  >2

56 (4)

35 (3)

21 (4)

0.8 (0.4–1.4)

0.24

Condom use steady partner (n=1078)

     

  Always

193 (18)

126 (17)

67 (19)

ref

 

  Not always

885 (82)

603 (83)

282 (81)

1.1 (0.8–1.6)

0.44

Condom use casual partner (n=778)

   

  Always

219 (28)

144 (28)

75 (28)

ref

 

  Not always

559 (72)

364 (72)

195 (72)

1.0 (0.7–1.3)

0.87

STI (n=780)

     

  No

641 (82)

423 (83)

218 (80)

ref

 

  Yes

139 (18)

86 (17)

53 (20)

0.8 (0.6–1.2)

0.36

Sex of partner (n=1589)

    

  Male

1560 (98)

1051 (99)

509 (97)

ref

 

  Female

29 (2)

15 (1)

14 (3)

0.5 (0.2–1.1)

0.08

Age of sexual debut (n=1579)

   

  Mean (95% CI)

15.5 (15.4–15.6)

15.5 (15.5–15.6)

15.4 (15.3–15.5)

1.2 (1.0–1.3)

0.74

Total number of lifetime sexual partners (n=1584)

  

  Mean (95% CI)

2.0 (1.9–2.1)

1.9 (1.8–2.0)

2.2 (2.0–2.4)

0.9 (0.9–1.0)

<0.001

  1. Missing values are deducted from the total number of sexually active girls.