The socio-demographic patterning of sexual risk behaviour: a survey of young men in Finland and Estonia

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Crude and age-adjusted percentage of selected behaviour and self-reported STIs, men 18–25, Finland and Estonia, 2005

	Finland		Estonia^a	Estonia E^a	Estonia R^a
	%		Adjusted %^b	Crude %^c
Age	18–25	19–25	19–25	19–25	19–25
n	1765	1464	748	458	290
Sexually active ^d	75	77	84	89	88
First sex < 15 years^d	13	14	10	10	13
3+ sex partners, past year^e	20	20	17	17	20
6+ sex partners, lifetime^e	31	33	22	31	34
Condom use, last intercourse^e	51	49	52	41	42
Reason for using condom ^{e, f}
STI protection	17	18	13	11	11
Avoiding pregnancy	25	24	58	59	57
Both	47	47	28	29	31
Other reasons	11	11	1	1	1
Self-reported STI, ever ^{d, g}	3	3	5	8	7

^aEstonia = All Estonians including those with Russian ethnic origin, Estonia E = Only those with Estonian ethnic origin, Estonia R = Only those with Russian ethnic origin
^b Age-adjusted by using Finnish men as reference population
^c Differences between Estonia E and Estonia R were statistically non-significant
^d Numerator includes all respondents
^e Numerator includes all sexually active respondents
^f Question formulation differed in Finland and Estonia, see Additional file 1.
^g STI = Sexually Transmitted Infection = Chlamydia, Gonorrhoea or Syphilis

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