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Table 6 Factors related to frequency of condom use with commercial sexual partners in the last 12 months

From: A cross-sectional study to evaluate factors related to condom use with commercial sexual partners in workers from Ecuadorian companies

   

Frequency of condom use

   

Variable

Category

N

Every time

Almost every time

Sometimes

Never

OR (95 % CI)*

P-value*

P-value**

Number (%)

 

208

132 (63.5)

24 (11.5)

23 (11.1)

29 (13.9)

   

Gender

 

208

     

0.0095

0.0041

 

Male

 

129 (65.5)

24 (12.2)

19 (9.6)

25 (12.7)

1.0

  
 

Female

 

3 (27.3)

0 (0.0)

4 (36.4)

4 (36.4)

4.56 (1.45 – 14.4)

  

Age (years)

Mean ± SD

208

29.0 ± 7.8

30.5 ± 8.3

36.1 ± 12.2

36.3 ± 10.5

1.07 (1.03 – 1.10)

0.0001

0.053

Age at first sexual intercourse (years)

Mean ± SD

208

15.3 ± 2.4

15.3 ± 1.7

15.9 ± 2.8

15.7 ± 2.6

1.09 (0.96 – 1.22)

0.17

0.15

Level of education

 

199

     

0.0009

0.0055

Primary

 

16 (41.0)

5 (12.8)

7 (18.0)

11 (28.2)

4.69 (1.95 – 11.3)

  

Secondary

 

58 (67.4)

12 (14.0)

10 (11.6)

6 (7.0)

1.31 (0.63 – 2.72)

  

Higher

 

56 (75.7)

4 (5.4)

5 (6.8)

9 (12.1)

1.0

  

Living in Status

 

182

     

0.0006

0.021

A*

 

42 (50.0)

11 (13.1)

14 (16.7)

17 (20.2)

7.66 (3.08 – 19.1)

  

B*

 

3 (50.0)

2 (33.3)

0 (0.0)

1 (16.7)

4.48 (0.77 – 26.0)

  

C*

 

9 (56.3)

1 (6.2)

0 (0.0)

6 (37.5)

7.13 (2.07 – 24.6)

  

D*

 

12 (57.1)

3 (14.3)

2 (9.5)

4 (19.1)

5.81 (1.79 – 18.9)

  

E*

 

48 (87.2)

3 (5.5)

3 (5.5)

1 (1.8)

1.0

  

Job category

 

208

     

0.44

0.34

Executive

 

5 (71.4)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

2 (28.6)

1.0

  

Administrative

 

22 (75.8)

1 (3.5)

1 (3.5)

5 (17.2)

0.64 (0.11 – 3.70)

  

Manual Labor

 

80 (59.7)

17 (12.7)

17 (12.7)

20 (14.9)

1.23 (0.25 – 6.06)

  

Other

 

25 (65.8)

6 (15.8)

5 (13.1)

2 (5.3)

0.85 (0.15 – 4.62)

  

Previous exposure to HIV Prevention Programs

 

197

     

0.97

0.86

Yes

 

72 (63.2)

18 (15.8)

13 (11.4)

11 (9.7)

1.0

  

No

 

55 (66.3)

6 (7.2)

7 (8.4)

15 (18.1)

0.99 (0.54 – 1.82)

  

HIV Transmission knowledge

 

180

     

0.19

0.47

Good

 

46 (64.8)

6 (8.5)

8 (11.2)

11 (15.5)

1.0

  

Poor

 

74 (67.9)

16 (14.7)

7 (6.4)

12 (11.0)

0.63 (0.32 – 1.27)

  

HIV Prevention knowledge

 

175

     

0.50

0.34

Good

 

74 (67.3)

14 (12.7)

12 (10.9)

10 (9.1)

1.0

  

Poor

 

42 (64.6)

5 (7.7)

5 (7.7)

13 (20.0)

1.23 (0.66 – 2.33)

  

Casual Sexual Partner

 

208

     

0.15

0.78

Yes

 

80 (59.3)

20 (14.8)

16 (11.8)

19 (14.1)

1.56 (0.84 – 2.88)

  

No

 

52 (71.2)

4 (5.5)

7 (9.6)

10 (13.7)

1.0

  
  1. A* Married, living with spouse
  2. B* Married, living with other sexual partner
  3. C* Married, not living with a sexual partner
  4. D* Not married, living with a sexual partner
  5. E* Not married, not living with a sexual partner
  6. *Univariate logistic regression but adjusted for province and working sector
  7. **Multivariate logistic regression adjusted for province and working sector (N = 165) – AUC = 66.9 %