Characteristic | Total (n) | Participants’ self-efficacy | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Mean score on a scale from 1 to 5 | ||||
Disclosing their STI positivity to primary male partner | Asking primary male partner to have an STI examination | Giving medications for STI treatment to primary male partner | ||
Participants’ education level | ||||
Secondary school or lower | 61 | 3.61 | 3.45 | 3.78 |
High school or higher | 64 | 4.23 | 3.95 | 4.41 |
P value | .03 | .04 | .005 | |
Participants’ ever having traded sex | ||||
Yes | 47 | 2.90 | 3.20 | 3.40 |
No | 79 | 4.42 | 3.96 | 4.53 |
P value | .005 | <.001 | .002 | |
Participants’ alcohol use | ||||
Yes | 62 | 4.14 | 3.95 | 4.27 |
No | 64 | 3.68 | 3.39 | 3.93 |
P value | .12 | .10 | .11 | |
Participants’ drug use | ||||
Yes | 16 | 3.79 | 4.21 | 3.75 |
No | 107 | 3.95 | 3.66 | 4.17 |
P value | .60 | .46 | .09 | |
Partner type | ||||
Husband/fiancé | 86 | 4.31 | 4.02 | 4.45 |
Boyfriend/other | 37 | 2.97 | 2.87 | 3.31 |
P value | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | |
Partners’ age | ||||
About the same age/younger | 35 | 4.38 | 3.94 | 4.03 |
≥ 2 years older | 90 | 3.70 | 3.58 | 4.12 |
P value | .05 | .35 | .67 | |
Partners’ number of STI diagnoses | ||||
0 | 34 | 4.53 | 4.29 | 4.68 |
≥ 1 | 9 | 4.22 | 3.75 | 4.44 |
P value | .20 | .27 | .87 | |
Partners’ alcohol use | ||||
Yes | 94 | 4.22 | 3.73 | 3.96 |
No | 23 | 3.84 | 3.71 | 4.16 |
P value | .34 | .89 | .40 | |
Partners’ drug use | ||||
Yes | 11 | 4.11 | 3.79 | 4.22 |
No | 102 | 2.82 | 3.17 | 3.67 |
P value | .03 | .13 | .03 | |
Ratio of past disclosing participants’ STI positivity to primary male partnera | ||||
P value | .05 | - | - |