Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants and prevalence of self-reported sexually transmitted infections across independent variables
From: Self-reported sexually transmitted infections among sexually active men in Ghana
Variables | Weighted sample (n = 3051) | Had any STI in the last 12 months | 95%CI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percentage | Yes (%) | Lower bound | Upper bound | |
Age (years) (χ2 = 48.9, p < 0.001) | |||||
15–24 | 501 | 16.41 | 9.8 | 7.63 | 14.24 |
25–34 | 961 | 31.49 | 7.83 | 5.67 | 9.92 |
35–44 | 839 | 27.48 | 4.4 | 3.07 | 6.28 |
45+ | 751 | 24.62 | 1.79 | 0.90 | 2.82 |
Residence (χ2 = 0.75, p = 0.385) | |||||
Urban | 1594 | 52.23 | 5.29 | 3.87 | 6.57 |
Rural | 1457 | 47.77 | 6.01 | 4.98 | 8.17 |
Ecological Zone (χ2 = 13.8, p = 0.001) | |||||
Northern zone | 379 | 12.43 | 3.27 | 1.78 | 4.37 |
Middle zone | 1449 | 47.5 | 7.12 | 5.28 | 8.17 |
Coastal zone | 1223 | 40.07 | 5.61 | 3.95 | 7.70 |
Education (χ2 = 13.5, p = 0.001) | |||||
No education | 375 | 12.3 | 2.47 | 1.15 | 4.13 |
Primary | 390 | 12.77 | 5.2 | 3.65 | 8.66 |
Second/higher | 2286 | 74.93 | 6.58 | 5.12 | 7.66 |
Wealth index (χ2 = 5.1, p = 0.079) | |||||
Poor | 973 | 31.89 | 4.82 | 3.43 | 6.49 |
Middle | 624 | 20.46 | 7.38 | 5.25 | 9.77 |
Rich | 1454 | 47.65 | 5.72 | 4.28 | 7.53 |
Marital status (χ2 = 56.8, p < 0.001) | |||||
Not married | 1291 | 42.31 | 9.59 | 7.83 | 11.89 |
Married | 1760 | 57.69 | 3.13 | 2.04 | 3.77 |
Religion (χ2 = 1.7, p = 0.429) | |||||
Christianity | 2206 | 72.3 | 5.96 | 4.76 | 7.22 |
Islam | 521 | 17.07 | 4.6 | 2.72 | 6.46 |
Other | 324 | 10.62 | 5.88 | 4.36 | 10.62 |
Ethnicity (χ2 = 9.8, p = 0.020) | |||||
Akan | 1497 | 49.07 | 6.71 | 4.99 | 8.35 |
Ga/Dangme/ewe | 720 | 23.59 | 6.72 | 4.56 | 8.73 |
Mole Dagbani | 417 | 13.67 | 3.89 | 2.42 | 6.37 |
Other | 417 | 13.67 | 4.22 | 2.22 | 5.63 |
Occupation (χ2 = 0.2, p = 0.667) | |||||
Not working | 117 | 3.83 | 4.8 | 2.39 | 13.22 |
Working | 2934 | 96.17 | 5.71 | 4.72 | 6.84 |
Age at first sex (years) (χ2 = 21.2, p < 0.001) | |||||
< =19 | 1705 | 55.9 | 7.45 | 6.15 | 9.31 |
20 and above | 1346 | 44.1 | 3.57 | 2.34 | 4.63 |
Number of sex partners excluding spouse in the last 12 months (χ2 = 123.9, p < 0.001) | |||||
0 | 1790 | 58.68 | 3.14 | 2.08 | 3.84 |
1 | 1008 | 33.03 | 7.11 | 5.37 | 9.25 |
2+ | 253 | 8.3 | 21.2 | 14.46 | 28.17 |
Ever been tested for HIV (χ2 = 2.9, p = 0.108) | |||||
No | 2250 | 73.76 | 6.06 | 5.19 | 7.71 |
Yes | 801 | 26.24 | 4.52 | 2.66 | 5.68 |
Exposure to Mass media | |||||
Newspaper/magazine (χ2 = 5.04, p = 0.025) | |||||
No | 1993 | 65.33 | 6.29 | 5.60 | 8.15 |
Yes | 1058 | 34.67 | 4.24 | 2.50 | 5.35 |
Radio (χ2 = 0.82, p = 0.364) | |||||
No | 127 | 4.15 | 4.0 | 1.03 | 5.56 |
Yes | 2924 | 95.85 | 5.76 | 4.85 | 7.01 |
Television (χ2 = 8.2, p = 0.004) | |||||
No | 469 | 15.38 | 3.28 | 2.10 | 5.86 |
Yes | 2582 | 84.62 | 6.27 | 5.02 | 7.36 |
Covered by NHIS (χ2 = 2.5, p = 0.114) | |||||
No | 1618 | 53.04 | 6.34 | 5.12 | 8.24 |
Yes | 1433 | 46.96 | 5.01 | 3.60 | 6.20 |
STI Prevalence | 6.00 | 4.70 | 6.80 | ||