Table 1 Manifest variables (n = 9) for the latent class analysis characterized by sex. The highest risk category item for each variable is highlighted in bold
Manifest variables | Women (n = 1378) (% of column) | Men (n = 1436) (% of column) | Total study population (N = 2814) N (% of column) |
|---|---|---|---|
Main reason for current chlamydia testing | |||
- Safety and new partner requested and Other | 628 (45.6) | 643 (44.8) | 1271 (45.2) |
- Sex with casual partner | 324 (23.5) | 261 (18.2) | 585 (20.8) |
- Contact with chlamydia case | 183 (13.3) | 278 (19.4) | 461 (16.4) |
- Symptoms | 237 (17.2) | 249 (17.3) | 486 (17.3) |
- Missing information | 6 (0.4) | 5 (0.4) | 11 (0.4) |
Current steady relationship and concurrent sexual contacts during past 12 months | |||
- No steady partner and no or missing concurrent partners | 817 (59.3) | 785 (54.7) | 1602 (57.0) |
- Yes steady partner and no concurrent partners | 205 (14.9) | 235 (16.4) | 440 (15.6) |
- Yes steady and yes concurrent partners | 259 (18.8) | 272 (18.9) | 531 (18.9) |
- Yes steady and missing concurrent partners | 22 (1.6) | 19 (1.3) | 41 (1.5) |
- Missing information on steady partnership | 75 (5.4) | 125 (8.7) | 200 (7.11) |
Number of sexual partners during the past 12 months | |||
- 0-2 partners | 332 (24.1) | 290 (20.2) | 622 (22.1) |
- 3-5 partners | 613 (44.5) | 528 (36.8) | 1141 (40.6) |
- ≥6 partners | 303 (22.0) | 476 (33.2) | 779 (27.7) |
- Missing information | 130 (9.4) | 142 (9.9) | 272 (9.7) |
Type of the last sexual partner | |||
- Steady partner | 428 (31.1) | 396 (27.6) | 824 (29.3) |
- Recurrent partner | 411 (29.8) | 341 (23.8) | 752 (26.7) |
- Casual unknown partner | 111 (8.1) | 174 (12.1) | 285 (10.1) |
- Casual known partner | 138 (10.0) | 141 (9.8) | 279 (9.9) |
- Other type | 116 (8.4) | 111 (7.7) | 227 (8.1) |
- Missing information | 174 (12.6) | 273 (19.0) | 447 (15.9) |
Condom use with new/ casual partners | |||
- Never and seldom | 383 (27.8) | 460 (32.0) | 843 (30.0) |
- Often and always | 987 (71.6) | 969 (67.5) | 1956 (69.5) |
- Missing information | 8 (0.6) | 7 (0.5) | 15 (0.5) |
Taking responsibility for obtaining condom | |||
- Never and often not | 341 (24.8) | 221 (15.4) | 562 (20.0) |
- Sometimes | 668 (48.5) | 620 (43.2) | 1288 (45.8) |
- Always | 362 (26.3) | 589 (41.0) | 951 (33.8) |
- Missing information | 7 (0.5) | 6 (0.4) | 13 (0.5) |
Alcohol use before having sex (past 6 months) | |||
- No | 133 (9.7) | 110 (7.7) | 243 (8.6) |
- Sometimes | 457 (33.2) | 388 (27.0) | 845 (30.0) |
- Several time and don’t remember/don’t know | 783 (56.8) | 930 (64.8) | 1713 (61.0) |
- Missing information | 5 (0.4) | 8 (0.6) | 13 (0.4) |
Alcohol impact on taking higher sexual risks than expected by respondent | |||
- No and little impact | 538 (39.0 | 520 (36.2 | 1058 (37.6) |
- Some impact | 482 (35.0) | 531 (37.0) | 1013 (36.0) |
- Big impact and don’t remember/don’t know | 204 (14.8) | 249 (17.3) | 453 (16.1) |
- Not applicable, did not drink | 133 (9.7) | 110 (7.7) | 243 (8.6) |
- Missing information | 21 (1.5) | 26 (1.8) | 47 (1.6) |
Drug use before having sex (past 6 months) | |||
- No | 1246 (90.4) | 1264 (88.0) | 2510 (89.2) |
- Any use and don’t remember/don’t know | 116 (8.4) | 161 (11.2) | 277 (9.8) |
- Missing information | 16 (1.2) | 11 (0.8) | 27 (1.0) |