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Table 1 Association between condomless sex in the last year, demographic characteristics and migration-related variables, adjusted odds ratios (AOR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) shown

From: Sexual risk-taking behaviors among young migrant population in Sweden

Characteristics

Model 1

(n = 543)

Model 2

(n = 483)

Model 3

(n = 385)

Model 4

(n = 534)

Model 5

(n = 359)

Model 6

(n = 1563)

AOR (95%CI)

AOR 95% CI

AOR 95% CI

AOR 95%CI

AOR 95%CI

AOR 95%CI

Sex (ref: Male)

1.00 (reference)

 Female

0.83 (0.55–1.25)

0.63 (0.39–1.03)

0.86 (0.51–1.45)

0.77 (0.49–1.22)

0.72 (0.39–1.33)

0.80 (0.51–1.27)

*Age (years)

1.00 (reference)

 *Mean and SD

1.11 (1.03–1.19)**

1.13 (1.04–1.23) **

1.14 (1.04–1.25)**

1.10 (1.01–1.19)*

1.14 (1.01–1.27)*

1.09 (0.98–1.21)

Education (years)

(ref: less than 3 years)

1.00 (reference)

 4–6

0.78 (0.43–1.40)

0.72 (0.39–1.31)

0.92 (0.46–1.79)

0.80 (0.44–1.48)

0.90 (0.44–1.81)

0.68 (0.37–1.25)

 7–9

0.82 (0.42–1.62)

0.80 (0.37–1.74)

0.96 (0.36–2.52)

0.83 (0.41–1.68)

1.32 (0.45–3.84)

0.63 (0.35–1.14)

 10 or longer

0.95 (0.51–1.76)

0.79 (0.41–1.55)

1.10 (0.53–2.29)

1.05 (0.55–2.00)

1.16 (0.52–2.58)

0.90 (0.44–1.84)

*Religion (ref: other religion, atheist)

1.00 (reference)

 Christianity

1.14 (0.62–2.09)

1.20 (0.61–2.38)

1.36 (0.62–2.99)

1.18 (0.62–2.20)

1.09 (0.47–2.51)

1.15 (0.64–2.10)

 *Islam

0.68 (0.40–1.14)

0.66 (0.36–1.19)

0.73 (0.37–1.44)

0.61 (0.36–1.05)

0.47 (0.22–0.97)*

0.69 (0.35–1.32)

*Living in Sweden (years) Mean and SD

1.17 (1.00–1.35) *

1.24 (1.04–1.48) *

1.20 (1.00–1.44)*

1.26 (1.08–1.48)**

1.41(1.14–1.74)**

1.29 (1.09–1.52)**

*Country/Born and raised (ref: Syria)

1.00 (reference)

 Other, Australia, Asia

1.13 (0.41–3.12)

0.41 (0.09–1.72)

0.82 (0.20–3.17)

1.22 (0.43–3.40)

0.37 (0.07–1.90)

1.06 (0.33–3.36)

 *Americas

2.90 (1.49–5.64)**

2.15 (1.05–4.41)*

1.90 (0.91–3.95)

3.05 (1.54–6.00)**

1.60 (0.73–3.50)

2.31 (1.07–4.98)*

 *Europe

2.28 (1.08–4.77)*

1.65 (0.67–4.00)

2.03 (0.65–6.34)

2.61 (1.19–5.68)*

1.36 (0.35–5.16)

3.09 (1.19–8.01)*

 Africa

0.76 (0.38–1.50)

0.72 (0.34–1.47)

0.74 (0.32–1.66)

0.79 (0.38–1.61)

0.62 (0.26–1.48)

0.77 (0.40–1.50)

 MENA

1.69 (0.88–3.22)

1.58 (0.76–3.26)

1.22 (0.56–2.64)

1.67 (0.85–3.29)

0.91 (0.37–2.23)

1.57 (0.74–3.32)

 Afghanistan

0.94 (0.48–1.83)

0.87 (0.43–1.73)

0.68 (0.31–1.49)

0.89 (0.43–1.82)

0.54 (0.22–1.31)

0.95 (0.44–2.06)

*Main reason to come to Sweden

(ref: As an asylum seeker/refugee)

1.00 (reference)

 To work/study

 

1.96 (0.94–4.06)

  

2.44 (0.87–6.80)

1.55 (0.75–3.19)

 *To live with family

2.33 (1.23–4.38)**

1.99 (0.95–4.13)

1.38 (0.82–2.31)

 Other

1.37 (0.52–3.60)

2.15 (0.72–6.46)

1.40 (0.47–4.10)

Having a residence permit (ref: EU/EEA/Swedish citizen)

1.00 (reference)

 No

  

3.20 (0.69–14.69)

 

3.31 (0.56–19.55)

1.66 (0.42–6.55)

 Yes

3.52 (0.83–14.87)

3.99 (0.72–22.29)

1.98 (0.65–6.06)

Current living arrangements

(ref: with other family)

1.00 (reference)

 Alone

   

1.05 (0.61–1.79)

1.22 (0.59–2.50)

1.23 (0.81–1.89)

 Married or cohabiting

1.63 (0.83–3.19)

1.38 (0.59–3.20)

1.69 (0.95–2.99)

 With friends I knew from earlier

0.52 (0.25–1.08)

0.76 (0.32–1.78)

0.52 (0.22–1.23)

 In a refugee home

2.51 (0.78–8.03)

1.38 (0.26–7.14)

2.01 (0.55–7.28)

  1. Legend: * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01
  2. *MENA countries (Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Syria (excluded), Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen)
  3. Crude OR for considered explanatory factors. Model 1, Adj. OR for sociodemographic factors: sex, age, country born or raised, religion, number of years living in Sweden, education, Model 2, Adj., OR factors included in Model 1 + Main reason to come to Sweden; Model 3 included Model 1+ Having a residence permit in Sweden; Model 4 included Model 1 + Current living arrangements. Model 5 included all variables. Model 6 is a multiple imputation model