Analysing intersecting social resources in young people’s ability to suggest safer sex - results from a national population-based survey in Sweden

Table 2 Ability to suggest safer sex. Descriptive statistics for the variable ability to suggest safer sex

Social group	Yes		No		Can’t /don’t want to answer
Social group	n	% (CI)	n	%* (CI)	n	% (CI)
Gender ^a (n = 5719)
Male	1717	89 [87.4–90.6]	87	5 [4.3–6.7]	96	6 [4.5–6.8]
Female	3473	90 [88.4–90.9]	172	5 [4.0–5.7]	174	5 [4.7–6.6]
Non-binary gender	45	78 [61.8–88.1]	2	5 [0.9–25.3]	10	17 [8.5–31.1]
Transgender experience ^b (n = 5744)
Yes	43	76 [56.8–88.0]	6	10 [3.0–29.6]	6	14 [5.5–32.1]
No	5165	89 [88.4–90.4]	255	5 [4.3–5.7]	272	6 [4.9–6.4]
Sexual identity*** ^c (n = 5599)
Heterosexual	4510	90 [89.7–91.7]	199	5 [3.9–5.3]	190	5 [4.0–5.5]
Bisexual	300	84 [78.0–88.1]	27	9 [6.2–14.4]	23	7 [4.1–11.2]
Homosexual	72	78 [68.6–84.8]	5	4 [1.5–9.7]	26	18 [12.0–26.9]
I don’t usually categorize myself sexually	210	83 [76.2–88.3]	18	6 [3.3–10.0]	19	11 [6.8–17.8]
Economy*** ^d (n = 5657)
Very good or sufficient	4438	90 [89.3–91.4]	204	5 [4.1–5.6]	204	5 [4.2–5.7]
Not very good or insufficient	700	85 [82.2–88.1]	51	6 [4.6–8.8]	60	8 [6.2–10.8]
Birth country/region*** ^e (n = 5776)
Born in Sweden	4823	90 [89.4–91.3]	31	8 [5.5–11.2]	37	9 [6.7,12.9]
Born outside Sweden	412	83 [78.5–86.3]	230	5 [4.0–5.3]	243	5 [4.4,5.8]
Social welfare recipiency* ^f (n = 5692)
No	5070	90 [88.8–90.7]	247	5 [4.3–5.7]	259	5 [4.6–6.0]
Yes	94	82 [72.6–88.0]	10	7 [3.6–14.3]	12	11 [6.3–19.1]

***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05
^aGender: Self-reported variable
^bTransgender experience: Self-reported variable
^cSexual identity: Self-reported variable. The five alternatives: heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, I don’t usually categorize myself sexually were limited to four, since those who answered: I don’t know and other were removed from the analysis
^dEconomy: Self-reported variable. The alternatives: very good, fairly good, not very good, or not good at all were grouped into two categories
^eForeign-born: Register variable from Statistics Sweden. The categories for birth country and birth region follow Statistics Sweden’s alternatives: Sweden, the Nordic countries except Sweden, Europe except the Nordic countries, Africa, Asia, North America, South America
^fSocial welfare recipiency: Register variable from Statistics Sweden

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