Table 2 Prevalence of multiple sexual partnerships by selected characteristics of adolescent boys and young men between 2003 and 2014
Number of sexual partners in the last 12 months preceding the survey | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
One | Two or more | ||
Individual-level factors | |||
Age | |||
15–19 | 360(35.2) | 141(35.2) | 0.982 |
20–24 | 662(64.8) | 260(64.8) | |
Age at first sex | |||
< 15 years | 99(9.7) | 60(15.0) | < 0.001 |
15–17 years | 401(39.2 | 183(45.6) | |
18 + years | 522(51.1) | 158(39.4) | |
Educational attainment | |||
No education | 49(4.8) | 9(2.3) | < 0.05 |
Primary | 166(16.2) | 51(12.8) | |
Secondary/higher | 807(79.0) | 340(85.0) | |
Knowledge of ovulation cycle | |||
Correct knowledge | 277(27.1) | 86(21.5) | < 0.05 |
Wrong knowledge | 745(72.9) | 314(78.5) | |
Current contraceptive use | |||
No method | 432(42.3) | 244(60.8) | < 0.001 |
Folkloric/traditionalist | 72(7.0) | 26(6.5) | |
Modern method | 518(50.7) | 131(32.7) | |
Smokes cigarettes | |||
Yes | 13(1.3) | 13(3.3) | < 0.05 |
No | 1009(98.7) | 387(96.8) | |
Household-level factor | |||
Wealth quintile | |||
Poorest | 140(13.7) | 50(12.5) | < 0.01 |
Poorer | 176(17.2) | 44(11.0) | |
Middle | 233(22.8) | 82(20.5) | |
Richer | 276(27.0) | 122(30.5) | |
Richest | 197(19.3) | 102(25.5) | |
Interpersonal-level factors | |||
Heard FP on radio | |||
No | 301(29.5) | 140(35.0) | < 0.05 |
Yes | 721(70.5) | 260(65.0) | |
Heard FP on TV | |||
No | 415(40.6) | 165(41.3) | 0.824 |
Yes | 607(59.4) | 235(58.8) | |
Community-level factors | |||
Religion | |||
Christians | 685(67.0) | 264(66.0) | 0.445 |
Moslems | 166(16.2) | 57(14.2) | |
Traditionalist/spiritualist | 99(9.7) | 49(12.3) | |
Other | 72(7.0) | 30(7.5) | |
Ethnicity | |||
Akan | 547(53.5) | 217(54.1) | 0.840 |
Non-Akans | 475(46.5) | 184(45.9) | |
Place of residence | |||
Urban | 520(50.9) | 227(56.8) | < 0.05 |
Rural | 502(49.1) | 173(43.3) | |
Structural-level factor | |||
Year of survey | |||
2003 | 314(30.8) | 72(18.0) | < 0.001 |
2008 | 364(35.7) | 156(39.0) | |
2014 | 343(33.6) | 172(43.0) | |