From: Sexual behaviors and their correlates among young people in Mauritius: a cross-sectional study
Male % (95% CI) | Female % (95% CI) | P d(χ 2)e | |
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Ever had sexa | 30.9(25.8–36.5) | 9.7(6.5–14.0) | 0.001 (51.53**) |
Mean age at first sexual encounterb | 17.4 (SE 0.20) | 17.8 (SE 0.33) | 0.362 |
Mean age of first partnerb | 18.1 (SE 0.25) | 21.4 (SE 0.58) | 0.001 |
Used condom at first sexual encounterb | 41.1 (31.9–51.1) | 32.0 (18.7–49.0) | 0.277 (1.21) |
Had multiple sexual partnersb | 65.0 (56.8–72.5) | 32.0 (21.5–44.8) | 0.001 (14.83**) |
Had sex in the past 12 monthsb | 71.3 (63.5–78.1) | 75.1 (57.4–87.1) | 0.688 (0.16) |
Used a condom at last sexual encounterc | 49.4 (38.2–60.6) | 28.8 (12.1–54.2) | 0.079 (3.23) |
Always used a condomc | 35.7 (25.6–47.4) | 24.5 (10.1–48.4) | 0.274 (1.23) |