From: Sexual behaviors and their correlates among young people in Mauritius: a cross-sectional study
Correlate | Male | Female | ||||||||||
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Bivariate | Multivariate a | n = 575 | Bivariate | Multivariate a | n = 564 | |||||||
n | Percent reporting ever had sex | Prevalence ratio (95% CI) | P (χ 2)b | Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) | P | n | Percent reporting ever had sex | Prevalence ratio (95%CI) | P (χ 2)b | Adjusted odds ratio (95%CI) | P | |
Sociodemographic | ||||||||||||
Age group (years) | ||||||||||||
Older (20–24) | 273 | 42.5 | 2.06 | 0.001 | 1.50 | 0.131 | 206 | 14.5 | 2.12 | 0.013 | 1.18 | 0.705 |
Younger (15–19) | 302 | 20.7 | (1.63–2.60) | (43.25**) | (0.88–2.56) | 360 | 6.9 | (1.20–3.75) | (6.73*) | (0.49–2.89) | ||
Geographic area | ||||||||||||
Urban | 236 | 30.3 | 0.97 | 0.847 | 0.74 | 0.195 | 232 | 11.4 | 1.35 | 0.426 | 0.80 | 0.630 |
Rural | 339 | 31.4 | (0.67–1.38) | (0.04) | (0.47–1.17) | 334 | 8.4 | (0.64–2.86) | (0.65) | (0.32–1.99) | ||
Currently in school | ||||||||||||
No | 337 | 41.8 | 2.74 | 0.001 | 1.75 | 0.104 | 288 | 15.3 | 4.08 | 0.001 | 4.28 | 0.001 |
Yes | 238 | 15.3 | (1.82–4.13) | (44.13**) | (0.89–3.47) | 276 | 3.8 | (1.93–8.62) | (16.51**) | (1.84–9.97) | ||
Work experience | ||||||||||||
Ever worked | 376 | 41.7 | 3.92 | 0.001 | 3.14 | 0.003 | 236 | 15.9 | 3.13 | 0.002 | 1.17 | 0.701 |
Never worked | 199 | 10.6 | (2.31–6.67) | (48.48**) | (1.50–6.54) | 330 | 5.1 | (1.58–6.22) | (10.31**) | (0.52–2.63) | ||
Religion | ||||||||||||
Non-Christian | 442 | 25.3 | 0.51 | 0.001 | 0.27 | 0.001 | 422 | 3.6 | 0.13 | 0.001 | 0.15 | 0.001 |
Christian | 133 | 49.8 | (0.39–0.66) | (18.53**) | (0.16–0.46) | 144 | 27.0 | (0.07–0.26) | (24.46**) | (0.07–0.34) | ||
Social life | ||||||||||||
Have a mobile phone | ||||||||||||
Yes | 318 | 36.8 | 1.55 | 0.001 | 1.46 | 0.119 | 245 | 12.6 | 1.75 | 0.048 | 1.53 | 0.250 |
No | 257 | 23.8 | (1.21–1.98) | (14.26**) | (0.90–2.36) | 321 | 7.2 | (0.98–3.12) | (4.13*) | (0.73–3.19) | ||
Ever been to a nightclub | ||||||||||||
Yes | 254 | 51.9 | 3.59 | 0.001 | 3.07 | 0.001 | 82 | 28.5 | 4.67 | 0.010 | 3.14 | 0.027 |
No | 321 | 14.4 | (2.58–5.01) | (83.69**) | (1.74–5.42) | 484 | 6.1 | (2.49–8.78) | (7.30*) | (1.15–8.56) | ||
Ever watched a pornographic film | ||||||||||||
Yes | 404 | 36.5 | 2.10 | 0.001 | 1.50 | 0.123 | 75 | 15.1 | 1.70 | 0.220 | N/A | N/A |
No | 171 | 17.4 | (1.50–2.96) | (26.90**) | (0.89–2.50) | 491 | 8.9 | (0.82–3.56) | (1.54) | |||
Ever used the Internet | ||||||||||||
Yes | 228 | 27.2 | 0.82 | 0.085 | 1.15 | 0.652 | 224 | 7.5 | 0.66 | 0.319 | N/A | N/A |
No | 347 | 33.2 | (0.66–1.02) | (3.10) | (0.62–2.13) | 342 | 11.2 | (0.28–1.59) | (1.02) | |||
Ever drank alcohol in the past 12 months | ||||||||||||
Yes | 252 | 45.4 | 2.39 | 0.001 | 1.56 | 0.076 | 130 | 23.9 | 4.38 | 0.001 | 2.81 | 0.014 |
No | 323 | 19.0 | (1.90–3.01) | (58.71**) | (0.95–2.54) | 436 | 5.5 | (2.42–7.93) | (12.23**) | (1.24–6.37) | ||
Ever used marijuana | ||||||||||||
Yes | 64 | 68.9 | 2.59 | 0.001 | 3.09 | 0.001 | 5 | 48.8 | 5.25 | 0.124 | N/A | N/A |
No | 511 | 26.6 | (1.99–3.37) | (24.09**) | (1.73–5.51) | 561 | 9.3 | (1.97–13.98) | (2.46) |