Sexual abuse and risky sexual behaviors among young female hawkers in Burkina Faso: a mixed method study

Table 3 Sexual behavior of participants and their knowledge on HIV/AIDS by site

	Bittou		Boromo		Total		p-value
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Sexually active
No	48	36.9	35	26.1	83	31.4	0.059
Yes	82	63.1	99	73.9	181	68.6	0.059
Age at the first sexual intercourse (n = 181)
14 years or younger	21	25.6	39	39.4	60	33.2	0.051
15 years or older	43	52.4	49	49.5	92	50.8
I don’t remember	18	22	11	11.1	29	16
Number of sexual partner during the past 3 months (n = 181)
1 person	48	58.5	53	53.5	101	55.8	0.168
2 to 4 people	26	31.7	41	41.4	67	37
5 people or more	5	6.1	5	5.1	10	5.5
No sex in past 3 months	3	3.7	0	0	3	1.7
Condom use during the last sexual intercourse (n = 181)
No	47	57.3	81	81.8	128	70.7	<0.001*
Yes	35	42.7	18	18.2	53	29.3	<0.001*
Ever get unwanted Pregnancy (n = 181)
No	50	61	49	49.5	99	54.7	0.122
Yes	32	39	50	50.5	82	45.3	0.122
Ever received money or gift for sexual intercourse (n = 181)
No	43	52.5	41	41.4	84	46.4	<0.001*
Yes	22	26.8	57	57.6	79	43.7
Proposed but I refused	17	20.7	1	1	18	9.9
Ever heard of HIV/AIDS
No	13	10.0	18	13.4	31	11.7	0.388
Yes	117	90.0	116	86.6	233	88.3	0.388

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