Condom use at last sexual relationship among adolescents of Santiago Island, Cape Verde, - West Africa

To estimate factors associated with condom use at last sexual intercourse among adolescents. Cross-sectional study of a representative sample of 368 sexually active adolescents aged 13-17 years from eight public high schools on Santiago Island, Cape Verde, 2007. The level of significance was 5.0% ob...

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Published in:Reproductive health 2012-11, Vol.9 (1), p.29-29, Article 29
Main Authors: Tavares, Carlos Mendes, Schor, Néia, Valenti, Vitor E, Kanikadan, Paula Yuri Sugishita, de Abreu, Luiz Carlos
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior
Adolescent health
Birth control
Cabo Verde
Cape Verde
Condom
Condom use
Condoms
Condoms - utilization
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
High schools
Humans
Male
Reproductive health
Sexual and reproductive health
Sexual behavior
Sexual Behavior - statistics & numerical data
Sexually transmitted diseases
STD
Studies
Teenagers
West Africa
Youth
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Summary:To estimate factors associated with condom use at last sexual intercourse among adolescents. Cross-sectional study of a representative sample of 368 sexually active adolescents aged 13-17 years from eight public high schools on Santiago Island, Cape Verde, 2007. The level of significance was 5.0% obtained from logistic regression, considering the association between condom use and socio-demographic, sexual and reproductive variables. The prevalence of condom use at last sexual intercourse was 94.9%. Factors associated with condom use at last sexual relationship were: non-Catholic religion (OR=0.68, 95%CI: 0.52; 0.88) and affective-sexual partnership before the interview (OR=5.15, 95%CI: 1.79; 14.80). There was a high prevalence of condom use at last sexual intercourse of adolescents.
ISSN:1742-4755
1742-4755
DOI:10.1186/1742-4755-9-29