The Risk of Sexually Transmitted Infection and Its Influence on Condom Use among Pregnant Women in the Kintampo North Municipality of Ghana

Table 1

Description of participant characteristics.

Characteristics	(%)	Condom use		value
		Yes	No
Risk of STI
Women who self-identified themselves as high risk for STI (high risk)	239 (47.6)	64 (37.4)	199 (62.1)	<0.001
Women who self-identified themselves as low risk for STI (low risk)	263 (52.4)	107 (62.6)	132 (39.9)
Sociodemographic characteristics of respondent
Age
≤19	72 (14.3)	49 (68.1)	23 (31.9)	<0.001
20–29	290 (57.8)	101 (34.7)	189 (65.3)
30^+	140 (27.9)	21 (15)	119 (85)
Highest educational level
Primary and below	264 (52.6)	58 (22)	206 (78)	<0.001
Beyond primary	238 (47.4)	113 (47.3)	125 (52.7)
Marital status
Married	294 (58.5)	64 (21.8)	230 (78.2)	<0.001
Engaged	119 (23.6)	75 (63.0)	44 (37.0)
Cohabitation	89 (17.9)	32 (36.0)	57 (64.0)
Religion
Moslem	141 (28.5)	30 (21.3)	111 (78.7)	<0.001
Christian	354 (71.5)	140 (39.6)	214 (60.4)
Sociodemographic characteristics of partner
Partner’s age
18–29	179 (35.7)	99 (55.3)	80 (44.7)	0.001
30^+	322 (64.3)	72 (22.4)	250 (77.6)
Partners’ educational level
Primary and below	196 (39.0)	47 (24)	149 (76)	0.001
Middle/JSS	122 (24.3)	44 (36.1)	78 (63.9)
Secondary and above	184 (36.7)	80 (43.5)	104 (56.5)
Most important consideration for using condoms
Avoiding HIV/STI alone	215 (43)	39 (18.1)	176 (81.9)	<0.001
Prevention of pregnancy alone	113 (22.6)	48 (42.5)	65 (57.5)
Avoiding HIV/STI and Prevention of pregnancy	172 (34.4)	84 (48.8)	88 (51.2)
Ability to ask for condom before sex
Yes	290 (57.7)	151 (51.9)	139 (48.1)	<0.001
No	212 (42.3)	20 (9.4)	192 (90.6)
Partner’s approval
No	185 (36.9)	150 (81.1)	35 (18.9)	<0.001
Yes	317 (63.1)	21 (6.6)	296 (93.4)

Pearson chi-square test was used for these value calculations.