Research Article
The Risk of Sexually Transmitted Infection and Its Influence on Condom Use among Pregnant Women in the Kintampo North Municipality of Ghana
Table 3
Chi-square test for risk of contracting STI and other variables.
| | Characteristics | Risk of contracting STI (%) | value | | Low risk | High risk |
| | Sociodemographic characteristics of respondent | | | | | Age | | | | | ≤19 | 7 (9.7) | 65 (90.3) | 0.003 | | 20–29 | 85 (29.1) | 207 (70.9) | | | 30+ | 38 (27.1) | 102 (72.9) | | | Highest educational level | | | | | Beyond primary | 64 (24.2) | 200 (75.8) | 0.404 | | Primary and below | 66 (27.5) | 174 (72.5) | | | Marital status | | | | | Married | 103 (34.9) | 192 (65.1) | <0.001 | | Engaged | 6 (5) | 113 (95) | | | Cohabitation | 21 (23) | 69 (76.7) | | | Sociodemographic characteristics of partner | | | | | Partner’s age | | | | | 18–29 | 29 (16.1) | 151 (84.9) | <0.001 | | 30+ | 101 (31.1) | 222 (68.7) | | | Most important consideration for using condoms | | | | | Avoiding HIV/STI alone | 77 (35.8) | 138 (64.2) | <0.001 | | Prevention of pregnancy alone | 9 (8) | 104 (92.8) | | | Avoiding HIV/STI and Prevention of pregnancy | 43 (24.7) | 131 (75.3) | | | Ability to ask for condom before sex | | | | | Yes | 61 (20.9) | 231 (79.1) | 0.003 | | No | 69 (32.6) | 143 (67.4) | | | Partner’s approval | | | | | Yes | 32 (172) | 154 (82.8) | 0.001 | | No | 98 (30.8) | 220 (69.2) | | | Partner ever had occasional partner | | | | | Yes | 0 (0) | 84 (100) | <0.001 | | No | 263 (62.9) | 155 (37.1) | | | Partner has another wife | | | | | Yes | 0 (0) | 57 (100) | <0.001 | | No | 265 (59.3) | 182 (40.7) | |
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Pearson chi-square test was used these value calculations.
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