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

Table 4

Bivariate and multivariate analysis for the risk of contracting STI and other variables.

Characteristics	Risk of contracting STI; (%)		Bivariate; 95% CI	value	Multivariate; 95% CI	value
	Low risk	High risk
Sociodemographic characteristics of respondent
Age
≤19	7 (9.7)	65 (90.3)	3.4 (1.8–6.4)	<0.001	1.2 (0.5–2.8)	0.566
20–29	85 (29.1)	207 (70.9)	1.0 (0.6–1.5)	0.901	0.7 (0.4–1.2)	0.169
30^+	38 (27.1)	102 (72.9)	1		1
Highest educational level
Beyond primary	64 (24.2)	200 (75.8)	1.0 (0.6–1.5)	0.901	1.0 (0.6–1.5)	0.911
Primary and below	66 (27.5)	174 (72.5)	1		1
Marital status
Married	103 (34.9)	192 (65.1)	1		1
Engaged	6 (5)	113 (95)	3.7 (2.3–5.8)	<0.001	2.6 (1.5–4.5)	0.001
Cohabitation	21 (23)	69 (76.7)	1.8 (1.1–2.9)	0.012	1.5 (0.9–2.7)	0.138
Sociodemographic characteristics of partner
Partner’s age
18–29	29 (16.1)	151 (84.9)	1.6 (1.1–2.3)	<0.001	0.5 (0.3–1.1)	0.138
30^+	101 (31.1)	222 (68.7)
Most important consideration for using condoms
Avoiding HIV/STI alone	77 (35.8)	138 (64.2)	0.6 (0.4–1.0)	0.081	0.9 (0.6–1.4)	0.571
Prevention of pregnancy alone	9 (8)	104 (92.8)	1.5 (0.9–2.4)	0.084	1.3 (0.8–2.2)	0.317
Avoiding HIV/STI and Prevention of pregnancy	43 (24.7)	131 (75.3)	1		1
Ability to ask for condom before sex
Yes	61 (20.9)	231 (79.1)	1		1
No	69 (32.6)	143 (67.4)	1.2 (0.8–1.7)	0.318	1.3 (0.8–1.9)	0.317
Partner’s approval for condom use
Yes	172 (32.2)	154 (82.8)	1.6 (1.1–2.3)	0.011	0.5 (0.3–1.1)	0.104
No	98 (30.8)	220 (69.2	1		1
Condom use
Yes	64 (37.4)	107 (62.6)	2.5 (1.7–3.6)	<0.001	2.9 (1.5–5.7)	0.001
No	199 (60.1)	132 (39.9)	1		1