Research Article
Sexual Behavior of Perinatally Infected Youth in Northwest Ethiopia: Implication for HIV Prevention Strategy
Table 3
Self-reported sexual behavior by HIV acquisition status among HIV positive youths in North West Ethiopia, 2017.
| Characteristics | HIV acquisition status | Total (%) | Mother to child | Others means |
| Had sex in the last six months | | | | Yes | 30 (83.33%) | 6 (16.67%) | 36 (10.50) | No | 193 (62.87%) | 114 (37.13%) | 307 (89.5) | Ever had sex | | | | Yes | 172 (88.7% | 22 (11.3%) | 194 (56.6) | No | 51 (34.2%) | 98 (65.8%) | 149 (43.4) | First sexual initiation started | | | | Less than 18 years | 94 (90.4%) | 10 (9.6%) | 90 (46.4) | Greater than or equal to 18 years | 78 (86.7% | 12 (13.3%) | 104 (53.6) | Numbers of lifetime sexual partner | | | | single | 63 (79.7%) | 16 (11.3%) | 79 (40.7) | multiple | 110 (95.7) | 15 (4.3%) | 115 (59.3) | HIV status of sexual partner (have only 1) | | | | HIV positive | 14 (82.4%) | 3 (17.6%) | 17 (21.5) | HIV negative | 40 (80%) | 10 (20%) | 50 (63.3) | Unknown | 12 (100%) | 0 | 12 (15.2) | HIV status of sexual partner (more than 1) | | | | HIV positive | 19 (90.5%) | 2 (9.5) | 21 (18.3) | HIV negative | 63 (94%) | 4 (6%) | 67 (58.3) | Unknown | 23 (88.9% | 3 (11.1%) | 27 (23.5) | Ever use condom | | | | Yes | 119 (86.9%) | 18 (13.1%) | 137 (70.6) | No | 54 (94.4%) | 3 (5.3%) | 57 (29.4) | Consistent condom use | | | | Yes | 65 (84.4%) | 12 (15.6%) | 77 (56.2) | No | 54 (90%) | 6 (10%) | 60 (43.8) |
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