Research Article
Assessment of the Reproductive Health Status of Adult Prison Inmates in Osun State, Nigeria
Table 5
Sexual practices and reproductive health care of respondents.
| Variable | Frequency () | Percentage (%) |
| Sexual practices | | | Number of sexual partners before incarceration () | | | None | 46 | 22.0 | 1 | 49 | 23.4 | 2 | 62 | 29.7 | 3 | 28 | 13.4 | 4 | 16 | 7.7 | 5 | 5 | 2.4 | >5 | 3 | 1.4 | How often barrier method is used () | | | Always | 38 | 23.3 | Occasionally | 55 | 33.7 | Rarely | 33 | 20.3 | Never | 37 | 22.7 | Sexual practices inside prison () | | | Masturbation | 19 | 9.1 | Sex with opposite sex partner | 0 | 0.0 | Sex with same sex partner | 3 | 1.4 | None | 187 | 89.5 | Sexual harassment experience inside prison () | | | No | 195 | 93.3 | By opposite sex inmate | 8 | 3.8 | By same sex inmate | 5 | 2.4 | By others (wardens/prison staffs) | 1 | 0.5 |
| Reproductive health care in the prison | | | Access to male condom and source () | | | No | 197 | 94.3 | Yes, from prison officers | 3 | 1.4 | Yes, from prison clinics (during HIV campaign programme) | 9 | 4.3 | Access to other family planning services () | | | Yes | 0 | 0.0 | No | 209 | 100.0 | Access to seminar/health talk on HIV in prison () | | | Yes | 148 | 70.8 | No | 61 | 29.2 | Organizers of health talk () | | | Government | 29 | 19.6 | Prison authority | 35 | 23.7 | Missioners | 40 | 27.0 | NGO | 33 | 22.3 | Do not know | 11 | 7.4 | Use of clinic that takes care of health needs () | | | Yes | 55 | 26.3 | No | 154 | 73.7 |
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