Psychosocial Correlates of Dual Methods for Contraception and STI Protection in Urban Adolescents

Table 2

Perceptions of youth about sexual and protective behavior.

	Contraceptive method
	None	BC	CU	Dual
Attitude to sex; respondent reports that:
I want kids my age to think I am a virgin	38%	24%	23%	41%*
Kids my age would want to have sex to see how it feels	86%	75%	73%	68%
I can say no if I did not want to have sex	74%	81%	80%	88%
I feel dirty about pregnancy	15%	9%	16%	32%***
I feel bad about having sex	39%	15%	16%	27%*
Intrinsic reward; respondent reports that:
Sex feels good for girls	41%	68%	46%	48%*
Sex feels good for boys	71%	83%	69%	63%
Social influence; respondent reports that:
Most close friends use condom	45%	43%	65%	55%*
Most boys use condom	30%	28%	56%	52%**
Most girls have sex	58%	72%	51%	61%
Friends would respect them less if pregnant	9%	9%	9%	18%**
Intention; in the next 6 months, I am:
Likely to get pregnant	21%	17%	10%	3%**
Likely to have sex	58%	81%	63%	58%***
Likely to use condom	64%	77%	86%	76%*
Attitude toward condom use; respondent reports that:
I could get condom	85%	96%	88%	92%*
I have asked about the number of people my partner had sex with	57%	70%	61%	78%*
I have asked partner about use condom	49%	68%	78%	87%****
I believe that condoms take away feelings	53%	50%	32%	37%
I believe that people do not use condom in serious relationship	41%	41%	29%	30%
AIDS knowledge; respondent reports that:
AIDS is caused by virus (yes)	85%	100%	96%	86%**
You can get AIDS in one sexual contact (yes)	85%	96%	84%	75%*
Only receptive anal sex transmits AIDS (no)	61%	85%	76%	67%*

(1) 𝑃 value *𝑃 < 0.05,**𝑃 < 0.01,***𝑃 < 0.001,and ****𝑃 < 0.0001 were obtained by CMH Chi-square test.