Motivating Factors and Psychosocial Barriers to Condom Use among out-of-School Youths in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A Cross Sectional Survey Using the Health Belief Model

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents (𝑛=348).

Characteristics of the respondents	Total	Males	Females
	𝑁=348 (%)	𝑛=186 (53.4)	𝑛=162 (46.6)
Age group (years)
15–19	146 (42.0)	68 (36.6)	78 (48.1)
20–24	202 (58.0)	118 (63.4)	84 (51.9)
Marital status
Unmarried	260 (74.7)	142 (76.3)	118 (72.8)
Married	88 (25.3)	44 (23.7)	44 (27.2)
Ability to read
Able to read	291 (83.6)	156 (83.9)	135 (83.3)
Read with difficulty/not at all	57 (16.4)	30 (16.1)	27 (16.7)
Occupation
Employed	84 (24.1)	48 (25.8)	36 (22.2)
Unemployed	264 (75.9)	138 (74.2)	126 (77.8)
Religion
Christian	201 (57.8)	106 (57.0)	95 (58.6)
Muslim	128 (36.8)	69 (37.1)	59 (36.4)
Other	19 (5.4)	11 (5.9)	8 (5.0)