Errors and Predictors of Confidence in Condom Use amongst Young Australians Attending a Music Festival
Table 1
Demographic information, education, and risk behaviours by confidence.
(a)
Variable
All
Confident
Odds ratio
Yes
No
value
Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)
value: adjusted odds ratio
Extremely
Mostly
Some what
Not at all
%
(%)
(%)
Gender
288
<0.001
<0.001
Male
129
45
55 (43)
62 (48)
12 (9)
0 (0)
4.70 (2.37–9.31)
Female
159
55
22 (14)
84 (53)
42 (26)
11 (7)
1
Age
288
0.386
<21
139
48
26 (19)
76 (55)
31 (22)
6 (4)
1
21
149
52
51 (34)
70 (47)
23 (15)
5 (3)
1.29 (0.72–2.32)
Relationship status
288
0.222
Married/in a relationship
114
40
93 (82)
21 (18)
1.46 (0.80–2.69)
Single
174
60
130 (75)
44 (25)
1
Sexuality
280
Heterosexual
249
89
192 (77)
57 (23)
1
Homosexual
12
4
10 (83)
2 (17)
2.13 (0.69–6.59)
Bisexual
15
5
14 (93)
1 (7)
Other
4
1
3 (75)
1 (25)
Number of drinks in the last 24 hours
271
0
17
6
15 (88)
2 (12)
1
1–5
74
27
50 (68)
24 (32)
6–9
89
33
65 (73)
24 (27)
10–20
69
26
62 (90)
7 (10)
2.40 (1.11–5.15)
>20
22
8
19 (86)
3 (14)
Number of lifetime sexual partners
237
0
13
6
1 (8)
4 (31)
5 (39)
3 (23)
1
27
11
0 (0)
19 (70)
5 (19)
3 (11)
2–5
86
36
25 (29)
41 (48)
18 (21)
2 (2)
6–10
60
25
18 (30)
34 (57)
7 (12)
1 (2)
11–20
35
15
12 (34)
17 (49)
5 (14)
1 (3)
>20
16
7
11 (69)
4 (25)
1 (6)
0 (0)
5
126
53
26 (21)
64 (51)
28 (22)
8 (6)
1
>5
111
47
41 (37)
55 (50)
13 (12)
2 (2)
2.13 (1.04–4.37)
(b)
Source of education
All ()
All (%)
Confident, (%)
Not confident, (%)
value
High school
158
55
125 (79)
33 (21)
Partner
77
27
60 (78)
17 (22)
Packet instructions
53
18
48 (91)
5 (9)
Friends
40
14
31 (78)
9 (23)
Other
40
14
32 (80)
8 (20)
Internet
19
7
18 (95)
1 (5)
Health care workers
15
5
14 (93)
1 (7)
Family
9
3
9 (100)
0 (0)
(c)
Variable
Median (IQR), all participants
Median (IQR), confident
Median (IQR), not confident
value
Age
21 (19–23)
21 (19–23)
20 (19–22)
Number of standard drinks, past 24 hours
10 (4–15)
10 (5–15)
6 (3–10)
Number of sexual partners, lifetime
5 (2–10)
6 (3–10)
4 (1–7)
a: Chi-square test; b: value: heterosexual versus nonheterosexual; c: Fisher’s exact test; d: interquartile range; e: Mann-Whitney U test; f: value: <10 drinks versus 10 drinks; g: value: 5 versus >5 sexual partners. Adjusted for age and gender.
