Table 2 |
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Bivariate association between extramarital sex and selected characteristics of married Cameroonian men, 2004 |
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Characteristic |
Extramarital sex |
OR (95%CI) |
p-value |
|
|
|
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|
No |
Yes |
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Age (years) |
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|
15–29 |
490 |
266 |
1 |
- |
|
30–44 |
1001 |
206 |
8.95 (7.24–11.06) |
< 0.001 |
|
45–59 |
626 |
87 |
13.25 (10.13–17.38) |
< 0.001 |
|
Education |
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|
No school |
418 |
35 |
1 |
- |
|
Primary |
802 |
204 |
3.04 (2.10–4.48) |
< 0.001 |
|
Secondary or higher |
897 |
323 |
4.30 (3.00–6.29) |
< 0.001 |
|
Wealth index |
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Poor |
794 |
98 |
1 |
- |
|
Middle |
674 |
220 |
2.64 (2.03–3.46) |
< 0.001 |
|
Rich |
649 |
244 |
3.34 (2.34–3.98) |
< 0.001 |
|
Residence |
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Rural |
1087 |
189 |
1 |
- |
|
Urban |
1029 |
373 |
2.08 (1.72–2.54) |
< 0.001 |
|
Religion |
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|
Christians |
1379 |
420 |
1 |
- |
|
Muslims |
443 |
80 |
0.59 (0.45–0.77) |
< 0.001 |
|
Others |
294 |
62 |
0.69 (0.51–0.93) |
0.014 |
|
Age at first intercourse (years) |
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|
< 16 |
346 |
155 |
1 |
- |
|
16–19 |
956 |
289 |
0.67 (0.54–0.85) |
0.001 |
|
> 19 |
809 |
114 |
0.31 (0.24–0.41) |
< 0.001 |
|
Head of the household |
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|
No |
229 |
221 |
1 |
- |
|
Yes |
1888 |
340 |
0.19 (0.15–0.23) |
< 0.001 |
|
Drank alcohol before the last intercourse |
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|
None |
1540 |
323 |
1 |
- |
|
Respondent only |
373 |
88 |
1.12 (0.86–1.47) |
0.378 |
|
Partner only |
31 |
8 |
1.23 (0.48–2.27) |
0.605 |
|
Both respondent and partner |
169 |
62 |
1.75 (1.25–2.42) |
< 0.001 |
|
Condom use during the last intercourse |
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|
No |
2025 |
225 |
1 |
|
|
Yes |
158 |
270 |
14.28 (12.50–20.00) |
< 0.001 |
|
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OR, odds ratio; 95%CI, 95% confidence intervals |
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Kongnyuy and Wiysonge BMC International Health and Human Rights 2007 7:6 doi:10.1186/1472-698X-7-6 |
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