Association between Knowledge of Sexually Transmitted Infections and Sources of the Previous Point of Care among Nigerians: Findings from Three National HIV and AIDS Reproductive Health Surveys

Table 2

Distribution of respondents and the Prevalence of STI by respondents characteristics.

	Distribution of all respondents			Prevalence of STI
Variable	2005	2007	2012	2005	2007	2012
	N = 10081	N = 11521	N = 31235	%	%	%
Age
15–19	24.2	21.4	16.9	^∗4.7	^∗5.6	4.9
20–24	18.6	18.7	15.5	8.0	9.2	7.8
25–34	26.3	28.3	29.7	7.4	7.2	7.4
35–49	23.3	24.2	29.4	5.4	5.2	5.0
50–64	7.7	7.2	8.5	1.7	1.5	3.0
Sex
Male	53.7	53.6	49.5	^∗3.4	^∗3.3	^∗4.3
Female	46.5	46.4	49.8	8.9	9.8	7.7
Residence
Urban	34.9	34.5	31.3	^∗7.5	^∗7.7	^∗5.5
Rural	64.3	65.4	68.3	5.2	5.6	6.2
Zone
North Central	17.2	17.8	19.2	^∗5.4	^∗9.9	^∗8.3
North East	15.0	13.3	15.8	4.7	5.0	5.7
North West	21.4	24.8	19.8	6.7	6.6	5.8
South East	12.6	11.3	13.6	3.8	4.3	5.2
South South	14.9	15.3	15.7	6.2	6.7	7.1
South West	18.9	17.3	16.0	7.9	4.3	3.1
Economic status
Poorer	na	na	43.7	na	na	^∗6.2
Middle	na	na	20.5	na	na	6.3
Richer	na	na	35.5	na	na	5.5
Education
No formal education	20.4	21.4	24.3	^∗5.3	^∗5.1	^∗4.9
Primary/Qur’anic	32.0	28.3	23.9	5.6	6.1	5.8
Secondary	37.8	39.5	39.2	6.2	6.8	6.8
Higher	9.9	10.9	12.3	7.5	7.5	5.8
Religion
Islam	46.7	50.4	43.3	5.6	^∗5.8	^∗4.9
Other Cristian	37.2	36.0	41.6	6.5	6.6	6.6
Catholic	14.0	12.7	13.4	5.8	7.6	7.5
Other	1.8	1.2	1.8	6.1	4.3	5.0
Marital Status
Currently married	55.2	57.0	63.8	^∗6.5	6.4	5.9
Widowed	4.1	4.0	4.5	4.6	5.7	6.6
Never married	40.4	38.8	31.1	5.4	6.3	6.1
Average prevalence of STIs	100.0	100.0	100.0	6.0	6.3	6.0

^∗Significant at the 5% level.