Research Article

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 respondentsPrevalence of STI
Variable200520072012200520072012
N = 10081N = 11521N = 31235%%%

Age
15–1924.221.416.94.75.64.9
20–2418.618.715.58.09.27.8
25–3426.328.329.77.47.27.4
35–4923.324.229.45.45.25.0
50–647.77.28.51.71.53.0
Sex
Male53.753.649.53.43.34.3
Female46.546.449.88.99.87.7
Residence
Urban34.934.531.37.57.75.5
Rural64.365.468.35.25.66.2
Zone
North Central17.217.819.25.49.98.3
North East15.013.315.84.75.05.7
North West21.424.819.86.76.65.8
South East12.611.313.63.84.35.2
South South14.915.315.76.26.77.1
South West18.917.316.07.94.33.1
Economic status
Poorernana43.7nana6.2
Middlenana20.5nana6.3
Richernana35.5nana5.5
Education
No formal education20.421.424.35.35.14.9
Primary/Qur’anic32.028.323.95.66.15.8
Secondary37.839.539.26.26.86.8
Higher9.910.912.37.57.55.8
Religion
Islam46.750.443.35.65.84.9
Other Cristian37.236.041.66.56.66.6
Catholic14.012.713.45.87.67.5
Other1.81.21.86.14.35.0
Marital Status
Currently married55.257.063.86.56.45.9
Widowed4.14.04.54.65.76.6
Never married40.438.831.15.46.36.1
Average prevalence of STIs100.0100.0100.06.06.36.0

Significant at the 5% level.