International Journal of Reproductive Medicine / 2020 / Article / Tab 2 / 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 respondents Prevalence of STI Variable 2005 2007 2012 2005 2007 2012 N = 10081N = 11521N = 31235% % % Age 15–19 24.2 21.4 16.9 ∗ 4.7∗ 5.64.9 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∗ 4.3Female 46.5 46.4 49.8 8.9 9.8 7.7 Residence Urban 34.9 34.5 31.3 ∗ 7.5∗ 7.7∗ 5.5Rural 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∗ 8.3North 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 ∗ 6.2Middle 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∗ 4.9Primary/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∗ 4.9Other 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 ∗ 6.56.4 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.