Factors associated with condom use in women from an urban area in southern Brazil

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Mariângela Freitas Da Silveira¹  Iná Silva Dos Santos¹  Jorge Umberto Béria¹  Bernardo Lessa Horta¹  Elaine Tomasi¹  Cesar Gomes Victora¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de Pelotas Faculdade de Medicina Pelotas,Brasil

关键词: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome;    Sexually Transmitted Diseases;    Sexual Behavior;    Women's Health;    Risk Factors;    Síndrome de Imunodeficiência Adquirida;    Doenças Sexualmente Transmissíveis;    Comportamento Sexual;    Saúde da Mulher;    Fatores de Risco;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0102-311X2005000500029

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This study investigated the prevalence of factors associated with condom use during last sexual intercourse in 15-49-year-old women in a probabilistic sample from the urban area of Pelotas, southern Brazil. A questionnaire administered by an interviewer, investigating socioeconomic characteristics and habits, and another (self-administered) questionnaire on sexual behavior-related variables were used. Poisson regression, following a hierarchical model, was used for data analysis. 1,543 women were included, and losses and refusals amounted to 3.5%. Prevalence of condom use in last sexual intercourse was 28.0%. Condom use was positively associated with younger age, greater schooling, non-white color, single marital status, and greater number of sex partners in the previous three months. This suggests that the group most vulnerable to STDs/AIDS due to lack of condom use is white, adult women, in stable unions, with fewer sexual partners.

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