Table 1 Demographic and Social behavioral Characteristics of Patients with Gonorrhea (GC) or Chlamydia (CT)
Variable | Male | Female | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tested (N = 401) | GC + ve n(%) | P-value | CT + ve n(%) | P-value | Tested (N = 549) | GC + ve n(%) | P-value | CT + ve n(%) | P-value | |
Age group(years)a | 0.033 | 0.119 | 0.500 | 0.078 | ||||||
18–24 | 103 | 43(41.8) | 11(10.7) | 153 | 28(18.3) | 19(12.42) | ||||
25–31 | 177 | 86(48.6) | 33(18.6) | 226 | 40(17.7) | 20(8.9) | ||||
32–38 | 71 | 31(43.7) | 13(18.3) | 113 | 17(15.0) | 5(4.4) | ||||
39–45 | 30 | 6(20.0) | 4(13.3) | 41 | 4(9.8) | 1(2.4) | ||||
46 and above | 18 | 5(27.8) | 0(0.0) | 16 | 1(6.3) | 0(0.0) | ||||
Marital status | 0.767 | 0.748 | 0.537 | 0.036 | ||||||
Single | 289 | 126(43.6) | 45(15.7) | 309 | 48(15.5) | 33(10.4) | ||||
Married | 112 | 47(42.0) | 16(14.3) | 240 | 42(17.5) | 13(5.4) | ||||
Educational level | 0.873 | 0.234 | 0.496 | 0.114 | ||||||
No education | 15 | 7(46.7) | 0(0.0) | 23 | 4(17.4) | 0(0.0) | ||||
Primary/JHS | 66 | 27(40.9) | 9(13.6) | 95 | 19(20.0) | 12(12.6) | ||||
Secondary and above | 320 | 140(43.4) | 52(16.3) | 431 | 67(15.6) | 33(7.7) | ||||
Alcohol intake | 0.021 | 0.344 | 0.511 | 0.308 | ||||||
Yes | 180 | 89(49.4) | 24(13.3) | 114 | 21(18.4) | 12(10.5) | ||||
No | 221 | 84(38.0) | 37(16.7) | 435 | 69(15.9) | 33(7.6) | ||||
Use of condomsa | 0.455 | 0.471 | 0.052 | 0.538 | ||||||
Never | 135 | 61(45.2) | 19(14.1) | 245 | 46(18.8) | 24(9.8) | ||||
Rarely | 109 | 50(45.9) | 13(11.9) | 137 | 26(19.0) | 11(8.0) | ||||
On most occasion | 75 | 34(45.3) | 14(18.7) | 73 | 9(12.3) | 5(6.9) | ||||
Always | 74 | 26(35.1) | 14(18.9) | 66 | 4(6.1) | 3(4.6) | ||||
Having more than one sexual partner in the past montha | 0.000 | 0.474 | 0.884 | 0.252 | ||||||
Yes | 86 | 53(61.6) | 11(12.8) | 29 | 5(17.2) | 4(13.8) | ||||
No | 314 | 104(45.4) | 50(15.9) | 512 | 83(16.2) | 40(7.8) | ||||