Condom use at last sexual relationship among adolescents of Santiago Island, Cape Verde, - West Africa
Tavares, C.M.; Schor, N.éi.; Valenti, V.E.; Kanikadan, P.Y.S.; de Abreu, L.C.
Reproductive Health 9: 29
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 1742-4755 PMID: 23153259 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-9-29Document Number: 562048
To estimate factors associated with condom use at last sexual intercourse among adolescents. Cross-sectional study of a representative sample of 368 sexually active adolescents aged 13-17 years from eight public high schools on Santiago Island, Cape Verde, 2007. The level of significance was 5.0% obtained from logistic regression, considering the association between condom use and socio-demographic, sexual and reproductive variables. The prevalence of condom use at last sexual intercourse was 94.9%. Factors associated with condom use at last sexual relationship were: non-Catholic religion (OR=0.68, 95%CI: 0.52; 0.88) and affective-sexual partnership before the interview (OR=5.15, 95%CI: 1.79; 14.80). There was a high prevalence of condom use at last sexual intercourse of adolescents.