Factors associated with condom use during sexual intercourse with a new partner among Scandinavian women

Publication date: Available online 4 December 2019Source: Preventive MedicineAuthor(s): Manrinder Kaur Tatla, Mette Tuxen Faber, Bo T. Hansen, Lisen Arnheim-Dahlström, Christian Munk, Mari Nygård, Susanne K. KjærAbstractIn this population-based, cross-sectional questionnaire study among 18–45-year-old women from Denmark, Sweden, and Norway conducted during 2011–2012 we examine factors associated with using condoms with a new partner. Condom use with a new partner was assessed among 6202 women having had a new partner in the recent six months. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were estimated for the associations between sociodemographic and lifestyle factors, and sexual behavior, respectively, and condom use with a new partner using a logistic regression model. Always/almost always (“always”) condom use served as the reference category in all analyses and was compared with sometimes/rarely (“sometimes”) and never use in two separate analyses. Overall, respectively 36.3%, 26%, and 37.7% reported always, sometimes, or never condom use with a new partner. Married/cohabiting were more likely than single women to never (OR = 2.50, 95% CI: 2.07–3.02) or sometimes (OR = 1.30; 95% CI 1.04–1.62) use condoms with recent new partners. Increasing number of new partners in the recent six months was also associated with condom use with a new partner (never: OR for ≥3 partners = 0.56; 95% CI: 0.47–0.67; sometimes: OR for ≥3 partners =...
Source: Preventive Medicine - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research