Variations of the prevalence of reporting paying for heterosexual sex in the past 5 years by sociodemographic characteristics
| Prevalence of reporting paying for heterosexual sex, past 5 years | Base (weighted, unweighted) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Row % (95% CI) | Crude ORs* (95% CI) | Adjusted ORs† (95% CI) | ||
| Base: All men aged 16–44 years in Natsal 2000. | ||||
| *Crude odds ratio of reporting paying for heterosexual sex in the past 5 years. | ||||
| †Odds ratio of reporting paying for heterosexual sex in the past 5 years adjusted for age, marital status, area of residence, and partner numbers in the past 5 years. | ||||
| All men | 4.2 (3.6 to 4.9) | – | – | 5614, 4699 |
| Age (years) | p = 0.014 | p = 0.013 | p = 0.0054 | |
| 16–24 | 3.4 (2.4 to 4.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1496, 1215 |
| 25–34 | 5.4 (4.4 to 6.6) | 1.63 (1.07 to 2.46) | 2.23 (1.33 to 3.72) | 2107, 1771 |
| 35–44 | 3.6 (2.8 to 4.6) | 1.05 (0.68 to 1.64) | 1.69 (0.95 to 3.00) | 2011, 1713 |
| Marital status | p = 0.0001 | p = 0.0001 | p = 0.0002 | |
| Married | 2.8 (2.1 to 3.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2237, 1546 |
| Cohabiting | 3.6 (2.4 to 5.6) | 1.30 (0.76 to 2.22) | 1.28 (0.76 to 2.17) | 922, 652 |
| Previously married | 8.3 (5.6 to 12.2) | 3.11 (1.83 to 5.29) | 2.97 (1.72 to 5.12) | 245, 320 |
| Never married | 5.4 (4.5 to 6.6) | 1.97 (1.36 to 2.87) | 2.27 (1.41 to 3.67) | 2203, 2174 |
| Self reported ethnicity | p = 0.278 | p = 0.504 | p = 0.790 | |
| White | 4.1 (3.5 to 4.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 5122, 4193 |
| Black Caribbean | 6.8 (2.1 to 19.8) | 1.69 (0.49 to 5.81) | 1.32 (0.37 to 4.80) | 84, 101 |
| Black African | 3.4 (1.3 to 8.7) | 0.82 (0.30 to 2.25) | 0.38 (0.12 to 1.14) | 53, 75 |
| Indian | 3.7 (1.6 to 8.3) | 0.89 (0.37 to 2.13) | 0.89 (0.37 to 2.13) | 97, 85 |
| Pakistani | 0.7 (0.1 to 4.7) | 0.15 (0.02 to 1.15) | 0.18 (0.03 to 1.33) | 48, 33 |
| Other | 6.6 (4.0 to 11.6) | 1.65 (0.88 to 3.12) | 1.34 (0.70 to 2.55) | 200, 202 |
| Social class | p = 0.525 | p = 0.554 | p = 0.835 | |
| I/II | 4.3 (3.4 to 5.5) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1863, 1605 |
| III non-manual/III manual | 4.2 (3.3 to 5.3) | 0.97 (0.69 to 1.37) | 0.98 (0.69 to 1.39) | 2201, 1790 |
| IV/V | 5.2 (3.8 to 7.3) | 1.22 (0.79 to 1.88) | 1.13 (0.71 to 1.78) | 979, 823 |
| Area of residence | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | |
| London | 8.6 (6.9 to 10.6) | 1.00 | 809, 1156 | |
| Urban/city centre, not London | 3.7 (2.3 to 5.8) | 0.41 (0.24 to 0.70) | 0.44 (0.25 to 0.77) | 847, 608 |
| Suburban residential | 3.0 (2.3 to 3.9) | 0.33 (0.23 to 0.48) | 0.38 (0.26 to 0.56) | 2473, 1814 |
| Country town/village | 4.1 (3.1 to 5.6) | 0.46 (0.31 to 0.68) | 0.54 (0.35 to 0.81) | 1486, 1121 |
| Education | p = 0.147 | p = 0.170 | p = 0.368 | |
| Degree | 5.2 (4.0 to 6.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1205, 1090 |
| A level/equivalent | 4.7 (3.7 to 6.1) | 0.91 (0.62 to 1.34) | 1.10 (0.74 to 1.64) | 1733, 1430 |
| GCSE/O levels/equivalent | 3.4 (2.6 to 4.4) | 0.64 (0.43 to 0.95) | 0.80 (0.53 to 1.19) | 1990, 1591 |
| Foreign/other | 3.5 (0.7 to 15.2) | 0.65 (0.13 to 3.34) | 0.47 (0.09 to 2.35) | 36, 39 |
| None | 3.5 (2.1 to 5.6) | 0.66 (0.37 to 1.18) | 0.72 (0.38 to 1.36) | 639, 538 |