Self-reported sexual activity and response to questions about school, home, and mental health among female adolescents in a largely African American inner-city clinic in the Southeastern USA (N=743)
| Responses to questions about school, home, and mental health | Number of partners in past 90 days | Correct and consistent condom use† | ||||
| 0–1 | 2+ | OR (95% CI)* | No | Yes | OR (95% CI)* | |
| “My school work is poor” (in the last 6 months) | ||||||
| Not true | 317 (67%) | 153 (33%) | Referent | 340 (81%) | 80 (19%) | Referent |
| Sometimes true | 79 (54%) | 68 (46%) | 1.78 (1.22 to 2.60)* | 123 (90%) | 13 (10%) | 0.45 (0.24 to 0.84)* |
| True | 19 (41%) | 27 (59%) | 2.94 (1.59 to 5.46)* | 34 (81%) | 8 (19%) | 1.0 (0.45 to 2.24) |
| “I run away from home”(in the last 6 months) | ||||||
| Not true | 378 (67%) | 186 (33%) | Referent | 416 (82%) | 90 (18%) | Referent |
| Sometimes true | 20 (34%) | 39 (66%) | 3.96 (2.245 to 6.99)* | 46 (85%) | 8 (15%) | 0.80 (0.37 to 1.76) |
| True | 18 (44%) | 23 (56%) | 2.60 (1.37 to 4.93)* | 36 (92%) | 3 (8%) | 0.39 (0.12 to 1.28) |
| “I am unhappy, sad or depressed”(in the last 6 months) | ||||||
| Not true | 271 (72%) | 107 (28%) | Referent | 255 (77%) | 77 (23%) | Referent |
| Sometimes true | 154 (57%) | 117 (43%) | 1.92 (1.39 to 2.67)* | 220 (88%) | 31 (12%) | 0.47 (0.30 to 0.74)* |
| True | 50 (54%) | 42 (46%) | 2.13 (1.33 to 3.39)* | 74 (88%) | 10 (12%) | 0.45 (0.22 to 0.91)* |
| Saw a counsellor about emotional problems (in past 90 days) | ||||||
| No | 431 (66%) | 225 (34%) | Referent | 481 (81%) | 113 (19%) | Referent |
| Yes | 45 (52%) | 41 (48%) | 1.75 (1.11 to 2.74)* | 69 (93%) | 5 (7%) | 0.31 (0.12 to 0.78)* |
↵* Statistics printed in bold font have ORs in comparison to their referent of p<0.05.
↵† A respondent was classified as having correct and consistent condom use if her responses indicated that, during the past 90 days ALL of the following were true: she had engaged in vaginal sexual intercourse at least once, a condom had been used during all vaginal sexual intercourse, the condom was always put on prior to genital contact and remained on throughout sexual intercourse, a condom had never broken while being worn, and a condom had never been put on inside out and then flipped over and put back on again.