Reporting of sexual health outcomes and health seeking behaviours in relation to finding partners online in the past year, by sex (2010–2012)
| Men reporting one or more new sexual partner, past year (n=1702) | Women reporting one or more new sexual partner, past year (n=1776) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Did not use the internet to find sex partners | Reported using the internet to find sexual partners | p Value | Did not use the internet to find sex partners | Reported using the internet to find sexual partners | p Value | |
| Health seeking behaviour | ||||||
| Attended sexual health clinic, past year | ||||||
| Reported prevalence % (95% CI) | 36.3 (31.5 to 41.4) | 42.9 (33.7 to 52.5) | 46.5 (42.2 to 50.9) | 46.2 (32.9 to 60.0) | ||
| OR (95% CI) | 1.00 | 1.32 (0.84 to 2.07) | 0.2305 | 1.00 | 0.99 (0.55 to 1.77) | 0.9665 |
| Age-adjusted OR (95% CI) | – | 2.21 (1.30 to 3.77) | 0.0036 | – | 1.71 (0.86 to 3.40) | 0.1272 |
| aOR* (95% CI) | – | 1.57 (0.91 to 2.7)† | 0.1070 | – | 1.51 (0.75 to 3.05) | 0.25 |
| Denominators‡ | 454, 369 | 143, 120 | 730, 412 | 85, 56 | ||
| HIV test, past year | ||||||
| Reported prevalence % (95% CI) | 7.6 (6.1 to 9.5) | 19.0 (14.3 to 24.9) | 13.4 (11.5 to 15.5) | 17.3 (11.2 to 25.7) | ||
| OR (95% CI) | 1.00 | 2.86 (1.87 to 4.37) | <0.0001 | 1.00 | 1.35 (0.79 to 2.31) | 0.2703 |
| Age-adjusted OR (95% CI) | – | 3.07 (1.96 to 4.78) | <0.0001 | – | 1.77 (1.03 to 3.06) | 0.0400 |
| aOR* (95% CI) | – | 2.24 (1.39 to 3.60)† | 0.0010 | – | 1.44 (0.81 to 2.55) | 0.2106 |
| Denominators‡ | 1346, 1161 | 274, 250 | 1494, 924 | 160, 104 | ||
| Chlamydia test, past year (aged 16–44 years) | ||||||
| Reported prevalence % (95% CI) | 31.4 (28.5 to 34.5) | 37.0 (29.9 to 44.8) | 50.3 (47.1 to 53.5) | 49.4 (38.8 to 60.0) | ||
| OR (95% CI) | 1.00 | 1.28 (0.91 to 1.81) | 0.1558 | 1.00 | 0.96 (0.62 to 1.50) | 0.8690 |
| Age-adjusted OR (95% CI) | – | 1.88 (1.30 to 2.73) | 0.0009 | – | 1.5 (0.92 to 2.45) | 0.1037 |
| aOR* (95% CI) | – | 1.37 (0.93 to 2.03)† | 0.1116 | – | 1.16 (0.69 to 1.95) | 0.5763 |
| Denominators‡ | 1203, 943 | 233, 196 | 1417, 809 | 139, 83 | ||
| Sexual health outcomes | ||||||
| STI diagnosis, past year | ||||||
| Reported prevalence % (95% CI) | 2.0 (1.3 to 3.0) | 5.7 (3.6 to 9.0) | 0.042 (3.1 to 5.7) | 0.016 (0.5 to 4.5) | ||
| OR (95% CI) | 1.00 | 2.93 (1.54 to 5.58) | 0.0011 | 1.00 | 0.36 (0.12 to 1.11) | 0.0751 |
| Age-adjusted OR (95% CI) | – | 3.49 (1.71 to 7.11) | 0.0006 | – | 0.56 (0.18 to 1.78) | 0.3282 |
| aOR* (95% CI) | – | 2.36 (1.02 to 5.45)† | 0.0446 | – | 0.4 (0.12 to 1.31) | 0.1302 |
| Denominators‡ | 1401, 1200 | 279, 255 | 1587, 977 | 168, 110 | ||
| Emergency contraception use with a partner, last year | ||||||
| Reported prevalence % (95% CI) | 6.4 (5.2 to 7.8) | 8.6 (5.7 to 12.7) | 0.071 (5.6 to 8.9) | 0.105 (5.8 to 18.2) | ||
| OR (95% CI) | 1.00 | 1.37 (0.86 to 2.20) | 0.1892 | 1.00 | 1.53 (0.79 to 2.98) | 0.2067 |
| Age-adjusted OR (95% CI) | – | 1.95 (1.18 to 3.22) | 0.0095 | – | 2.25 (1.13 to 4.49) | 0.0212 |
| aOR* (95% CI) | – | 1.45 (0.88 to 2.39) | 0.1468 | – | 1.53 (0.78 to 3.00) | 0.2197 |
| Denominators‡ | 1384, 1190 | 259, 234 | 1565, 965 | 167, 109 | ||
*Adjusted for age, partner number.
†Additionally adjusted for reporting a same-sex partner in the past year.
‡Unweighted, weighted.