Demographic characteristics of those tested for chlamydia in the past year, by location of test—men
| Characteristics of men reporting a chlamydia test in the past year | Multinomial regression analysis | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tested in sexual health (GUM) clinic | Tested in GP | Tested in other settings | Tested in GP vs GUM | Tested in other settings vs GUM | ||||||
| % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | RRR | 95% CI | RRR | 95% CI | |
| Men | ||||||||||
| Age (years) | ||||||||||
| 16–24 | 43.5 | 37.3– 49.8 | 48.3 | 39.5–57.3 | 80.6 | 74.5–85.5 | 1.00 | – | 1.00 | – |
| 25–34 | 46.0 | 39.7–52.6 | 34.3 | 26.3–43.3 | 15.2 | 11.0–20.6 | 0.67 | 0.42–1.06 | 0.18 | 0.11–0.28 |
| 35–44 | 10.5 | 6.5–16.6 | 17.4 | 10.3–27.7 | 4.3 | 2.0–8.7 | 1.48 | 0.65–3.38 | 0.22 | 0.09–0.56 |
| Country of residence | ||||||||||
| England | 89.0 | 84.4–92.4 | 91.7 | 85.0–95.6 | 95.8 | 88.7–98.5 | 1.00 | – | 1.00 | – |
| Scotland | 7.7 | 5.0–11.6 | 5.4 | 2.3–11.9 | 3.40 | 1.0–11.0 | 0.68 | 0.25–1.88 | 0.41 | 0.11–1.54 |
| Wales | 3.3 | 1.6–6.7 | 2.9 | 1.1–7.2 | 0.90 | 0.2–3.9 | 0.85 | 0.29–2.52 | 0.24 | 0.04–1.42 |
| Relationship status | ||||||||||
| Live with a partner (including married) | 32.7 | 26.4–39.7 | 33.2 | 24.9–42.8 | 14.2 | 10.0–19.8 | 1.00 | – | 1.00 | – |
| In a steady ongoing relationship | 25.8 | 20.8–31.6 | 31.9 | 23.9–41.1 | 40.6 | 34.0–47.6 | 1.22 | 0.68–2.18 | 3.62 | 2.08–6.32 |
| Not in a steady relationship | 41.4 | 35.0–48.1 | 34.9 | 26.7–44.0 | 45.2 | 38.4–52.1 | 0.83 | 0.47–1.46 | 2.51 | 0.70–0.86 |
| Education level* | ||||||||||
| No academic qualifications | 10.0 | 6.5–14.9 | 13.2 | 7.8–21.3 | 7.1 | 3.8–12.8 | 1.00 | – | 1.00 | – |
| Academic qualifications typically gained at age 16 | 36.3 | 30.4–42.6 | 44.1 | 35.5–53.0 | 25.3 | 20.0–31.6 | 0.92 | 0.42–2.01 | 0.98 | 0.43–2.26 |
| Studying for/attained further academic qualifications | 53.7 | 47.0–60.3 | 42.7 | 34.3–51.6 | 67.6 | 60.7–73.8 | 0.60 | 0.28–1.31 | 1.77 | 0.78–4.04 |
| Student in full-time education | ||||||||||
| No | 85.0 | 79.4–89.2 | 86.0 | 78.8–91.0 | 57.3 | 50.2–64.2 | 1.00 | – | 1.00 | – |
| Yes | 15.0 | 10.8–20.6 | 14.0 | 9.0–21.2 | 42.7 | 35.8–49.8 | 0.92 | 0.49–1.73 | 4.21 | 2.60–6.81 |
| Area of residence | ||||||||||
| Urban | 86.2 | 81.1–90.0 | 83.6 | 76.4–89.0 | 85.3 | 80.4–89.2 | 1.00 | – | 1.00 | – |
| Rural | 13.8 | 10.0–18.9 | 16.4 | 11.0–23.6 | 14.7 | 10.8–19.6 | 1.22 | 0.68–2.18 | 1.07 | 0.66–1.73 |
| Denominator (unwt, wt)† | 295, 243 | 151, 121 | 293, 220 | |||||||
Denominator is those aged 16–44 years reporting at least one partner in the past year.
*Participants coded as per their highest academic attainment. Excludes those aged <17 years or with foreign qualifications.
†Denominator is smaller for some analyses due to missing data: 1 man had missing data for relationship status; 17 men had missing education level.
GP, general practice; GUM, genitourinary medicine; RRR, unadjusted relative risk ratio for testing in GP/other settings, compared with testing in GUM; unwt, unweighted denominator; wt, weighted denominator.