From: Ethnicity, gender and risky sexual behaviour among Nigerian youth: an alternative explanation
 | Females | Males | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
 | Unadjusted | Adjusted | Unadjusted | Adjusted |
Ethnicity | ||||
 Yoruba |  |  |  |  |
 Igbo | 1.00 (0.92–1.09) | 0.89 (0.77–1.04) | 0.76*** (0.63–0.92) | 0.71** (0.53–0.95) |
 Hausa/Fulani | 2.18*** (2.01–2.36) | 1.11 (0.96–1.28) | 0.63*** (0.52–0.77) | 0.94 (0.67–1.31) |
 Others | 1.39*** (1.30–1.49) | 1.02 (0.90–1.15) | 0.97 (0.85–1.12) | 1.03 (0.79–1.33) |
Religion | ||||
 Catholic |  |  |  |  |
 Other Christian | 0.99 (0.92–1.07) | 0.95 (0.87–1.03) | 0.96 (0.83–1.12) | 0.94 (0.81–1.10) |
 Muslim | 1.55*** (1.43–1.67) | 1.06 (0.95–1.18) | 0.79*** (0.67–0.93) | 0.87 (0.73–1.04) |
 Other | 1.36*** (1.06–1.74) | 0.85 (0.64–1.12) | 0.95 (0.61–1.48) | 0.92 (0.59–1.45) |
Region | ||||
 South West |  |  |  |  |
 North Central | 1.85*** (1.70–2.02) | 1.07 (0.93–1.23) | 0.74*** (0.62–0.89) | 0.70* (0.53–0.93) |
 North East | 2.05*** (1.89–2.23) | 1.17** (1.02–1.35) | 0.59*** (0.47–0.73) | 0.59*** (0.43–0.81) |
 North West | 1.00 (0.91–1.09) | 1.10 (0.93–1.30) | 0.81* (0.65–1.00) | 1.01 (0.72–1.42) |
 South East | 1.31*** (1.22–1.42) | 1.30*** (1.14–1.47) | 1.00 (0.86–1.16) | 0.90 (0.69–1.170 |
 South South | 1.27*** (1.17–1.38) | 0.95 (0.84–1.02) | 0.99 (0.85–1.15) | 0.88 (0.68–1.13) |
Place of residence | ||||
 Urban |  |  |  |  |
 Rural | 1.56*** (1.49–1.64) | 1.13*** (1.06–1.21) | 1.09 (0.99–1.21) | 1.04 (0.92–1.17) |
Schooling | ||||
 No education |  |  |  |  |
 Primary education | 0.75*** (0.69–0.82) | 0.93 (0.85–1.03) | 1.73*** (1.36–2.18) | 1.50*** (1.15–1.96) |
 Secondary and higher | 0.45*** (0.43–0.48) | 0.67*** (0.61–0.74) | 1.48*** (1.21–1.81) | 1.34*** (1.04–1.73) |
Employment status | ||||
 Unemployed |  |  |  |  |
 Employed | 0.97 (0.92–1.01) | 1.00 (0.95–1.05) | 0.96 (0.87–1.06) | 1.02 (0.91–1.13) |
Wealth status | ||||
 Poor |  |  |  |  |
 Middle | 0.70*** (0.65–0.75) | 0.84*** (0.78–0.91) | 1.03 (0.89–1.20) | 0.90 (0.77–1.06) |
 Rich | 0.50*** (0.47–0.53) | 0.75*** (0.69–0.82) | 0.93 (0.82–1.05) | 0.83 * (0.70–0.97) |
HIV knowledge | ||||
 Low |  |  |  |  |
 High | 0.82** (0.71–0.95) | 1.02 (0.88–1.18) | 1.30 (0.41–4.13) | 1.11 (0.39–3.20) |
Exposure to mass media | ||||
 No |  |  |  |  |
 Yes | 0.71*** (0.68–0.75) | 0.91*** (0.86–0.97) | 0.99 (0.88–1.10_ | 0.94 (0.84–1.06) |
Head of household | ||||
 Male |  |  |  |  |
 Female | 0.81*** (0.76–0.86) | 0.96 (0.90–1.02) | 1.25*** (1.10–1.42) | 1.16* (1.01–1.34) |