Factors Associated with Condom Use Self-Efficacy Among Preparatory School Students in Sodo Town, Southern Ethiopia 2020: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Table 1 Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Preparatory School Students in Sodo Town, Southern Ethiopia 2020 (n=416)

Variables	Frequency	Percent
Sex
Male	218	52
Female	198	46
Age
15–19	158	38
20–24	258	62
Marital status
Married	84	20.2
Living together	138	33.2
Other	194	46.6
Religion
Protestant	217	52
Orthodox	98	24
Catholic	54	13
Muslim	47	11
Ethnicity
Wolaita	261	62.7
Gurage	103	24.8
Other^b	52	12.5
Talk about sex with mother
Yes	175	42.1
No	241	57.9
Talk about sex with father
Yes	158	38
No	258	62
Alcohol drink
Yes	133	32
No	283	68
Smoke
Yes	91	21.9
No	325	78.1
Drug
Yes	138	33.2
No	278	66.8
History of previous condom use
Yes	326	78.4
No	90	21.6
Having life goals
Yes	261	62.7
No	155	37.3
Sexual experience
Yes	316	80.8
No	100	19.2
History of unintended sex
Yes	334	80.3
No	82	19.7
Rating religious importance
Yes	316	76
No	100	24
Social support
Yes	348	84
No	68	16
Knowledge of condoms
Knowledgeable	182	43.8
Not knowledgeable	234	56.2
Attitude
Positive attitude	132	31.7
Negative	284	68.3

Notes: ^aHad no sexual partner at the time of data collection. ^bHadiya.

Table 2 Bivariate and Multivariate Analysis of Factors Associated with Self-Efficacy on Condom Use Among Preparatory School Students in Sodo Town, Southern Ethiopia 2020 (n=416)

Variables	Self-Efficacy on Condom Use		COR (95%)	AOR (95%)
	High (%)	Low (%)
Having life goals
Yes	200(68.7)	61(48.8)	2.306(1.501–3.543)*	1.736(1.021–2.951)**
No	91(31.3)	64(51.2)	1	1
History of previous condom use
Yes	249(85.6)	77(61.6)	2.829(2.272–6.012)*	1.698(0.694–4.156)
No	48(38.4)	42(14.4)	1	1
Rating on the religious importance
Yes	259(89)	77(61.6)	2.242(2.082–6.002)*	1.098(0.481–2.506)
No	48(30.4)	32(11)	1	1
Sexual experience
Yes	243(83.5)	73(58.4)	3.072(2.250–5.779)*	2.047(1.141–3.675)**
No	52(41.6)	48(16.5)	1	1
Exposure condom advertising
Yes	242(83.2)	91(72.8)	3.832(1.120–3.041*	2.168(0.391—1.526)
No	34(27.2)	49(16.8)	1	1
History of unintended sex
Yes	255(87.6)	79(63.2)	2.787(2.492–6.827)*	1.619(0.707–3.708)
No	44(36.8)	38(12.4)	1	1
Social support
Yes	262(90)	86(68.8)	2.265(2.390 −7.022)*	2.395(1.501–5.458)**
No	39(31.2)	29(10)	1	1
Knowledge of condom
Knowledgeable	144(49.5)	38(30.4)	2.242(1.437–3.500)*	2.535(1.499–4.282)**
Not Knowledgeable	147(50.5)	87(69.6)	1	1

Notes: *p-value<0.2 **p-value<0.05 1=reference.