Factors Associated with Risky Sexual Behavior Among Reproductive-Age Men in Ethiopia: Evidence from Ethiopian Demography and Health Survey 2016

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Table 1 Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Risky Sexual Behavior by Characteristics Among Sexually Active Men in Ethiopia, EDHS 2016

Variables		Overall (%)	Risky Sexual Behavior
			Yes (%)	No (%)
Age in year
	15–24	11.0	46.0	54.0
	25–49	76.7	10.0	90.0
	50–59	12.3	6.7	93.3
Residence
	Urban	18.6	25.1	74.9
	Rural	81.4	10.9	89.1
Contextual region
	Pastoral dominate	3.6	15.4	84.5
	Agrarian dominate	90.7	12.1	87.9
	City dominate	5.7	35.7	64. 3
Religion
	Orthodox	44.5	15.1	84.9
	Muslim	32.7	12.3	87.7
	Others	22.8	12.4	87.6
Age at first sex
	>18 years	9.9	12.0	88.0
	<18 years	90.1	19.9	80.1
Marital status
	Unmarried	10.4	87.4	12.6
	Married	89.6	5.0	95.0
Educational status
	No formal education	39.3	5.9	94.1
	Primary	40.4	13.8	86.2
	Secondary or higher	20.3	27.9	72.1
Working status
	Not working	1.6	46.1	53.9
	Working	98.4	13.0	87.0
Wealth index
	Poor	8.5	8.5	91.5
	Middle	53.2	10.5	89.5
	Rich	56.3	19.0	81.0
Smoking habits
	No	90.1	13.2	86.8
	Yes	9.9	16.8	83.2
Alcohol drinking habits
	No	50.4	10.9	89.1
	Yes	49.6	16.5	83.5
Awareness of STIs/AIDS
	No	0.8	1.3	98.7
	Yes	99.0	13.7	86.3
Knowledge on the prevention of STIs/AIDS
	No	30.7	12.8	87.2
	Yes	69.3	13.9	86.1
Exposed to media
	No	41.7	9.1	90.9
	Less than one in a week	16.7	12.2	87.8
	At least one a week	41.6	18.6	81.4

Table 2 Factors Associated with Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Sexually Active Men in Ethiopia, EDHS 2016

Variables		COR	AOR
Age in year
	15–24	1	1
	25–49	0.12 (0.11, 0.14)	0.95 (0.69, 1.29)
	50–59	0.06 (0.05, 0.08)	1.35 (0.88, 2.08)
Residence
	Urban	1	1
	Rural	0.33 (0.30, 0.37)	0.89 (0.64, 1.24)
Contextual region
	Pastoral dominate	1	1
	Agrarian dominate	0.51 (0.44, 0.59)	0.58 (0.44, 0.76)***
	City dominate	1.25 (1.07, 1.46)	0.85 (0.73, 1.03)
Religion
	Orthodox	1	1
	Muslim	0.61 (0.54, 70)	1.84 (1.32, 2.60)***
	Others	0.78 (0.66, 0.91)	2.00 (1.44, 2.76)***
Age at first sex
	>18 years	1	1
	<18 years	2.14 (1.89, 2.42)	1.58 (1.26, 1.99)***
Marital status
	Unmarried	1	1
	Married	0.05 (0.04, 0.06)	0.02 (0.01, 0.03)***
Educational status
	No formal education	1	1
	Primary	2.34 (1.98, 2.77)	1.32 (1.01, 1.72)*
	Secondary or higher	5.90 (5.02, 6.95)	1.65 (1.20, 2.26)**
Working status
	Not working	1	1
	Working	0.27 (0.22, 0.34)	0.81 (0.52, 1.27)
Wealth index
	Poor	1	1
	Middle	0.90 (0.73, 1.12)	1.01 (0.72, 1.40)
	Rich	2.26 (1.99, 2.57)	0.92 (0.68, 1.23)
Smoking habits
	No	1	1
	Yes	1.30 (1.12, 1.50)	1.28 (0.98, 1.66)
Alcohol drinking habits
	No	1	1
	Yes	1.68 (1.49, 1.88)	1.50 (1.13, 1.99)**
Awareness of STD/AIDS
	No	1	1
	Yes	3.62 (1.91, 6.88)	8.88 (3.16, 24.94)***
Knowledge of the prevention of STI/AIDS
	No	1	1
	Yes	1.47 (1.29, 1.67)	0.94 (0.76, 1.17)
Exposed to media
	No	1	1
	Less than one in a week	1.69 (1.39, 2.06)	0.84 (0.60, 1.18)
	At least one a week	2.85 (2.49, 3.27)	1.11 (0.87, 1.43)

Notes: *p-value<0.05, **p-value<0.01, ***p-value<0.001.

Abbreviations: COR, Crude Odds Ratio; AOR, Adjusted Odds Ratio.