%0 Journal Article
%T Condom use at last sexual relationship among adolescents of Santiago Island, Cape Verde, - West Africa
%A Tavares Carlos
%A Schor N¨¦ia
%A Valenti Vitor E
%A Kanikadan Paula Yuri
%J Reproductive Health
%D 2012
%I BioMed Central
%R 10.1186/1742-4755-9-29
%X Objective To estimate factors associated with condom use at last sexual intercourse among adolescents. Methods Cross-sectional study of a representative sample of 368 sexually active adolescents aged 13¨C17 years from eight public high schools on Santiago Island, Cape Verde, 2007. The level of significance was 5.0% obtained from logistic regression, considering the association between condom use and socio-demographic, sexual and reproductive variables. Results The prevalence of condom use at last sexual intercourse was 94.9%. Factors associated with condom use at last sexual relationship were: non-Catholic religion (OR=0.68, 95%CI: 0.52; 0.88) and affective-sexual partnership before the interview (OR=5.15, 95%CI: 1.79; 14.80). Conclusions There was a high prevalence of condom use at last sexual intercourse of adolescents.
%K Adolescent health
%K Condom
%K Condom use
%K Sexual and reproductive health
%K Cape Verde
%K West Africa
%U http://www.reproductive-health-journal.com/content/9/1/29