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Table 1 Medians and 95%CIs for primary abstinence (virginity), secondary abstinence (no sex in past 3 months), current use of modern contraception and condom use at last sex: crude and adjusted percentages, by period

From: Long term trends in behaviour to protect against adverse reproductive and sexual health outcomes among young single African women

Period

No of surveys

Crude

Adjusted

Median

(95%, CI)

Median

(95%, CI)

Primary abstinence

 1991–1995

15

55.6

(48.8, 81.2)

55.6

(48.8, 81.2)

 1996–2000

25

59.8

(52.8, 73.0)

59.8

(52.7, 72.9)

 2001–2005

21

62.3

(57.9, 68.7)

62.6

(57.7, 71.4)

 2006–2010

23

62.1

(54.3, 73.2)

61.0

(56.9, 77.2)

 2011–2015

28

54.8

(49.1, 67.9)

58.4

(51.7, 68.6)

Secondary abstinence

 1991–1995

15

51.1

(35.8, 58.9)

51.1

(35.8, 58.9)

 1996–2000

23

38.3

(35.1, 48.7)

38.3

(35.1, 50.4)

 2001–2005

21

48.4

(42.1, 62.8)

47.2

(41.8, 62.8)

 2006–2010

22

44.6

(41.7, 60.3)

45.4

(41.5, 60.5)

 2011–2015

26

44.0

(38.7, 56.7)

44.9

(39.9, 57.1)

Current use of modern contraception

 1991–1995

11

14.7

(5.1, 26.5)

14.7

(5.1, 26.5)

 1996–2000

22

23.2

(19.1, 29.9)

22.5

(16.0, 28.4)

 2001–2005

17

30.2

(23.0, 42.1)

27.9

(19.7, 37.4)

 2006–2010

20

31.6

(27.3, 39.6)

29.8

(21.5, 36.7)

 2011–2015

24

33.4

(28.5, 46.6)

31.2

(27.0, 41.5)

Condom use last sex

 1991–1995

 

NE

 

NE

 

 1996–2000

21

21.3

(15.3, 26.5)

21.9

(13.2, 25.1)

 2001–2005

17

33.6

(25.4, 42.5)

29.2

(26.2, 37.1)

 2006–2010

20

40.5

(29.5, 50.6)

37.4

(23.9, 44.9)

 2011–2015

24

41.9

(34.8, 49.7)

39.6

(29.7, 48.4)

  1. NE Not Estimated due to few number of surveys