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Table 2 Reported awareness of STIs and STI symptoms among Tibetan nomadic women, Site B County 2016

From: Nomadic Tibetan women’s reproductive health: findings from cross-sectional surveys with a hard-to-reach population

 

Total

Women < 40 (n = 118)

Women 40+ (n = 180)

Awareness of STIs

59%

55%

61%

Ever experienced any STI symptom

76%

84%

71%*

Ever experienced

 Painful urination

21%

23%

19%

 Itchiness

51%

52%

50%

 Discharge

59%

75%

47%***

 Painful sex

11%

14%

7%

 Genital warts

17%

19%

17%

Ever done anything to prevent STI

21%

26%

18%

Number of lifetime sexual partners

2.0 (1–15; 1.0)

2.2 (1–10; 2.0)

1.9 (1–15; 1.0)

Number of sexual partners in last month

0.9 (0–2; 1)

1.0 (0–2; 1)

0.9 (0–1; 1)***

  1. t-test of difference: p < 0.1, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001