Characteristics of risky young men* relative to other young men
| All other young men | Risky young men*† | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unweighted, weighted denominators | 1515, 1089 | 214, 149 | |||||
| Mean (SD) age at interview | 19.9 (2.5) | 20.3 (2.2) | |||||
| Per cent | 95% CI | Per cent | 95% CI | OR‡ | 95% CI | p Value | |
| Sociodemographic profile | |||||||
| Ethnic group | 0.0207 | ||||||
| White | 83.1 | (80.5 to 85.5) | 93.3 | (87.0 to 96.7) | 1.00 | ||
| Black | 3.5 | (2.6 to 4.8) | 2.4 | (0.7 to 7.8) | 0.61 | (0.18 to 2.13) | |
| Other | 13.3 | (11.2 to 15.8) | 4.3 | (1.8 to 10.0) | 0.29 | (0.12 to 0.71) | |
| Religion important and attendance regular | 0.0030 | ||||||
| No | 90.4 | (88.4 to 92.1) | 98.6 | (94.8 to 99.6) | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 9.6 | (7.9 to 11.6) | 1.4 | (0.4 to 5.2) | 0.14 | (0.04 to 0.51) | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation quintiles12 | 0.1599 | ||||||
| 1–2 (least deprived) | 37.4 | (34.4 to 40.5) | 30.2 | (23.9 to 37.4) | 1.00 | ||
| 3 | 18.0 | (15.9 to 20.3) | 20.9 | (15.8 to 27.3) | 1.44 | (0.94 to 2.20) | |
| 4–5 (most deprived) | 44.6 | (41.3 to 47.8) | 48.8 | (41.5 to 56.3) | 1.36 | (0.95 to 1.94) | |
| Educational attainment§ | <0.0001 | ||||||
| Left school aged 17+ years | 79.4 | (76.6 to 81.9) | 62.9 | (54.8 to 70.2) | 1.00 | ||
| Left at age 16 years; some qualifications | 16.5 | (14.2 to 19.1) | 28.1 | (21.5 to 35.8) | 2.15 | (1.44 to 3.19) | |
| Left at age 16 years; no qualifications | 4.1 | (3.1 to 5.5) | 9.0 | (5.5 to 14.5) | 2.77 | (1.49 to 5.15) | |
| Lived with both natural parents to age 14 years | 0.0414 | ||||||
| Yes | 72.4 | (69.9 to 74.7) | 65.4 | (58.5 to 71.8) | 1.00 | ||
| No | 27.6 | (25.3 to 30.1) | 34.6 | (28.2 to 41.5) | 1.38 | (1.01 to 1.89) | |
| Sexual behaviour | |||||||
| Had sex before age 16 years | <0.0001 | ||||||
| No | 71.5 | (68.8 to 74.0) | 49.2 | (41.6 to 56.7) | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 28.5 | (26.0 to 31.2) | 50.8 | (43.3 to 58.4) | 2.59 | (1.87 to 3.58) | |
| Where met most recent partner | 0.0002 | ||||||
| Other | 87.0 | (84.7 to 89.0) | 76.1 | (69.4 to 81.8) | 1.00 | ||
| Pub/bar/club/on holiday | 13.0 | (11.0 to 15.3) | 23.9 | (18.2 to 30.6) | 2.10 | (1.42 to 3.11) | |
| Foreign sex partners abroad, past 5 years | <0.0001 | ||||||
| No | 88.6 | (86.7 to 90.2) | 69.8 | (62.2 to 76.5) | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 11.4 | (9.8 to 13.3) | 30.2 | (23.5 to 37.8) | 3.34 | (2.30 to 4.87) | |
| Ever paid for sex outside the UK | <0.0001 | ||||||
| No | 98.5 | (97.6 to 99.0) | 91.4 | (85.3 to 95.0) | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 1.5 | (1.0 to 2.4) | 8.6 | (5.0 to 14.7) | 6.16 | (2.90 to 13.07) | |
| Health | |||||||
| Smoking status | <0.0001 | ||||||
| Never smoked | 62.8 | (59.9 to 65.7) | 30.3 | (23.8 to 37.5) | 1.00 | ||
| Ex-smoker | 8.7 | (7.2 to 10.4) | 10.7 | (6.7 to 16.6) | 2.55 | (1.43 to 4.55) | |
| Current smoker | 28.5 | (25.8 to 31.3) | 59.1 | (51.4 to 66.4) | 4.31 | (3.01 to 6.17) | |
| Current depression (PHQ-2)15 | 0.4660 | ||||||
| No | 89.4 | (87.5 to 91.1) | 87.5 | (81.7 to 91.7) | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 10.6 | (8.9 to 12.5) | 12.5 | (8.3 to 18.3) | 1.20 | (0.73 to 1.98) | |
| Per cent | 95% CI | Per cent | 95% CI | OR‡ | 95% CI | p Value | |
| Attitudes | |||||||
| People are under pressure to have sex | 0.6158 | ||||||
| No | 31.7 | (29.2 to 34.4) | 33.6 | (27.1 to 40.8) | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 68.3 | (65.6 to 70.8) | 66.4 | (59.2 to 72.9) | 0.92 | (0.66 to 1.28) | |
| Sex without love OK | <0.0001 | ||||||
| No | 38.8 | (36.2 to 41.5) | 13.3 | (9.3 to 18.8) | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 61.2 | (58.5 to 63.8) | 86.7 | (81.2 to 90.7) | 4.13 | (2.70 to 6.32) | |
| One-night stands OK | <0.0001 | ||||||
| No | 68.8 | (66.1 to 71.5) | 46.6 | (39.2 to 54.1) | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 31.2 | (28.5 to 33.9) | 53.4 | (45.9 to 60.8) | 2.54 | (1.83 to 3.51) | |
| At personal STI risk | <0.0001 | ||||||
| No | 92.1 | (90.3 to 93.6) | 71.3 | (64.0 to 77.7) | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 7.9 | (6.4 to 9.7) | 28.7 | (22.3 to 36.0) | 4.70 | (3.16 to 6.98) | |
*Young men reporting (1) binge drinking at least once a week, drug use in the past 4 weeks, or both, as well as (2) non-condom use at first sex with 1+ new partner(s) in the last year.
†The denominator for the drug use variable informing this composite measure is all 16–24-year-old men reporting ever having had some sexual experience.
‡ORs are crude (unadjusted) ORs.
§The denominator for this variable is all those aged ≥17 years.
PHQ-2, Patient Health Questionnaire-2; STI, sexually transmitted infection.