Sexual and reproductive health of newly-arrived asylum-seeking women: a cross-sectional survey in Finland

Table 2 Sexual health among asylum-seeking women aged 18–50 years, weighted percentages (95% confidence intervals)

	Russia and FSU n = 85 % (95% Cl)^b	MENA^a n = 118 % (95% Cl)^b	Other African countries n = 47 % (95% Cl)^b	Other countries n = 27 % (95% Cl)^b	p-value^e	Total n = 277 % (95% Cl)^b
Sexual activity
At least one sex partner within the past 12 months	82.2 (72.2–89.1)	65.4 (55.7–74.0)	75.4 (60.0–86.3)	70.2 (48.3–85.6)	0.131	72.4 (66.3–77.7)
> 1 sex partners within the past 12 months^d	NA^c	NA^c	43.8 (26.8–62.4)	NA^c	NA^c	9.17 (5.7–14.5)
Use of contraceptive(s)
Did not use any contraceptives during the latest intercourse^d	44.5 (33.0–56.6)	43.2 (32.7.–54.3)	51.3 (34.1–68.2)	61.7 (39.9–79.7)	0.426	47.3. (40.3–54.3)
Need for contraception	16.8 (10.1–26.8)	26.9 (19.2–36.3)	NA^c	24.2 (10.7–46.0)	0.293	19.8 (15.2–25.3)
Female genital mutilation/cutting
Undergone FGM/C	NA^c	6.6 (3.3–2.6)	30.4 (18.7–45.2)	NA^c	< 0.001	8.4 (5.6–12.3)

^a The Middle East and North Africa
^b % of those who responded to the question, those who did not wish to answer or skipped the question were excluded
^c NA: Not available as too few observations (n = < 5) for statistical analysis
^d % of those who had had intercourse within the past 12 months
^e calculated with the chi-square test, a bolded p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant

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