title: Condom use at last sexual relationship among adolescents of Santiago Island, Cape Verde, - West Africa.
abstract: 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 13-17 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.
authors.affiliation: Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira, Setor de Estudo: Gestão da Informação no Setor Público e Métodos Quantitativos, Av. Universidade, 2995, Fortaleza, CE 60020-181, Brasil.
authors.forename: Carlos Mendes
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Tavares
authors.forename: Néia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Schor
authors.forename: Vitor E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Valenti
authors.forename: Paula Yuri Sugishita
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Kanikadan
authors.forename: Luiz Carlos
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: de Abreu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D055726:Cabo Verde; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data