Characteristics | Total | Had SH needs during lockdown* | Received SH care during lockdown* | |||||
n | % | n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | |
Total | 500 | 100 | 111 | 22.2 | (18.6 to 26.1) | 50 | 45.0 | (35.6 to 54.8) |
Age (years) | ||||||||
15–17 | 151 | 30.2 | 22 | 14.6 | (9.4 to 21.2) | 10 | 45.5 | (24.4 to 67.8) |
18–21 | 147 | 29.4 | 33 | 22.4 | (16.0 to 30.1) | 13 | 39.4 | (22.9 to 57.9) |
22–24 | 149 | 29.8 | 51 | 34.2 | (26.7 to 42.4) | 25 | 49.0 | (34.8 to 63.4) |
Not stated | 53 | 10.6 | 5 | 9.4 | (3.1 to 20.7) | 2 | 40.0 | (5.3 to 85.3) |
Ethnicity (total count)† | ||||||||
Māori | 127 | 25.4 | 38 | 29.9 | (22.1 to 38.7) | 15 | 39.5 | (24.0 to 56.6) |
Pacific | 27 | 5.4 | 8 | 29.6 | (13.8 to 50.2) | 4 | 50.0 | (15.7 to 84.3) |
NZ European | 357 | 71.4 | 84 | 23.5 | (19.2 to 28.3) | 37 | 44.0 | (33.2 to 55.3) |
Asian | 21 | 4.2 | 3 | 14.3 | (3.0 to 36.3) | 2 | 66.7 | (9.4 to 99.2) |
MELAA | 4 | 0.8 | 1 | 25.0 | (0.6 to 80.6) | 1 | 100 | (5.0 to 100) |
Not stated | 56 | 11.2 | 5 | 8.9 | (3.0 to 19.6) | 2 | 40.0 | (5.3 to 85.3) |
Gender‡ | ||||||||
Female | 294 | 58.8 | 98 | 33.3 | (28.0 to 39.0) | 43 | 43.9 | (33.9 to 54.3) |
Male | 138 | 27.6 | 6 | 4.3 | (1.6 to 9.2) | 3 | 50.0 | (11.8 to 88.2) |
Gender diverse | 11 | 2.2 | 1 | 9.1 | (0.2 to 41.3) | 0 | 0 | -- |
Not stated | 57 | 11.4 | 6 | 10.5 | (4.0 to 21.5) | 0 | 0 | -- |
Sexual orientation | ||||||||
Heterosexual or straight | 315 | 63.0 | 73 | 23.2 | (18.6 to 28.2) | 32 | 43.8 | (32.2 to 55.9) |
Bisexual | 72 | 14.4 | 20 | 27.8 | (17.9 to 39.6) | 9 | 45.0 | (23.1 to 68.5) |
Gay or lesbian | 27 | 5.4 | 5 | 18.5 | (6.3 to 38.1) | 3 | 60.0 | (14.7 to 94.7) |
Other | 11 | 2.2 | 1 | 9.1 | (0.2 to 41.3) | 0 | 0 | -- |
Don't know | 9 | 1.8 | 3 | 33.3 | (7.5 to 70.1) | 2 | 66.7 | (9.4 to 99.2) |
Not stated | 66 | 13.2 | 9 | 13.6 | (6.4 to 24.3) | 4 | 44.4 | (13.7 to 78.8) |
LGBTQI+§ | 107 | 21.4 | 26 | 24.3 | (16.5 to 33.5) | 12 | 46.2 | (26.6 to 66.6) |
Education/employment | ||||||||
At school or studying | 213 | 42.6 | 40 | 18.8 | (13.8 to 24.7) | 18 | 45.0 | (29.3 to 61.5) |
Working full- or part-time¶ | 197 | 39.4 | 52 | 26.4 | (20.4 to 33.1) | 27 | 51.9 | (37.6 to 66.0) |
Not in employment, education or training (NEET) | 65 | 13.0 | 18 | 27.7 | (17.3 to 40.2) | 5 | 27.8 | (9.7 to 53.5) |
Caring for child(ren)/someone else | 27 | 5.4 | 11 | 40.7 | (22.4 to 61.2) | 5 | 45.5 | (16.7 to 76.6) |
Not stated | 58 | 11.6 | 7 | 12.1 | (5.0 to 23.3) | 3 | 42.9 | (9.9 to 81.6) |
Usual place for healthcare | ||||||||
GP/nurse clinic | 432 | 86.4 | 99 | 22.9 | (19.0 to 27.2) | 46 | 46.5 | (36.4 to 56.8) |
Māori or Pacific clinic | 11 | 2.2 | 1 | 9.1 | (0.2 to 41.3) | 1 | 100 | (5.0 to 100) |
Student health/school clinic | 25 | 5.0 | 5 | 20.0 | (6.8 to 40.7) | 2 | 40.0 | (5.3 to 85.3) |
Youth health clinic | 13 | 2.6 | 3 | 23.1 | (5.0 to 53.8) | 0 | 0 | -- |
After hours clinic | 4 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 | 0 | -- |
Emergency department | 3 | 0.6 | 1 | 33.3 | (0.8 to 90.6) | 0 | 0 | -- |
Other/don’t know/not stated | 12 | 2.4 | 2 | 16.7 | (2.1 to 48.4) | 1 | 50.0 | 1.3 to 98.7) |
Sexual healthcare history | ||||||||
Sought SH care in the past | 300 | 60.0 | 94 | 31.3 | (26.1 to 36.9) | 46 | 48.9 | 38.5 to 59.5 |
Tested for STIs in the past | 192 | 38.4 | 72 | 37.5 | (30.6 to 44.8) | 35 | 48.6 | 36.7 to 60.7) |
Treated for an STI in the past | 79 | 15.8 | 35 | 44.3 | (33.1 to 55.9) | 16 | 45.7 | 28.8 to 63.4) |
*Responses to question about SH needs during lockdown: 387 answered ‘No’ and 2 ‘Don’t know’. When asked if they got help during lockdown, 50 answered ‘Yes’, 58 answered ‘No’ and 3 answered ‘Don’t know’.
†Total count ethnicity means that individuals self-identifying with multiple ethnicities are included in each of the ethnic groups with which they belong, therefore column percentages sum to more than 100%.
‡Gender diverse group includes: 2 transfemales, 3 transmales, 2 gender fluid, 1 gender apathetic person.
§LGBTQI+ is used as an umbrella term that includes individuals who identified with gender and/or sexual orientation subcategories including lesbian, gay, queer, bisexual, and/or transgender or gender diverse (note we did not ask participants whether they identified as ‘LGBTQI+’).
¶People in job training or apprenticeships are included with those in full-/part-time work. Respondents could select more than one option here so column percentages sum to more than 100%.
CI, confidence interval; GP, general practitioner; MELAA, Middle Eastern/Latin American/African; NZ, New Zealand; SH, sexual health; STI, sexually transmitted infection.