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. 2023 Jun 16;23:1163. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16081-0

Table 1.

Participant characteristics

Participant demographics N (%)
Age in years
 18–19 14 (47%)
 20–24 16 (53%)
Has a child 14 (47%)
Education level
 No schooling 1 (3%)
 Primary school 12 (40%)
 Secondary school 17 (57%)
Average monthly income
 < 100,000 10 (33%)
 100,000–200,000 11 (37%)
 > 200,000 9 (30%)
Source of income
 Sex Worker 18 (60%)
 Other 12 (40%)
Tenure status for your house
 Owned 4 (13%)
 Rented 26 (87%)
Number of previous pregnancies
 None 13 (43%)
 One 9 (30%)
 Two 8 (27%)
Current contraceptive use (pills, implants and IUDs)
 Yes 24 (80%)
 No 6 (20%)
Had treatment for genital symptoms in last 3 months
 Yes 18 (60%)
 No 12 (40%)
Currently have a primary sex partner
 Yes 25 (83%)
 No 5 (17%)
Currently married or living with primary sex partner
 Yes 10 (33%)
 No 20 (67%)
Partnership duration
 < 1 year 7 (23%)
 1–2 years 11 (37%)
 > 2 years 12 (40%)
Primary sex partner had sex with another person in past 3 months
 Yes 11 (37%)
 No 2 (6%)
 Don't know 17 (57%)
Financial and/or material support from your primary sex partner
 Yes 21 (84%)
 No 4 (16%)
HIV status of your primary sex partner
 HIV negative 18 (62%)
 Don't know 11 (38%)
Condom use during the last act of vaginal sex
 Yes 15 (50%)
 No 14 (47%)
 Never 1 (3%)
No. of times you had vaginal sex in the past 30 days
 ≤ 9 times 12 (40%)
 > 10 times 18 (60%)
No. of men you had sex with in last 3 months
 ≤ 9 men 19 (63%)
 > 10 men 11 (37%)