Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of subset of Cape Town Young Women’s Health CoOp participants (n = 496), by ever given birth
| Total (N = 496) |
Ever given birth (N = 138) |
Never given birth (N = 358) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sociodemographic | ||||||
| Age, mean (SD)*** | 17.8 | (1.1) | 18.0 | (0.9) | 17.7 | (1.1) |
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Population group | ||||||
| Black African | 244 | (49.2) | 63 | (45.7) | 181 | (50.6) |
| Coloured | 252 | (50.8) | 75 | (54.3) | 177 | (49.4) |
| Completed compulsory (Grade 9+) | 346 | (69.8) | 250 | (69.8) | 96 | (69.6) |
| Employed/working | 43 | (8.7) | 12 | (8.7) | 31 | (8.7) |
| Pregnancy test, positive** | 56 | (11.3) | 7 | (5.1) | 49 | (13.7) |
| Drug screening tests | ||||||
| Marijuana, positive | 191 | (38.5) | 44 | (31.9) | 147 | (41.1) |
| Methaqualone, positive | 83 | (16.7) | 27 | (19.6) | 56 | (15.6) |
| Methamphetamine, positive | 52 | (10.5) | 19 | (13.8) | 33 | (9.2) |
| Gang exposure | ||||||
| Gang members in neighborhood/close by | 435 | (87.7) | 125 | (90.6) | 310 | (86.6) |
| Ever had a boyfriend in gang | 216 | (43.5) | 64 | (46.4) | 152 | (42.5) |
| Had sex partners in past 6 months in gang or affiliated | 81 | (16.3) | 21 | (15.2) | 60 | (16.8) |
| Ever had a family member in gang | 274 | (55.2) | 73 | (52.9) | 201 | (56.1) |
| Ever member of gang | 30 | (6.0) | 5 | (3.6) | 25 | (7.0) |
| Hang out with anyone in a gang | 178 | (35.9) | 42 | (30.4) | 136 | (38.0) |
| Someone close hurt by gang | 310 | (62.5) | 87 | (63.0) | 223 | (62.3) |
| Someone close killed by gang | 236 | (47.6) | 60 | (43.5) | 176 | (49.2) |
SD Standard deviation
**p < .01; ***p < .001