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. 2008 Aug 7;337:a506. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a506

Table 2.

 Social and demographic characteristics of two study arms. Figures are numbers (percentages)

Women Men
Intervention (n=715) Control (n=701) Intervention (n=694) Control (n=666)
Age (years):
 15-17 329 (46.0) 289 (41.2) 234 (33.7) 182 (27.3)
 18-19 261 (36.5) 250 (35.7) 259 (37.3) 264 (39.8)
 20-21 102 (14.3) 128 (18.3) 160 (23.1) 164 (24.6)
 22-26 23 (3.2) 34 (4.8) 41 (5.9) 56 (8.4)
Education grade:
 <9 67 (9.4) 40 (5.7) 112 (16.1) 79 (11.9)
 9 343 (48.0) 248 (35.4) 335 (48.3) 243 (36.5)
 10 243 (34.0) 279 (39.8) 188 (27.1) 229 (34.4)
 11 58 (8.1) 121 (17.3) 55 (7.9) 105 (15.8)
 >11 4 (0.6) 13 (1.8) 4 (0.6) 10 (1.5)
Current schooling 707 (98.9) 678 (96.7) 680 (98.0) 640 (96.2)
HIV seroprevalence 70 (9.8) 90 (12.8) 12 (1.7) 14 (2.1)
HSV-2 seroprevalence 194 (27.6) 213 (31.0) 70(10.3) 65 (10.0)
Ever had sexual intercourse 655 (91.6) 633 (90.3) 654 (94.2) 624 (93.7)
Correct use of condom on last sexual intercourse 266 (40.7) 288 (45.6) 292 (44.6) 303 (48.6)
>2 sexual partners in past year 62 (9.5) 71 (11.2) 317 (48.5) 314 (50.3)
Casual partner in past 12 months 138 (21.1) 146 (23.1) 379 (58.0) 378 (60.6)
Ever had transactional sex 177 (27.1) 141 (22.3) 200 (30.6) 168 (26.9)
More than one incident of physical/sexual intimate partner violence 177 (24.7) 157 (22.4) 100 (14.5) 96 (14.5)
Rape or attempted rape 126 (18.2) 141 (21.3)
Depression (CES-D) 117 (16.4) 103 (14.7) 45 (6.5) 54 (8.1)
Problem drinking 28 (3.9) 19 (2.7) 170 (24.5) 171 (25.7)
Ever misused drugs 37 (5.2) 53 (7.6) 256 (37.1) 262 (39.5)