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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 14.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2007 Jun 8;65(6):1235–1248. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.04.029

Table 3. Distribution of demographic, attitude, and behavioral measures among 1,288 sexually active men aged 15-26 participating in the Stepping Stones HIV Prevention Study in the rural Eastern Cape, South Africa who report transactional relationships with main partners.

Giving to Main Partners Getting from Main Partners
Mean or % (95% CI) Mean or % (95% CI)
Variable no yes no yes
Demographics
Age (Mean) 19.2 (19.0, 19.4) 19.3 (18.9, 19.6) 19.2 (19.0, 19.4) 19.2 (18.9, 19.6)
10 or more years education (%) 45.9 (40.7, 51.1) 35.9 (26.3, 45.6) 45.3 (40.1, 50.6) 39.1 (30.0, 48.3)
Respondent ever earned money (%) 53.1 (49.2, 57.0) 64.6 (56.8, 72.4) 52.5 (48.4, 56.5) 69.0 (62.3, 75.7)
Household SES Scale (Mean) -.45 (-.19, .10) 0.29 (.03, .55) 0 (-.15, .14) .06 (-.19, .31)
Early Sex, Child Trauma and Sexual Victimization
First sex under age 15 (%) 55.8 (52.2, 59.3) 60.9 (55.3, 66.6) 55.1 (51.6, 58.6) 65.2 (59.5, 70.9)
Childhood Trauma Scale (Mean) -.04 (-.10, .02) .18 (.04, .32) -.05 (-.11, .01) .24 (.08, .40)
Ever coerced into sex by a man (%) 2.7 (1.6, 3.9) 6.3 (2.5, 10.0) 3.1 (2.0, 4.1) 4.3 (1.2, 7.5)
Attitudes and Beliefs
Exposure to Media (Mean) 2.06 (2.00, 2.12) 2.06 (1.97, 2.16) 2.07 (2.01, 2.13) 2.03 (1.93, 2.13)
Peer Pressure Resistance (Mean) .02 (-.06, .09) -.17 (-.32, -.02) .03 (-.05, .10) -0.24 (-.40, -.07)
Gender relationships and control Q1 (%) 21.0 (17.2, 24.8) 28.6 (21.8, 35.5) 21.5 (17.8, 25.1) 26.1 (19.1, 33.1)
 Gender relationships and control Q2 (%) 22.9 (19.7, 26.1) 19.8 (14.6, 25.0) 22.5 (19.4, 25.6) 22.3 (15.7, 28.8)
 Gender relationships and control Q3 (%) 21.9 (18.7, 25.1) 23.4 (16.4, 30.5) 21.2 (18.0, 24.4) 27.7 (21.1, 34.3)
 Gender relationships and control Q4(%) 22.6 (18.9, 26.4) 20.8 (14.1, 27.6) 23.3 (19.4, 27.2) 16.8 (11.5, 22.1)
 No score (no current main girlfriend) (%) 11.5 (9.5, 13.6) 7.3 (3.3, 11.3) 11.6 (9.6, 13.5) 7.1 (2.8, 11.4)
Sexual Behavior
Partners in lifetime (Mean) 6.1 (5.6, 6.5) 9.9 (7.8, 12.1) 6.1 (5.6, 6.6) 9.9 (8.5, 11.3)
Used condom correctly at last sex (%) 41.7 (37.9, 45.4) 39.1 (31.3, 46.8) 40.4 (36.9, 43.9) 46.7 (38.1, 55.4)
Peer Group Associations
Member of club or sports team (%) 73.6 (69.6, 77.7) 78.6 (71.5, 85.8) 73.8 (69.6, 78.0) 77.7 (70.9, 84.6)
Member of gang (%) 6.6 (4.8, 8.4) 7.3 (3.7, 10.9) 6.3 (4.6, 7.9) 9.2 (5.0, 13.5)
Substance Use
Alcohol problem (%) 23.6 (20.2, 27.1) 40.6 (34.4, 46.9) 23.4 (20.2, 26.7) 42.4 (35.4, 49.4)
Illegal Drug Use (%) 38.0 (33.9, 42.1) 42.2 (34.0, 50.3) 36.9 (32.8, 40.9) 48.9 (40.7, 57.2)
Perpetration of Gender-Based Violence
Ever perpetration of emotional abuse (%) 30.6 (27.5, 33.7) 52.7 (45.0, 60.3) 30.6 (37.5, 33.8) 53.0 (45.5, 60.5)
IPV: None (%) 71.5 (68.5, 74.5) 49.0 (40.7, 57.2) 71.7 (68.7, 74.6) 47.3 (40.4, 54.2)
 Physical IPV only (%) 21.9 (19.2, 24.5) 28.9 (21.3, 36.6) 21.7 (18.9, 24.6) 29.9 (22.1, 37.7)
 Sexual IPV only (%) 3.1 (2.0, 4,2) 6.3 (2.8, 9.8) 3.2 (2.1, 4.3) 6.0 (2.8, 9.2)
 Both Physical and sexual IPV (%) 3.5 (2.5, 4.5) 15.8 (10.0, 21.6) 3.4 (2.4, 4.4) 16.8 (11.1, 22.6)
Perpetration of non-IPV sexual assault (%) 18.3 (15.6, 20.9) 35.9 (28.9, 43.0) 17.7 (14.9, 20.4) 40.2 (33.1, 47.3)