Table 1.
Socio-Demographic and Sexual Behaviors at Enrollment of HIV-Negative Men Enrolled in Randomized Controlled Trials of Male Circumcision, Who Were Randomized to and Underwent Circumcision, by Trial Site.
| Baseline Characteristics – n (%) | Rakai |
Kisumu N=1,331 | Orange Farm N=1,293 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Men N=2,326 | Aged 18–24 N=1,095 | |||
| Age in years at enrollment | ||||
| 18–20 | 622 (56.8) | 678 (50.9) | 631 (48.8) | |
| 21–24 | 473 (43.2) | 653 (49.1) | 662 (51.2) | |
| Married or living as married | ||||
| Never or not currently | 1,226 (52.7) | 849 (77.5) | 1,253 (94.4) | 1,270 (98.2) |
| Currently | 1,100 (47.3) | 246 (22.5) | 74 ( 5.6) | 23 ( 1.8) |
| Education completed* | ||||
| None, Primary 1–8 | 1,684 (72.4) | 716 (65.4) | 448 (33.7) | 273 (21.1) |
| Secondary 1–4 | 494 (21.2) | 299 (27.3) | 754 (56.6) | 1,020 (78.9) |
| Post-secondary | 148 ( 6.4) | 80 ( 7.3) | 129 ( 9.7) | |
| Age at First Intercourse | ||||
| Never sexually active | 242 (10.6) | 140 (13.2) | 108 ( 8.4) | |
| Less than 16 years old | 719 (31.5) | 387 (36.3) | 631 (49.0) | 404 (31.3) |
| 16 or more years old | 1,321 (57.9) | 538 (50.5) | 656 (51.0) | 781 (60.4) |
| Among those sexually active… | ||||
| Number of years being sexually active | ||||
| Less than 5 years | 553 (27.1) | 459 (49.6) | 588 (45.9) | 619 (52.3) |
| 5 or more years | 1,486 (72.9) | 466 (50.4) | 692 (54.1) | 565 (47.7) |
| Number of sex partners in the past 12 months | ||||
| None | 200 ( 9.6) | 128 (13.4) | 35 ( 2.7) | 215 (18.1) |
| One | 1,079 (51.8) | 464 (48.6) | 465 (35.3) | 547 (46.2) |
| Two | 514 (24.7) | 207 (21.7) | 375 (28.5) | 226 (19.1) |
| Three or more | 291 (14.0) | 156 (16.3) | 441 (33.5) | 197 (16.6) |
| Number of lifetime sex partners | ||||
| One | 265 (12.7) | 180 (18.9) | 98 ( 8.0) | 124 (10.5) |
| Two | 280 (13.4) | 166 (17.4) | 173 (14.0) | 172 (14.5) |
| Three | 282 (13.5) | 153 (16.0) | 219 (17.8) | 199 (16.8) |
| Four or more | 1,256 (60.3) | 456 (47.8) | 742 (60.2) | 690 (58.2) |
Not all cells sum to N due to missing responses;
*
Post-secondary was not assessed for Orange Farm; Grade levels were not equivalent with Kisumu and Rakai, thus “None, Primary 1–8” represents “Grades 2–9” for Orange Farm, and “Secondary 1–4” represents “Grades 10–12” for Orange Farm”