Table 1.
Characteristics of interim survey participants (n = 1495; 827 male, 668 female)
| Characteristic | Male |
Female |
Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
| Demographic and household | ||||||
| Age | ||||||
| Less than 18 years | 162 | (19.6) | 225 | (33.7) | 387 | (25.9) |
| 18 years old | 269 | (32.5) | 279 | (41.8) | 548 | (36.7) |
| 19 years old | 247 | (29.9) | 132 | (19.8) | 379 | (23.4) |
| 20 years old or more | 149 | (18.0) | 32 | (4.8) | 181 | (12.1) |
| Ever been married | 13 | (1.6) | 50 | (7.6) | 63 | (4.3) |
| Completed Form 4 | 721 | (88.8) | 556 | (83.9) | 1,277 | (86.7) |
| Still in school | 170 | (20.6) | 88 | (13.2) | 258 | (17.3) |
| Orphanhood | ||||||
| Both parents alive | 469 | (59.7) | 390 | (60.3) | 859 | (60.0) |
| Maternal orphan | 60 | (7.6) | 39 | (6.0) | 99 | (6.9) |
| Paternal orphan | 164 | (20.9) | 152 | (23.5) | 316 | (22.1) |
| Both parents dead | 92 | (11.7) | 66 | (10.2) | 158 | (11.0) |
| Moved in the last 5 years | 163 | (20.1) | 179 | (27.2) | 342 | (23.3) |
| Female headed household | 239 | (30.5) | 254 | (40.0) | 493 | (34.7) |
| Socio-economic status and poverty | ||||||
| House made of poles and mud or mud bricks | 756 | (92.4) | 586 | (88.4) | 1,342 | (90.6) |
| Grass roof | 286 | (35.2) | 181 | (27.3) | 467 | (31.6) |
| Cannot afford washing soap | 181 | (21.9) | 129 | (19.3) | 310 | (20.7) |
| Absent from school no money for fees | 470 | (56.8) | 354 | (53.0) | 824 | (55.1) |
| Gone day without food in last week | 172 | (21.1) | 102 | (15.5) | 274 | (18.6) |
| Adult skipped a meal in the last week | 173 | (21.3) | 124 | (18.9) | 297 | (20.3) |
| Reported sexual behaviour | ||||||
| Age of first sex | ||||||
| Never had sex | 688 | (87.1) | 579 | (88.8) | 1,267 | (87.8) |
| 15 years and under | 26 | (3.3) | 11 | (1.7) | 37 | (2.6) |
| 16 years and older | 76 | (9.6) | 62 | (9.5) | 138 | (9.6) |
| ≥2 lifetime partners (of those who reported having had sex) | 49 | (48.5) | 13 | (18.6) | 62 | (36.3) |
| Biomarkers (with [95%CI]) | ||||||
| HIV prevalence | 3 | (0.4) [0.0–0.8] | 15 | (2.2) [1.1–3.4] | 18 | (1.2) [0.6–1.8] |
| Pregnant | N/A | 16 | (2.4) [1.2–3.6] | |||