TABLE 2.
Characteristics of Adolescents of Mothers Living with HIV (MLH) at Recruitment.
| MLH Intervention n = 139 |
MLH Control n = 120 |
Total n = 259 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
| Sociodemographics | ||||||
| Mean age (SD) | 14.8 | (2.3) | 15.0 | (2.5) | 14.9 | (2.4) |
| Male gender | 53 | (38.1) | 47 | (39.2) | 100 | (38.6) |
| Currently attending school | 118 | (86.1) | 99 | (82.5) | 217 | (84.4) |
| Currently employed | 21 | (15.1) | 20 | (16.7) | 41 | (15.8) |
| Sexual behavior | ||||||
| Number of sexual partners during lifetime | ||||||
| None | 97 | (72.4) | 85 | (71.4) | 182 | (71.9) |
| One | 14 | (10.4) | 11 | (9.2) | 25 | (9.9) |
| More than one | 23 | (17.2) | 23 | (19.3) | 46 | (18.2) |
| Number of sexual partners during past 6 months | ||||||
| None | 105 | (76.1) | 91 | (76.5) | 196 | (76.3) |
| One partner; protected sex only | 25 | (18.1) | 19 | (16.0) | 44 | (17.1) |
| One partner / unprotected discordant sexa | 8 | (5.8) | 9 | (7.6) | 17 | (6.7) |
| Mean unprotected discordant actsa | 0.0 | (0.1) | 0.1 | (0.5) | 0.0 | (0.3) |
| Unprotected, discordant acts under the influence of alcohol |
1 | (0.7) | 2 | (1.7) | 3 | (1.2) |
| Substance use | ||||||
| Lifetime rates | ||||||
| Alcohol | 56 | (41.2) | 46 | (38.7) | 102 | (40.0) |
| Marijuana | 31 | (22.8) | 31 | (26.1) | 62 | (24.3) |
| Hard drugs | 23 | (16.9) | 14 | (11.8) | 37 | (14.5) |
| Rates during past 6 months | ||||||
| Alcohol | 33 | (23.7) | 32 | (26.9) | 65 | (25.2) |
| Marijuana | 18 | (12.9) | 20 | (16.8) | 38 | (14.7) |
| Hard drugs | 11 | (7.9) | 9 | (7.6) | 20 | (7.8) |
| Number of days using during past 3 months | ||||||
| Alcohol | 1.6 | (6.8) | 1.8 | (6.8) | 1.7 | (6.8) |
| Marijuana | 2.8 | (13.8) | 5.9 | (20.7) | 4.3 | (17.4) |
| Hard drugs | 2.1 | (12.1) | 0.7 | (4.0) | 1.4 | (9.3) |
| Contact with the criminal justice system | ||||||
| Lifetime | 9 | (6.6) | 7 | (5.8) | 16 | (6.3) |
| Past 6 months | 8 | (5.8) | 3 | (2.5) | 11 | (4.2) |
| Pregnancy | ||||||
| Lifetime | 10 | (7.2) | 10 | (8.4) | 20 | (7.8) |
| During the study | 18 | (13.6) | 19 | (16.7) | 37 | (15.0) |
| Suicide attempts, past 6 months | 6 | (4.3) | 3 | (2.5) | 9 | (3.5) |
a
Discordant partner has opposite HIV serostatus as mother in the study or serostatus is unknown.
Note: None of differences between adolescents of MLH intervention and MLH control were significantly different.