Table 1. Characteristics of total study population at baseline and qualitative study population.
| Variable | All Study Participants at Baseline (%) | Qualitative Participants at Baseline (%) | Qualitative Participants at 4-month (%) | Qualitative Participants at 8-month (%) |
| (N = 2399) | (N = 66) | (N = 95)a | (N = 55)b | |
| Female | 50.3 | 57.6 | 61.1 | 56.4 |
| Age (mean) | 26.4 (se: 0.12) | 25.4 (se: 0.51) | 25.5 (se: 0.43) | 26.6 (se: 0.53) |
| Marital Status | ||||
| Single | 21.0 | 30.0 | 26.9 | 18.2 |
| Married | 63.5 | 48.5 | 48.4 | 54.5 |
| Living Together | 11.7 | 12.1 | 15.1 | 16.4 |
| Divorced | 4.1 | 6.1 | 7.5 | 7.3 |
| Widowed | 0.2 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| Education Level | ||||
| No Education | 11.0 | 9.1 | 11.6 | 14.5 |
| Some Primary School | 77.2 | 80.3 | 74.7 | 81.8 |
| Some Secondary School | 11.9 | 10.6 | 13.7 | 3.6 |
| Religion | ||||
| Muslim | 38.2 | 47.0 | 41.9 | 38.2 |
| Catholic | 43.7 | 43.9 | 48.4 | 45.5 |
| Other/None | 18.1 | 9.1 | 9.7 | 16.4 |
| Intervention Group | ||||
| High Value | 25.6 | 31.8 | 30.9 | 18.2 |
| Low Value | 27.5 | 33.3 | 33.0 | 41.8 |
| Control | 46.9 | 34.9 | 36.2 | 40.0 |
| HIV/STI status at baseline | ||||
| HIV-pos at baseline | 3.5 | 3.0 | 6.3 | 3.6 |
| STI-pos at baselinec | 16.1 | 7.6 | 12.6 | 16.4 |
a
59 of the 95 qualitative participants interviewed at 4 months were also interviewed at baseline
b
37 of the 55 qualitative participants interviewed at 8 months were also interviewed at baseline and 4 months, 9 were also interviewed only at 4 months
c
Based on STI tests for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis and Trichomonas