Table 1.
Demographic and Behavioral Characteristics of Study Participants
| Laboratory-Diagnosed STI |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Total (n = 245) | No STI, BV, or Symptoms (n = 83) | Asymptomatic (n = 65) | Symptomatic (n = 12) | P |
| Education | |||||
| Primary school | 60 (24.5) | 18 (21.7) | 14 (21.5) | 2 (16.7) | .7827 |
| Secondary school to grade 10 | 84 (34.3) | 29 (34.9) | 28 (43.1) | 6 (50.0) | |
| Secondary school grade 11 and higher | 101 (41.2) | 36 (43.4) | 23 (35.4) | 4 (33.3) | |
| Marital status | |||||
| Single | 18 (7.4) | 9 (11.0) | 6 (9.2) | 0 (0.0) | .1336 |
| Stable partner/married | 87 (35.7) | 32 (39.0) | 22 (33.9) | 1 (8.3) | |
| Many partners | 139 (57.0) | 41 (50.0) | 37 (56.9) | 11 (91.7) | |
| No. of casual sex partners in last 3 mo | |||||
| 0 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | .0475 |
| 1 | 12 (5.0) | 5 (6.2) | 2 (3.1) | 0 (0.0) | |
| 2–5 | 205 (85.4) | 73 (90.1) | 51 (79.7) | 10 (83.3) | |
| >5 | 23 (9.6) | 3 (3.7) | 11 (17.2) | 2 (16.7) | |
| No. of steady sexual partners in last 3 mo | |||||
| 0 | 8 (3.3) | 1 (1.2) | 5 (7.8) | 0 (0.0) | .0717 |
| 1 | 157 (65.2) | 59 (72.0) | 35 (54.7) | 10 (83.3) | |
| 2–5 | 70 (29.1) | 20 (24.4) | 22 (34.4) | 1 (8.3) | |
| >5 | 6 (2.5) | 2 (2.4) | 2 (3.1) | 1 (8.3) | |
| No. who reported condom use at last sex act | 144 (58.8) | 54 (65.1) | 36 (55.4) | 8 (66.7) | .4390 |
| Mean age in years (SD) | 34.2 (10.5) | 34.6 (9.7) | 34.2 (11.5) | 31.6 (8.0) | .5974 |
| Mean age of sexual debut in years (SD) | 17.0 (2.4) | 17.1 (2.4) | 16.4 (1.9) | 16.4 (2.6) | .2830 |
Abbreviations: BV, bacterial vaginosis; STI, sexually transmitted infection.