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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Dis. 2013 Mar;40(3):264–270. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31827c58c9

Table 2.

Demographic Characteristics, Reproductive History and Sex Activities at Baseline Survey by Study Sites

FS(N=73) YF(N=78) PX(N=152) QH(N=142)
Mean age**(median) 26.5(25.0) 27.4(25.0) 32.8(32.0) 27.6(26.0)
Age range 16.0–50.0 18.0–42.0 17.0–55.0 17.0–56.0
Never married, **n(%) 41(56.2) 48(61.5) 28(18.4) 80(56.3)
Education above primary school, **n(%) 46(63.0) 37(47.4) 110(72.4) 102(71.8)
Ethnic minority, **n(%) 33(45.2) 47(60.3) 18(11.8) 49(34.5)
From boarding houses, n(%) 25(34.3) 37(47.4) 55(36.2) 35(24.7)
Reproductive history and sex activities:
Never pregnant, ** n(%) 25(34.3) 25(32.1) 9(5.9) 31(21.8)
Ever had an abortion, * n(%) 34(46.6) 36(46.2) 95(62.5) 88(62.0)
Never had a child, ** n(%) 45(61.6) 51(65.4) 35(23.0) 83(58.5)
Ever used a male condom, * n(%) 71(97.3) 68(87.2) 145(95.4) 129(90.9)
Sterilized, n(%) 14(19.2) 14(18.0) 30(19.7) 14(9.9)
Ever used IUD, **n(%) 24(32.9) 23(29.5) 94(61.8) 51(35.9)
Sexual relationship in the last 30 days? ** n(%)
Only had a primary partner 11(15.1) 30(38.5) 42(27.6) 67(47.2)
Only had a paying partner(s) 37(50.7) 25(32.1) 53(34.9) 33(23.2)
Had both paying and primary partners 25(34.3) 23(29.5) 57(37.5) 42(29.6)
Mean sex acts in the last 30 days **(median) 19.3(8.0) 8.9(6.0) 19.0(12.0) 28.4(6.0)
Mean proportion of protected sex in the last 30 days **(median) 0.77(1.00) 0.53(0.59) 0.68(0.93) 0.53(0.60)
Women with 100% protected sex in the last 30 days, ** n(%) 40(54.8) 28(35.9) 72(47.4) 36(25.4)
Women with Nil protected sex in the last 30 days, **n(%) 6(8.2) 25(32.1) 30(19.7) 42(29.6)
Willing to use FC for prevention in the future, n(%) 57(78.1) 56(71.8) 115(75.7) 111(78.2)
**

P<0.01

*

P<0.05