Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of samples from each of the four settings
| Total (N = 11206) | Zimbabwe (N = 2874) |
Tanzania (N = 3073) |
Vulindlela, SA (N = 2596) |
Soweto, SA (N = 2663) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender, N (%) | ||||
| Male | 1237 (43) | 1423 (46) | 1076 (41) | 1208 (45) |
| Female | 1637 (57) | 1650 (54) | 1520 (59) | 1455 (55) |
| Age (mean) in years (SD) | ||||
| Range 18–32 years | 24.0 (4.7) | 24.7 (4.5) | 23.8 (4.5) | 24.4 (4.4) |
| Marital status N (%) | ||||
| Single (not married, separated, divorced, widowed) | 1449 (50.4) | 1565 (50.9) | 2491 (96.1) | 2378 (89.3) |
| Married (legal, common-law or traditional; living together or not) | 1424 (49.6) | 1508 (49.1) | 101 (3.9) | 284 (10.7) |
| Education, N (%) in years | ||||
| < 5 | 77 (2.7) | 942 (30.7) | 70 (2.7) | 26 (1.0) |
| 5–10 | 1375 (48.4) | 1991 (64.9) | 886 (34.2) | 536 (20.2) |
| 11–12 | 1244 (43.8) | 103 (3.4) | 1511 (58.4) | 1757 (66.3) |
| 12+ | 142 (5.0) | 36 (1.2) | 121 (4.7) | 331 (12.5) |
| Household SES, N (%) | ||||
| Relatively low | 1019 (35.5) | 1143 (37.2) | 959 (37.0) | 299 (11.2) |
| Middle group | 1480 (51.5) | 1687 (54.9) | 1297 (50.0) | 1628 (61.2) |
| Relatively high | 374 (13.0) | 243 (7.9) | 336 (13.0) | 732 (27.5) |