Table 2. Sample descriptive statistics.
| This sample* | Demographic & Health Survey 2003 [42] | |
| Urban sample | ||
| Socio economic status indicators | ||
| Age (age) | 31.5 years | |
| Education: started but did not complete secondary school | 45% | 47% |
| Employed part or full time (emplyd) | 35% | 42% |
| Ownership of a car | 31% | 33% |
| Reproductive health profiles | ||
| Number of children | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| Ever use of contraceptives | 72% | 73% |
| Current use of modern contraception | 40% | 51% |
| Condom used at last sex-act (MCLastS) | 31% | 29% |
| Female condom – ever seen | 39% | |
| Female condom – ever used | 3% | |
| Cohabiting with sexual partner (Cohab) | 55% | |
| Ever experienced difficulties getting partner to use condoms (DiffMC) | 38% | |
| Self-perceived risk of HIV **– high (RiskH) | 22% | |
| Self-perceived risk of HIV – medium (RiskM) | 26% | |
| Self-perceived risk of HIV – low (RiskL) | 23% | |
| Self-perceived risk of HIV – no (RiskNo) | 26% |
The denominator of the proportions for ‘This Sample’ are based on the full sample, ranging from 1012 to 1017 to account for some missing responses.** The risk question was posed as: “Do you consider yourself at high medium, low, or no risk of getting HIV or becoming re-infected?” No further quantification was provided and therefore was the individuals subjective valuation of these categories. Risk is an ordinal variable that is used as a cardinal measure in the model estimates, valued as 0 for ‘No risk’ to 3 for ‘High risk’.