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. 2012 Feb 17;4(1):e19. doi: 10.4081/idr.2012.e19

Table 3. Characteristics and responses of patients who participated in a survey to investigate mechanisms of transmission of HIV.

Total (N=994) Women (N=533) Men (N=461)
Education
 Higher 35 (3.54) 9 (1.7) 26 (5.66)
 Secondary 294 (29.76) 119 (22.5) 175 (38.13)
 Primary 157 (15.89) 74 (13.99) 83 (18.08)
 No education 502 (50.81) 327 (61.81) 175 (38.13)
Migration
 No 804 (80.89) 496 (93.06) 308 (66.81)
 Yes 190 (19.11) 37 (6.94) 153 (33.19)
Condom use
 Always 366 (38.89) 160 (31.87) 206 (46.92)
 Sometimes 104 (11.05) 41 (8.17) 63 (14.35)
 Never 124 (13.18) 50 (9.96) 74 (16.86)
 No sex 347 (36.88) 251 (50) 96 (21.87)
Way of HIV transmission
 Commercial sex 245 (25.03) 14 (2.65) 231 (51.33)
 Spouse 448 (45.76) 428 (80.91) 20 (4.44)
 Others 286 (29.21) 87 (16.45) 199 (44.22)
Number of sexual partners
 1 142 (33.02) 78 (77.23) 64 (19.45)
 2 117 (27.21) 14 (13.86) 103 (31.31)
 3 47 (10.93) 2 (1.98) 45 (13.68)
 4 43 (10) 2 (1.98) 41 (12.46)
 >4 81 (18.84) 5 (4.95) 76 (23.1)