Table 2. Characteristics of Sexually active Participants, Rakai Cohort, 2003–2011.
| Men | Women | |||
| Number/Mean | Percent/SD | Number/Mean | Percent/Sd | |
| All | 5,783 | 100 | 7,497 | 100 |
| Age (years, SD) | 28.3 | 8.0 | 27.0 | 7.8 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Monogamous | 3,179 | 55.0 | 4,342 | 57.9 |
| Polygamous | 549 | 9.5 | 1,228 | 16.4 |
| Separated/Divorced | 242 | 4.2 | 778 | 10.4 |
| Never married | 1,813 | 31.3 | 1,149 | 15.4 |
| Education | ||||
| Primary/No education | 3,899 | 67.4 | 5,100 | 68.0 |
| Post-primary education | 1,884 | 32.6 | 2,397 | 32.0 |
| Recent migrant to community | 1,102 | 19.1 | 2,430 | 32.4 |
| Community type | ||||
| Village | 4,881 | 84.4 | 6,119 | 81.2 |
| Trading center | 902 | 15.6 | 1,378 | 18.4 |
| Number of sexual partners | ||||
| 1 | 3,308 | 57.2 | 7027 | 94.0 |
| 2 | 1,667 | 28.8 | - | - |
| 2+ | - | - | 446 | 6.0 |
| 3+ | 808 | 14.0 | - | - |
| New sex partner | 3,013 | 52.1 | 1,970 | 26.3 |
| Transactional sex | 145 | 2.5 | 43 | 0.5 |
| Casual sex | 662 | 11.5 | 111 | 1.5 |
| Concurrent sexual partners | 2,137 | 37.0 | 267 | 3.6 |
| Frequency of condom use | ||||
| Always | 862 | 14.9 | 593 | 7.9 |
| Sometimes | 2,215 | 38.3 | 1,692 | 22.6 |
| Never | 2,706 | 46.8 | 5,212 | 69.5 |
| Alcohol use before sex | 2,166 | 37.5 | 2,971 | 39.6 |
| Genital ulcers | 618 | 10.7 | 904 | 12.1 |
| Perception of risk of exposure | 1,691 | 29.2 | 3,011 | 40.2 |
| Domestic violence | 1,606 | 27.8 | 2,106 | 28.1 |
| Circumcised | 1,332 | 23.0 | 1332 | 23.1 |
| Uncircumcised sexual partner | - | - | 5212 | 69.7 |
| Hormonal contraception | - | - | 1522 | 20.3 |
| VCT in last 12 months | 1,852 | 32.0 | 2,935 | 39.2 |
| Any partner of unknown HIV status | 4,523 | 78.8 | 5,868 | 78.3 |
| Partner in a high risk employment | 636 | 11.0 | 3,083 | 41.1 |
| Has high risk employment | 1,986 | 34.3 | 973 | 13.0 |
| Community HIV prevalence | 11.7 | 3.6 | 11.9 | 3.8 |