Table 3. Characteristics of Contacts by Seed Group.
Demographic, behavioral, and diagnostic characteristics of contacts are described and compared by seed group.
| Clinic Based-Seeds | Community Seeds | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIV-uninfected | HIV-infected | |||||
| N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 34 | (45%) | 32 | (56%) | 40 | (42%) |
| Female | 42 | (55%) | 25 | (44%) | 55 | (58%) |
| Age | ||||||
| 18–25 | 36 | (47%) | 28 | (49%) | 39 | (41%) |
| 26–35 | 31 | (41%) | 25 | (44%) | 45 | (47%) |
| 36–45 | 9 | (12%) | 4 | (7%) | 11 | (12%) |
| Marital Status | ||||||
| Never married | 10 | (13%) | 20 | (35%) | 27 | (28%) |
| Married | 51 | (67%) | 28 | (49%) | 56 | (59%) |
| Divorced/separated/widowed | 15 | (20%) | 9 | (16%) | 12 | (13%) |
| Education | ||||||
| ≤primary | 29 | (41%) | 18 | (32%) | 30 | (33%) |
| some secondary | 26 | (37%) | 25 | (44%) | 41 | (45%) |
| ≥secondary | 16 | (23%) | 14 | (25%) | 21 | (23%) |
| Ran out of food in last 3 months | ||||||
| Yes | 66 | (87%) | 52 | (91%) | 76 | (80%) |
| No | 10 | (13%) | 5 | (9%) | 19 | (20%) |
| Condom use over last 5 acts | ||||||
| 0 | 36 | (77%) | 18 | (60%) | 50 | (83%) |
| 1–4 | 10 | (21%) | 10 | (33%) | 6 | (10%) |
| 5 | 1 | (2%) | 2 | (7%) | 4 | (7%) |
| Sex partners <3 months | ||||||
| 0 | 15 | (21%) | 14 | (25%) | 20 | (22%) |
| 1 | 51 | (72%) | 35 | (61%) | 66 | (73%) |
| ≥2 | 5 | (7%) | 8 | (14%) | 5 | (5%) |
| Exchange sex for money <3 months | ||||||
| Yes | 10 | (13%) | 11 | (19%) | 22 | (23%) |
| No | 66 | (87%) | 46 | (81%) | 73 | (77%) |
| Previously tested for HIV | ||||||
| Never | 11 | (15%) | 20 | (36%) | 17 | (18%) |
| Once | 21 | (30%) | 17 | (31%) | 23 | (25%) |
| At least twice | 39 | (55%) | 18 | (33%) | 53 | (57%) |
| HIV Status | ||||||
| HIV-negative | 64 | (89%) | 37 | (69%) | 83 | (89%) |
| Known positive | 1 | (1%) | 10 | (19%) | 4 | (4%) |
| New positive | 7 | (10%) | 7 | (13%) | 6 | (6%) |
| Any STI | ||||||
| Yes | 21 | (29%) | 10 | (19%) | 8 | (9%) |
| No | 52 | (71%) | 44 | (81%) | 84 | (91%) |
| GUD | ||||||
| Yes | 1 | (1%) | 2 | (4%) | 1 | (1%) |
| No | 71 | (99%) | 52 | (96%) | 91 | (99%) |
| Urethral Discharge | ||||||
| Yes | 0 | (0%) | 0 | (0%) | 0 | (0%) |
| No | 72 | (100%) | 54 | (100%) | 92 | (100%) |
| Vaginal discharge1 | ||||||
| Yes | 18 | (45%) | 7 | (30%) | 5 | (9%) |
| No | 22 | (55%) | 16 | (70%) | 50 | (91%) |
| Lower Abdominal Pain1 | ||||||
| Yes | 4 | (10%) | 2 | (9%) | 2 | (4%) |
| No | 35 | (90%) | 21 | (91%) | 53 | (96%) |
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Inforamtion on vaginal discharge and lower abdominal pain is only presented for female contacts.