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. 2014 Apr 23;11(4):4528–4543. doi: 10.3390/ijerph110404528

Table 4.

Differences in HIV/AIDS-related behavior.

HIV-Related Behavior EG EG EG CG CG χ2 **
Before Intervention After 6 months Intervention After 12 months Intervention Before Intervention After 12 months Intervention
1 2 3 4 5 1–4 1–2 1–3 3–5 4–5
Number of sexual partners
    1 251 (91.6) 264 (94.3) 249 (93.6) 259 (90.6) 245 (94.2) 0.712 4.521 5.546 2.498 3.421
    ≥2 19 (6.9) 16 (5.7) 17 (6.4) 20 (7.0) 13 (5.0)
    0 4 (1.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 7 (2.4) 2 (0.8)
Participate in commercial sex
    Yes 20 (7.3) 25 (8.9) 7 (2.6) 14 (4.9) 9 (3.5) 2.058 0.896 12.113 * 14.071 * 3.505
    No 250 (91.2) 249 (88.9) 259 (97.4) 265 (92.7) 238 (91.5)
    Not clear 4 (1.5) 6 (2.1) 0 (0.0) 7 (2.4) 13 (5.0)
Condom Use
    Never 169 (61.7) 163 (59.5) 132 (57.1) 167 (58.4) 147 (56.5) 2.448 0.976 9.477 * 10.778 * 0.396
    Sometimes 93 (33.9) 94 (34.3) 111 (36.8) 111 (38.8) 107 (41.2)
    Always 12 ( 4.4) 17 ( 6.2) 23 ( 6.0) 8 ( 2.8) 6 (2.3)
Reason for condom use
 Contraception 91 (85.0) 91 (82.0) 74 (64.9) 100 (84.0) 98 (86.7) 0.144 0.371 11.827 * 14.708 * 0.336
 Prevention of diseases 16 (15.0) 20 (18.0) 40 (35.1) 19 (16.0) 15 (13.3)
Communication with sexual partners to encourage condom use
    Never 43 (89.6) 33 (62.3) 16 (34.8) 53 (81.5) 48 (80.8) 1.440 10.709 * 30.544 * 22.262 * 0.799
    Sometimes 4 (8.3) 16 (30.2) 18 (39.1) 9 (13.8) 7 (11.7)
    Always 1 (2.1) 4 (7.5) 12 (26.1) 3 (4.7) 5 (8.3)
STD infection
    Yes 2 (0.7) 8 (2.9) 8 (3.0) 4 (1.4) 6 (2.3) 2.977 10.082 * 14.896 * 8.734 * 0.650
    No 264 (96.4) 270 (96.4) 258 (97.0) 275 (96.2) 248 (95.4)
    Not clear 4 (1.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.3) 1 (0.4)
    Missing value 4 (1.5) 2 (0.7) 0 (0.0) 6 (2.1) 5 (1.9)
VCT conducted
    Yes 0 (0.0) 4 (1.4) 17 (6.4) 0 (0) 1 (0.4) 2.202 18.080 * 14.352 * 1.486
    No 274 (100.0) 276 (98.6) 249 (93.6) 286 (100.0) 259 (99.6)

Abbreviations: EG = experimental group. CG = control group. STD = sexually transmitted disease. VCT = voluntary HIV counseling and testing. Data are presented as n (%). * p < 0.05; ** Comparisons between different pairs of measurements.