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.