Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics of Study Population
| HIV negative (HIV-N) status (n=209) |
HIV unknown (HIV-U) status (n=205) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years (Mean) (SD) | 17.9 (2.6) | 16.4 (2.4) | < 0.01 |
| Female, No. (%) | 120 (57.4) | 102 (49.8) | 0.12 |
| Location of Habitation, No. (%) | <0.01 | ||
| City | 14 (6.7) | 30 (14.6) | |
| Town | 124 (59.3) | 131 (63.9) | |
| Rural | 71 (34.0) | 44 (21.5) | |
| Relationship Status, No. (%) | 0.79 | ||
| Single | 166 (79.4) | 165 (80.5) | |
| In a relationship | 43 (23.6) | 40 (19.5) | |
| Religion, No. (%) | 0.09 | ||
| Christian | 183 (87.6) | 167 (81.5) | |
| Other | 26 (12.4) | 38 (18.5) | |
| Highest Level of Education, No. (%) | 0.38 | ||
| Primary School or lower | 5 (2.4) | 8 (3.9) | |
| Secondary School or higher | 204 (97.6) | 197 (96.1) | |
| Parental Status, No. (%) | 0.53 | ||
| Both alive | 156 (74.6) | 157 (76.6) | |
| Single parent alive | 46 (22.0) | 38 (18.5) | |
| Neither alive | 7 (3.4) | 10 (4.9) | |
| Ever sexually active, No. (%) | 107 (51.2)* | 84 (48.8)^ | 0.07 |
P-values from Wilcoxon test for continuous variables and Chi-square or Fisher’s exact for categorical variables.
*
n=207,
^
n=197
SD= Standard Deviation