Table 1.
Sample Characteristics, Western Cape Couples’ Health CoOp, Khayelitsha Western Cape Province, South Africa, 2010-2012
| Female | Male | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | p | Chi-sq / t | |
| HIV-infected | 76 | (26.2) | 38 | (13.2) | 114 | (19.7) | 0.000 | 15.45 |
| Sociodemographic Descriptors | ||||||||
| Age in years at baseline (SD) | 24.19 | (5.10) | 26.06 | (4.77) | 25.11 | (5.02) | 0.000 | |
| Number completed grade 12 (%)b | 74 | (25.5) | 79 | (27.6) | 153 | (26.6) | 0.570 | 0.327 |
| Unemployed (%) | 232 | (80.0) | 201 | (69.3) | 433 | (74.7) | 0.003 | 8.757 |
| Walls | 0.617 | 0.250 | ||||||
| Bags-card-metal-wood | 148 | (51.0) | 140 | (49.0) | 288 | (50.0) | ||
| Bricks-tiles-cement | 142 | (49.0) | 146 | (51.0) | 288 | (50.0) | ||
| Running water | 126 | (43.4) | 141 | (49.3) | 267 | (46.4) | 0.159 | 1.983 |
| Electricity | 254 | (87.6) | 233 | (81.5) | 487 | (84.5) | ||
| Marital status | 0.453 | 0.564 | ||||||
| Not married | 211 | (72.8) | 203 | (70.0) | 414 | (71.4) | ||
| Married-cohabitating | 79 | (27.2) | 87 | (30.0) | 166 | (28.6) | ||
| Alcohol use | 0.000 | 154.0 | ||||||
| Abstinence | 112 | (38.6) | 0 | (0.0) | 112 | (19.4) | ||
| Light/moderate | 89 | (30.7) | 87 | (30.4) | 176 | (30.6) | ||
| Frequent binger/abuse | 89 | (30.7) | 199 | (69.6) | 288 | (50) | ||
| Marijuana usec | 28 | (9.7) | 108 | (37.2) | 136 | (23.4) | 0.000 | 61.5 |
| Number of days used marijuana in last 30 days | 8.83 | (9.60) | 13.64 | (11.47) | 12.65 | (.902) | 0.02 | |
| Tik usec | 11 | (3.8) | 43 | (14.8) | 54 | (9.3) | 0.000 | 20.9 |
| Opiate usec | 1 | (.3) | 3 | (1.0) | 4 | (0.7) | 0.316 | 1.00 |
| Mandrax usec | 10 | (3.4) | 36 | (12.4) | 46 | (7.9) | 0.000 | 16.0 |
| Crack/cocaine usec | 0 | (0) | 6 | (2.1) | 6 | (1.0) | 0.014 | 6.06 |
| Sexual Risk Factors | ||||||||
| Multiple partners in the past 3 monthsd | 30 | (10.4) | 102 | (35.7) | 132 | (23) | 0.000 | 51.7 |
| Used drugs during sexc | 58 | (20) | 90 | (31) | 148 | (25.5) | 0.002 | 9.29 |
| Ever engaged in transactional sex (woman selling sex/men buying sex)c | 5 | (1.7) | 9 | (3.1) | 14 | (2.4) | 0.279 | 1.17 |
| Casual partners in the past 6 monthsb | 26 | (9.0) | 61 | (21.3) | 87 | (15.1) | 0.000 | 17.2 |
| Ever treated for an STD | 56 | (19.3) | 60 | (21.3) | 116 | (20.3) | 0.056 | 0.35 |
* n=290 for female sample unless otherwise noted
b
n=286 for male sample
a n=288 for male sample
c
n=290 for male sample
d
n=288 for females, n=286 for males