Table 1.
Demographic, Behavioral and Epidemiologic Characteristics of Sexually Active Adults in Agbogbloshie, Accra, Ghana, 2012 (n = 416)
| Total | Males | Females | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| %/mean | 95% CI | %/mean | 95% CI | %/mean | 95% CI | |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 42.5% | 36.6% – 48.5% | ||||
| Female | 57.5% | 51.5% – 63.4% | ||||
| Age | ||||||
| 18–29 | 55.7% | 49.6% – 61.9% | 50.5% | 41.7% – 59.3% | 59.6% | 51.8% – 67.4% |
| 30–39 | 29.1% | 23.7% – 34.4% | 33.0% | 24.8% – 41.2% | 26.2% | 19.6% – 32.7% |
| 40–49 | 15.2% | 10.3% – 20.0% | 16.5% | 9.8% – 23.2% | 14.2% | 8.5% – 20.0% |
| Sexual History | ||||||
| Total Partners, Lifetime | 4.58 | 3.67 – 5.49 | 6.77 | 4.79 – 8.75 | 2.99 | 2.71 – 3.26 |
| Total Partners, Past Year | 1.48 | 1.33 – 1.63 | 1.90 | 1.57 – 2.22 | 1.17 | 1.09 – 1.25 |
| Unprot. Partners, Past Year | 1.20 | 1.11 – 1.29 | 1.37 | 1.20 – 1.53 | 1.07 | 0.98 – 1.16 |
| Degree1 | ||||||
| 1 | 89.1% | 86.4% – 91.8% | 79.3% | 73.9% – 84.6% | 96.3% | 85.7% – 95.8% |
| 2 | 9.0% | 6.7% – 11.4% | 17.1% | 12.4% – 21.9% | 3.0% | 1.3% – 4.7% |
| 3 | 1.9% | 0.1% – 3.0% | 3.6% | 1.3% – 5.8% | 0.1% | 0.0% – 1.5% |
| Partnership Duration1,2 | ||||||
| Maximum Duration | 5.9 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 6.8 |
| Coital Frequency1 | ||||||
| Total | 4.77 | 4.27 – 5.28 | 5.52 | 4.59 – 6.45 | 4.22 | 3.69 – 4.75 |
| Unprotected | 4.34 | 3.89 – 4.80 | 4.75 | 3.96 – 5.54 | 4.05 | 3.52 – 4.57 |
| HIV-1 Infection | ||||||
| Infected | 4.4% | 1.8% – 7.0% | 2.7% | 0.0% – 5.4% | 5.6% | 1.6% – 9.7% |
1
Degree, maximum partnership duration, and coital frequency were calculated on person-months, whereas the remaining variables are fixed and calculated on persons.
2
Partnership duration defined as the length of the longest-running partnership in any person-month