Table 3.
Cohort characteristics by condom use, mean (SD) or percent (n)
| Variable | Entire cohort (n=200) | G1: Ever used condoms (n=93) | G2: Not used condoms (n=107) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socio-demographic Measures | ||||
| Age | 36.41 (8.32) | 33.84 (6.86) | 38.65 (8.84) | <0.0001 |
| Marital Status, percent | <0.0001a | |||
| Currently married | 37.00 (74) | 56.99 (53) | 19.63 (21) | |
| Divorced/separated | 20.50 (41) | 15.05 (14) | 25.23 (27) | |
| Widowed | 41.00 (82) | 25.81 (24) | 54.21 (58) | |
| Single/never married | 1.00 (2) | 1.08 (1) | 0.93 (1) | |
| Cohabitating | 0.50 (1) | 1.08 (1) | 0.00 | |
| Percent living with husband or boyfriend | 29.50 (59) | 48.39 (45) | 13.08 (14) | <0.0001a |
| Religion | 0.053 a | |||
| Catholic/Anglican/Methodist | 37.19 (74) | 27.96 (26) | 45.28 (48) | |
| Pentecostal churches | 35.68 (71) | 43.01 (40) | 29.25 (31) | |
| Apostolic | 18.09 (36) | 19.35 (18) | 16.98 (18) | |
| Other/Traditional/No religion | 9.04 (18) | 9.68 (9) | 8.49 (9) | |
| Clinical Measures | ||||
| ART status | 0.83 a | |||
| Ineligible | 15.50 (31) | 15.05 (14) | 15.89 (17) | |
| Eligible but awaiting ART | 36.50 (73) | 38.71 (36) | 34.58 (37) | |
| On ART | 48.00 (96) | 46.24 (43) | 49.53 (53) | |
| Duration since HIV diagnosis (years) | 1.56 (1.97) | 2.40 (2.42) | 1.58 (1.38) | 0.014 |
| Duration since ART initiation (months) | -- | 15.77 (10.01) | 14.08 (8.64) | 0.60 |
| No. of self-endorsed AIDS-related illnesses in last year (out of 12) | 5.46 (2.72) | 5.32 (2.85) | 5.58 (2.60) | 0.48 |
| Psychosocial Measures | ||||
| Total number of disclosures | 4.16 (2.48) | 4.69 (2.60) | 3.70 (2.29) | 0.0052 |
| Percent disclosed to current husband or partner | 78.38 (87) | 85.71 (60) | 65.85 (27) | 0.018 a |
| SSQ14 Depression score (out of 48) | 28.44 (9.28) | 28.02 (9.19) | 28.79 (9.38) | 0.56 |
| MOS HIV QOL (out of 100) | 44.60 (16.02) | 45.66 (14.78) | 43.69 (17.04) | 0.38 |
| Family Planning | ||||
| Percent ever used family planning | 93.00 (186) | 100.00 | 86.92 (93) | <0.0001a |
| Percent planning pregnancy in the next year | 5 (10) | 6.45 (6) | 3.74 (4) | 0.52a |
| Pregnancy History | ||||
| No. of pregnancies | 3.24 (1.75) | 3.17 (1.65) | 3.30 (1.84) | 0.72 |
| No. of children alive | 2.47 (1.57) | 2.30 (1.26) | 2.61 (1.79) | 0.42 |
| No. of miscarriages/abortions | 0.36 (0.63) | 0.43 (0.73) | 0.29 (0.52) | 0.32 |
| Sexual History | ||||
| Age at sexual initiation | 19.19 (2.95) | 19.24 (3.10) | 19.14 (2.82) | 0.82 |
| No. of sexual partners in last year | 0.60 (0.66) | 0.84 (0.45) | 0.39 (0.74) | <0.0001 |
| No. of lifetime sexual partners | 3.36 (9.67) | 2.62 (4.79) | 4.00 (12.44) | 0.91 |
| Percent ever treated for STI | 64.50 (129) | 66.67 (62) | 62.62 (67) | 0.56 a |
a
P-values calculated with Fisher’s Exact test, two-sided; all others tested with Student t-test, two sided.