Table 1. Selected characteristics of female respondents aged 13–14 or 18–19 living in two towns in southeastern Ghana, 2010.

Characteristic	% or mean (N=700)
Town HIV prevalence
Low (Juapong)	49.1
High (Agormanya)	50.9
Age at Wave 1	15.78 (2.43)
Household composition
Lives with both biological parents	25.3
Lives with one biological parent	29.9
Lives with extended family adults only	28.9
Lives with no family adult	15.0
Other	1.0
Household wealth (range, 0–1)	0.46 (0.21)
Behavioral control (range, 1–3)	2.64 (0.44)
Relationship quality (range, 1–3)	2.83 (0.29)
Financial support (range, 1–3)	2.84 (0.40)
Conflict (range, 1–3)	1.41 (0.50)
School enrollment
No	23.3
Yes	76.7
Ever had boyfriend
No	72.1
Yes	27.9
Had coerced sex before Wave 1
No	82.1
Yes	17.9
Had coerced sex between Waves 1 and 2
No	87.4
Yes	12.6

Notes: Percentages may not total 100.0 because of rounding. Figures in parentheses are standard deviations.