Table 3.
Behaviour-related characteristics of the study population
| Group 1 (n = 131) | Group 2 (n = 128) | Group 3 (n = 539) | Group 4 (n = 220) | Total (n = 1018) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIV screening centres | HIV screening centres | Hospitals | Health centres | |||||||
| HIV-positive women | HIV-negative women | HIV status unknown | HIV status unknown | |||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Number of sexual partners | 129 | 127 | 529 | 190 | 975 | |||||
| Zero to two | 50 | (38.8) | 44 | (34.7) | 304 | (57.5) | 132 | (69.5) | 530 | (54.4) |
| Three or more | 79 | (61.2) | 83 | (65.4) | 225 | (42.5) | 58 | (30.5) | 445 | (45.6) |
| Use of hormonal contraception | 131 | 131 | 128 | 539 | 171 | 969 | 969 | |||
| No | 105 | (80.2) | 118 | (92.2) | 421 | (78.1) | 139 | (81.3) | 783 | (80.8) |
| Yes | 26 | (19.8) | 10 | (7.8) | 118 | (21.9) | 32 | (18.7) | 186 | (19.2) |
| Alcohol consumption | 131 | 127 | 529 | 138 | 925 | 925 | ||||
| No | 123 | (93.9) | 99 | (78.0) | 378 | (71.5) | 87 | (63.0) | 687 | (74.3) |
| Yes | 8 | (6.1) | 28 | (22.1) | 151 | (28.5) | 51 | (37.0) | 238 | (25.7) |
| Use of plants for vaginal care | 539 | 212 | 751 | 751 | ||||||
| No | 513 | (95.2) | 153 | (72.2) | 666 | (88.6) | ||||
| Yes | 26 | (4.8) | 59 | (27.8) | 85 | (11.4) | ||||
| Use of chemical products for vaginal care | 131 | 128 | 539 | 151 | 949 | |||||
| No | 98 | (74.8) | 92 | (71.9) | 445 | (82.6) | 67 | (44.4) | 702 | (74.0) |
| Yes | 33 | (25.2) | 36 | (28.1) | 94 | (17.4) | 84 | (55.6) | 247 | (26.0) |
n: absolute number; %: percentage of participants in each study group and each category