Table 1.

Sociodemographic factors of participating community women.

	Mean	Range
Age	28.36	18-50
Children per woman	3.5	0-5
		Percentage
Relationship/marital status
Single		77%
Married		18%
Widowed or separated		5%
Race/ethnicity
Black		93%
Coloured		4%
Indian		3%
Highest level of education completed
Less than high school diploma		26%
High school graduates		43%
College graduates		25%
Post-graduate education		3%
Unemployed		70%
Uses public clinic/hospital		76.1%
Sexual Activity
Sexually Active		85%
Intercourse before the age of 18		30%
Has had more than one sexual partner		75%
Uses condoms		10%
Currently on birth control/contraception		37%
Previously treated for an STD		28%
Tested for HIV		90%
HIV positive		22%