Table 1. General characteristics of the study populations among young people in northern Tanzania.
| Secondary school students | College and university students | Employed in local industries | Casual labourers | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Responses | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male |
| N (%) 1 , 2 | N (%) 1 , 2 | N (%) 1 , 2 | N (%) 1 , 2 | N (%) 1 , 3 | N (%) 1 , 3 | N (%) 1 , 3 | N (%) 1 , 3 | ||
| Total sample | N | 261 | 256 | 263 | 262 | 123 | 300 | 43 | 446 |
| Location | Rural | 130(78.9) | 132(82.1) | 130(31.7) | 132(37.0) | 77(62.6) | 134(44.7) | 37(86.1) | 195(43.7) |
| Urban | 131(21.1) | 124(17.9) | 133(68.3) | 130(63.0) | 46(37.4) | 166(55.3) | 6(14.0) | 251(56.3) | |
| Region | Mwanza | 128(49.4) | 128(42.7) | 131(69.2) | 130(60.7) | 46(37.4) | 159(53.0) | 7(16.3) | 231(51.8) |
| Kilimanjaro | 133(50.6) | 128(57.3) | 132(30.8) | 132(39.3) | 77(62.6) | 141(47.0) | 36(83.7) | 215(48.2) | |
| Age (years) | 15–17 | 185(81.2) | 155(74.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1(0.8) | 6(2.0) | 8(18.6) | 68(15.3) |
| 18–20 | 72(17.5) | 79(21.7) | 30(4.8) | 19(2.5) | 38(30.9) | 68(22.7) | 16(37.2) | 169(37.9) | |
| 21–24 | 4(1.4) | 22(3.9) | 233(95.2) | 243(97.5) | 84(68.3) | 226(75.3) | 19(44.2) | 209(46.9) | |
| Religion | Muslim | 52(12.2) | 42(9.3) | 33(10.2) | 30(17.2) | 23(18.7) | 61(20.6) | 5(11.6) | 117(26.2) |
| Catholic | 94(39.7) | 95(45.1) | 102(42.4) | 115(44.4) | 64(52.0) | 132(44.6) | 26(60.5) | 207(46.4) | |
| Protestant | 115(48.1) | 119(45.6) | 128(47.3) | 117(38.4) | 36(29.3) | 103(34.8) | 12(27.9) | 118(26.5) | |
| Other | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 4(1.3) | 0(0.0) | 4(0.9) | |
| Education | Primary | 196(88.0) | 190(89.9) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 61(49.6) | 152(50.7) | 31(72.1) | 338(75.8) |
| Secondary and above | 65(12.1) | 66(10.1) | 263(100.0) | 262(100.0) | 62(50.4) | 148(49.3) | 12(27.9) | 108(24.2) | |
| Marital status | Single | 215(84.5) | 217(85.7) | 69(32.4) | 141(57.0) | 35(28.5) | 148(49.3) | 21(48.8) | 281(63.0) |
| In a relationship | 46(15.5) | 39(14.3) | 194(67.6) | 121(43.0) | 88(71.5) | 152(50.7) | 22(51.2) | 165(37.0) | |
| Disposable cash in a month | Median in USD and IQR | 6.25[3.13–18.75] | 9.38[3.13–15.63] | 125[62.5–125] | 125[59.38–156.25] | 53.13[46.88–62.5] | 56.25[43.75–75.00] | 25.00[12.5–37.5] | 37.5[18.75–62.50] |
| Ever had sex | Yes | 27(9.4) | 107(40.1) | 169(66.3) | 227(89.0) | 103(83.7) | 271(90.3) | 39(90.7) | 361(80.9) |
| Sexual intercourse last year | Yes | 20(6.2) | 61(20.0) | 154(59.3) | 195(79.3) | 98(79.7) | 230(76.7) | 36(83.7) | 297(66.6) |
| Number of life time sexual partners | 0–1 | 260(99.8) | 214(84.5) | 205(74.9) | 101(29.7) | 80(65.5) | 92(30.7) | 20(46.5) | 172(38.6) |
| 2 and more | 1(0.2) | 42(15.5) | 58(25.1) | 161(70.3) | 43(35.0) | 208(69.3) | 23(53.5) | 274(61.4) | |
| Sexual partners in the last year | 0–1 | 259(99.2) | 243(95.4) | 250(91.6) | 206(72.0) | 117(95.9) | 232(77.3) | 40(93.0) | 307(68.8) |
| 2 and more | 2(0.8) | 12(4.6) | 13(8.4) | 56(28.0) | 6(4.1) | 68(22.7) | 3(7.0) | 139(31.2) | |
| Casual sex encounter last month | None | 260(99.4) | 245(96.1) | 259(97.7) | 226(86.9) | 118(95.9) | 266(88.7) | 40(93.0) | 382(85.7) |
| one and more | 1(0.6) | 9(3.9) | 4(2.3) | 36(13.1) | 5(4.1) | 34(11.3) | 3(7.0) | 64(14.3) | |
| Condom use | Never | 9(4.2) | 46(19.5) | 22(8.1) | 18(4.5) | 33(26.8) | 48(16.0) | 10(23.3) | 91(20.4) |
| sometimes | 8(2.2) | 17(8.5) | 49(21.0) | 53(31.1) | 33(26.8) | 74(24.7) | 20(46.5) | 109(24.4) | |
| Most of the time | 10(3.0) | 44(12.1) | 98(37.2) | 156(53.4) | 37(30.1) | 149(49.7) | 9(20.9) | 161(36.1) | |
| Never had sex | 234(90.6) | 149(59.9) | 94(33.7) | 35(11.0) | 20(16.3) | 29(9.7) | 4(9.3) | 85(19.1) | |
1Actual number of respondents, without sampling weights applied.
2Proportions are weighted estimates.
3Proportions without sampling weights applied.