Table 2.
HIV status, knowledge, sexual behaviour and intimate partner violence
| Men (N = 239) N (%) |
Women (N = 239) N (%) |
Total (N = 478) |
t Test/ χ2 |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-reported HIV status | |||||
| HIV positive | 19 (10.6) | 58 (24.3) | 77 (18.4) | 12.89 | 0.002 |
| HIV negative | 156 (86.7) | 175 (73.2) | 331 (79.0) | ||
| Did not wish to respond | 5 (2.8) | 6 (2.5) | 11 (2.6) | ||
| Did not test | 59 | 59 | |||
| HIV status from medical file | |||||
| HIV positive | 38 (20.9) | 76 (31.8) | 105 (25.7) | 6.24 | 0.012 |
| HIV negative | 144 (79.1) | 163 (68.2) | 303 (74.3) | ||
| Did not test/could not be traced | 57 | 57 | |||
| Knows partner’s HIV status | |||||
| HIV positive | 40 (16.8) | 15 (6.3) | 55 (11.5) | ||
| HIV negative | 165 (69.3) | 112 (46.9) | 277 (57.9) | ||
| Do not know | 34 (14.2) | 112 (46.9) | 146 (30.5) | ||
| HIV concordance | |||||
| HIV negative concordant | 234 (49.0) | ||||
| HIV positive concordant | 76 (15.9) | ||||
| HIV disconcordant | 54 (11.3) | ||||
| Status not known of male partner | 104 (23.8) | ||||
| HIV knowledge | |||||
| Low (4–8) | 65 (27.2) | 53 (22.2) | 118 (24.7) | 1.77 | 0.413 |
| Medium (9–10) | 98 (41.0) | 101 (42.3) | 199 (41.6) | ||
| High (11–12) | 76 (31.8) | 85 (35.6) | 161 (33.7) | ||
| Sexual activity | |||||
| Number of sexual acts in past 7 days | 2.9 (2.9) | 2.6 (3.0) | 2.8 (3.0) | 0.99 | 0.322 |
| Unprotected sexual intercourse occasions in the past 7 days | 1.1 (1.3) | 1.0 (1.4) | 1.0 (1.4) | 0.37 | 0.715 |
| Unprotected sexual intercourse in the past 7 days | 124 (51.9) | 114 (47.7) | 238 (49.8) | 0.84 | 0.360 |
| Had sex with someone else in the past month | 42 (17.6) | 24 (10.0) | |||
| Inconsistent (<9 out of 10 times) male condom use with additional partner(s) in the past month | 18 (43.9) | 5 (20.8) | |||
| Substance use in the context of sex | |||||
| Had alcohol before sex in the past month | 66 (27.7) | 40 (16.7) | 108 (22.8) | ||
| Had drugs before sex in the past month | 26 (10.9) | 22 (9.2) | 48 (10.0) | ||
| Intimates partner violence | |||||
| History of forced sex | 12 (5.0) | 34 (13.2) | 46 (9.6) | 11.64 | 0.001 |
| Reasoning (past month) | 1.44 (1.0) | 1.48 (1.0) | 1.46 (0.96) | −0.52 | 0.602 |
| Verbal aggression (past month) | 1.82 (2.0) | 2.05 (2.1) | 1.93 (2.02) | −1.22 | 0.223 |
| Minor violence (past month) | 0.50 (0.9) | 0.55 (1.0) | 0.53 (0.96) | −0.52 | 0.601 |
| Severe violence (past month) | 0.55 (1.3) | 0.50 (1.2) | 0.53 (1.25) | 0.44 | 0.662 |