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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2016 Apr;20(4):710–716. doi: 10.1007/s10461-015-1125-8

Table II.

HIV risk behaviors by ART status stratified by sex among South Africans living with HIV, 2012

Males Females

Not on ART (N= 509) On ART (N=156) Chi-squared statistic (df) {p-value} Not on ART (N=1061) On ART (N=511) Chi-squared statistic (df) {p-value}
N % N % N % N %
Sex in past 12 months 417 88.4 115 77.7 10.5 (1){0.001} 813 80.3 351 72.2 12.2(1) {<0.001}

Most recent sex partner typea 5.8 (2){0.054} 0.8 (2) {0.673}
Husband/Wife/Live-in Partner 169 41.3 61 53.0 306 38.1 141 40.2
Girlfriend/Boyfriend not live-in 233 57.0 51 44.4 479 59.6 200 57.0

Consistency of Condom Usea 31.7 (3) {0.001} 51.5 (3) {<0.001}
Every time 143 34.9 66 57.4 271 33.5 188 53.7
Almost every time 22 5.4 12 10.4 41 5.1 18 5.1
Sometimes 59 14.4 16 13.9 162 20.0 67 19.1
Never 186 45.4 21 18.3 336 41.5 77 22.0

Condom at last sexa 182 45.3 82 73.2 27.4 (1) {<0.001} 359 44.5 224 65.5 42.2 (1) {<0.001}

Multiple Partnersa 87 20.9 17 14.9 2.04 (1) {0.153} 62 7.7 18 5.1 2.5 (1) {0.114}

Binge Drinking 7.6 (2) {0.023} 14.3 (2) {0.001}
No drinking in past 12 months 233 46.7 90 58.8 834 79.4 435 87.0
Drinking with no binge drinking 96 19.2 19 12.4 100 9.5 25 5.0
Binge drinking 170 34.1 44 28.8 117 11.1 40 8.0

Disclosed Status to all current partners 39.1 (2) {<0.001} 44.9 (2) {<0.001}
No 221 44.8 28 18.2 301 29.1 71 14.3
Yes 228 46.3 96 62.3 557 53.9 299 60.3
No partner 44 8.9 30 19.5 175 16.9 126 25.4

Received HIV test and results in past year 197 39.6 N/A N/A N/A 539 52.1 N/A N/A N/A

Exposure to Healthcare services in past 6 months 206 41.0 110 71.0 42.8 (1) {<0.001} 526 50.2 358 71.5 62.6 (1) {<0.001}
a

Denominator represents only individuals who report being sexually active in the past 12 months