Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of 15 women starting DMPA.

Characteristic	Median (IQR) or N(%)
Age at pre-DMPA visit	33 (25, 38)
Years of education at enrollment	12 (6, 12)
Ever married at enrollment	7 (47)
Workplace at enrollment: bar/restaurant/guesthouse	9 (60)
Workplace at enrollment: nightclub	3 (20)
Workplace at enrollment: home-based*	1 (7)
Number sex partners in last week at pre-DMPA visit	2 (1, 3)
Number of new sex partners in last week at pre-DMPA visit	0 (0, 4)
Number of sex acts without condom in last week at pre-DMPA visit	0 (0, 2)
Weeks since last menstrual period at last pre-DMPA visit¥	4.4 (1.7, 6.4)
Ever pregnant at enrollment	14 (93)
Number of pregnancies among those ever pregnant at enrollment	2.5 (1,3)
Reported any vaginal washing activity in past week at last pre-DMPA visit	9 (60)
Any antibiotics prescribed at or before last pre-DMPA visit€	2 (13)
Self-reported abnormal discharge at any pre-DMPA visit£	4 (27)
Clinician reported abnormal discharge at last pre-DMPA visit	6 (40)
Contraceptive method: condoms only at last pre-DMPA visit	15 (100)
Any BV (Nugent score ≥ 7) in last 70 days at last pre-DMPA visit	7 (47)
BV (Nugent score ≥ 7) at last pre-DMPA visit	5 (33)
Vaginal pH at last pre-DMPA visit	4.7 (4.4, 5.3)

IQR= interquartile range, N=number of respondents, DMPA=depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate, BV=bacterial vaginosis

^*The remaining two women responded “Other” when asked about workplace.

^¥Missing for one woman.

^€Missing for four women.

^£Zero women reported abnormal discharge at the last pre-DMPA visit.