Table 4.
Descriptive Overview of Clusters of Experienced Sequences during the Prelude to Sex, Generated through Optimal Matching and Ward’s Clustering Algorithm
| Mean Number of events N (Respondents) |
Cluster A | Cluster B | Cluster C | Cluster D | Cluster E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| |||||
| 4 96 |
6 179 |
7 244 |
8 63 |
10 235 |
|
| Order of most frequently occurring events, up to mean | |||||
| 1 | Chat in private | P give R present | Decide to get married | Tell close friends | Decide to get married |
| 2 | Decide to get married | Tell close friends | P meet R’s parents | Go for HIV testing | Tell close friends |
| 3 | Tell close friends | Chat in private | R meet P’s parents | Decide to get married | Go out holding hands |
| 4 | Have sex | Decide to get married | Pay chief | Go out holding hands | P give R present |
| 5 | R give P present | Traditional wedding | P give R present | P meet R’s parents | |
| 6 | Have sex | Live together | Attend community event | R meet P’s parents | |
| 7 | Have sex | P meet R’s parents | Pay chief | ||
| 8 | Have sex | Traditional wedding | |||
| 9 | Live together | ||||
| 10 | Have sex | ||||