Table 1.

Women in the longitudinal cohort: demographics and sexual risk at baseline overall and by venue race

	Total Sample (n=554)		Coloured Venues (n = 294)		Black Venues (n = 260)
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	t
Sociodemographics
Age	33.92	11.63	35.48	12.00	32.15	10.96	3.41***
Education	5.34	2.18	4.82	2.10	5.92	2.13	−6.15***
	N	%	N	%	N	%	χ2
Race							263.49***
Coloured	340	61.4	272	92.5%	68	26.2%
Black	201	36.3	16	5.4%	185	71.2%
White	11	2.0	5	1.7%	6	2.3%
Indian	2	0.4	1	0.3%	1	0.4%
Employed	143	25.8	78	26.5%	64	24.6%	0.24
Married	150	27.1	102	34.7%	48	18.5%	18.41***
Electricity	536	96.8	287	97.6%	249	95.8%	1.50
Tap Water	496	89.5	260	88.4%	236	90.8%	0.80
Refrigerator	446	80.5	243	82.7%	203	78.1%	1.84
HIV Risk
Total number of sex partners in past 4 mo.	M= 1.41	SD= 2.15	M= 1.24	SD= 1.95	M= 1.60	SD= 2.34	t= −1.94†
Ever HIV tested	453	81.8	229	78.9	224	86.2	6.32*
HIV positivea	58	10.5	20	6.8	38	14.6	6.87**

Notes:

^***t = t-test statistic;

p<.001, M = Mean, SD = Standard Deviation, N=cell size;

^aamong those ever HIV tested;

Educated coded as 0 = no schooling, 1 = up to standard 1 or grade 3, 2 = standard 2–4 or grade 4–6, 3 = standard 5 or grade 7, 4 = standard 6 or grade 8, 5 = standard 7 or grade 9, 6 = standard 8 or grade 10, 7 = standard 9 or grade 11, 8 = standard 10 or grade 12, 9 = certificate or diploma with grade 12, 10 = Bachelor’s degree, and 11 = post graduate degree