Table 1. HIV status at screening by selected demographic and sexual behavioural characteristics.
| Mozambique cohort | p-value | Mavalane—Urban | Manhiça—Rural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | HIV- | HIV + | HIV - | HIV + | HIV - | HIV + | ||
| N screened, n (%) | 793 (100) | 661 (83) | 132 (17) | 332 (90) | 37 (10) | 329 (78) | 95 (22) | |
| Clinic | ||||||||
| •Mavalane | 369 (47) | 332 (50) | 37 (28) | <0.001 | ||||
| •Manhiça | 424 (53) | 329 (50) | 95 (72) | |||||
| Age | ||||||||
| •18–241 | 358 (46) | 311 (47) | 47 (36) | 0.010 | 224 (68) | 20 (56) | 87 (27) | 27 (29) |
| •25–34 | 220 (28) | 168 (26) | 52 (40) | 56 (17) | 11 (31) | 112 (35) | 41 (44) | |
| •35–44 | 124 (16) | 106 (16) | 18 (14) | 26 (8) | 2 (6) | 80 (25) | 16 (17) | |
| •45+ | 83 (10) | 70 (11) | 13 (10) | 25 (8) | 3 (8) | 45 (14) | 10 (11) | |
| Missing | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| Mean age (SD) ttest | 29.0 (10.1) | 29.0 (10.3) | 29.4 (9.0) | 0.657 | 25.4 (8.9) | 27.0 (8.6) | 32.6 (10.4) | 30.3 (9.0) |
| Education | ||||||||
| •Did not complete primary | 329 (42) | 254 (38) | 75 (57) | <0.001 | 68 (20) | 18 (49) | 186 (57) | 57 (60) |
| •Completed primary or further | 462 (58) | 406 (62) | 56 (43) | 264 (80) | 19 (51) | 142 (43) | 37 (40) | |
| Missing | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Employment status | ||||||||
| •Employed (full or part time) | 162 (20) | 141 (21) | 21 (16) | 0.167 | 52 (16) | 7 (19) | 89 (27) | 14 (15) |
| •Unemployed | 629 (80) | 519 (79) | 110 (84) | 280 (84) | 30 (81) | 239 (73) | 80 (85) | |
| Missing | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Religion | ||||||||
| •Christian | 636 (80) | 540 (82) | 96 (73) | <0.001 | 284 (86) | 29 (79) | 256 (79) | 67 (71) |
| •Zionist | 101 (13) | 71 (11) | 30 (23) | 23 (7) | 6 (16) | 48 (15) | 24 (26) | |
| •Other | 51 (7) | 46 (7) | 5 (4) | 25 (8) | 2 (5) | 21 (6) | 3 (3) | |
| Missing | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Reliable contraceptive | ||||||||
| •Any2 | 181 (23) | 162 (25) | 19 (14) | 0.011 | 89 (27) | 9 (24) | 73 (22) | 10 (11) |
| •None | 612 (77) | 499 (75) | 113 (86) | 243 (73) | 28 (76) | 256 (78) | 85 (89) | |
| Condom use at last sex act | ||||||||
| •No | 530 (67) | 428 (65) | 102 (77) | 0.005 | 180 (54) | 29 (78) | 248 (75) | 73 (77) |
| •Yes | 263 (33) | 233 (35) | 30 (23) | 152 (46) | 8 (22) | 81 (25) | 22 (23) | |
1 Age was calculated from the screening visit at which point one woman was 17 years of age, but was enrolled one day after her 18th birthday.
2 Of 181 women, 117 reported oral hormonal contraceptive, 54 reported DMPA, 10 reported other reliable methods which were tubal ligation and the intrauterine contraceptive device.