Table 1.
Weighted demographics of the tested women
| Characteristic** | Overall | HSV-2 positive | HSV-2 negative | P-values | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| na | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | ||
| Mean age | 925 | 26.5 (26.0–27.1) | 340 | 27.3 (26.3–28.3) | 585 | 26.2 (25.5–26.8) | 0.036* |
| Age category | 0.031* | ||||||
| 14–19 | 135 | 15.2 (12.7–18.0) | 36 | 10.9 (8.1–14.5) | 99 | 17.1 (13.7–21.2) | |
| 20–24 | 245 | 26.6 (23.2–30.4) | 88 | 26.8 (19.0–36.4) | 157 | 26.6 (24.0–29.2) | |
| 25–29 | 256 | 27.7 (22.9–33.0) | 92 | 26.3 (19.0–35.3) | 164 | 28.3 (23.0–34.3) | |
| 30–34 | 173 | 18.4 (16.1–20.9) | 74 | 22.3 (17.5–27.9) | 99 | 16.6 (14.2–19.4) | |
| 35+ | 116 | 12.1 (9.7–15.1) | 50 | 13.7 (10.3–18.0) | 66 | 11.4 (9.1–14.2) | |
| Residence | 0.068 | ||||||
| Urban | 508 | 54.4 (33.6–73.9) | 195 | 57.6 (35.6–77.0) | 313 | 53.0 (32.4–72.6) | |
| Rural | 417 | 45.6 (26.1–66.4) | 147 | 42.4 (23.0–64.4) | 270 | 47.0 (27.4–67.6) | |
| Marital status | 0.484 | ||||||
| Married or widowed | 246 | 26.0 (21.5–31.1) | 88 | 25.2 (18.3–33.7) | 158 | 26.4 (22.5–30.7) | |
| Living with partner | 487 | 53.3 (49.0–57.4) | 173 | 51.0 (44.1–57.8) | 314 | 54.3 (49.6–58.9) | |
| Engaged | 177 | 18.9 (14.4–24.4) | 73 | 21.7 (16.6–27.8) | 104 | 17.7 (12.8–23.8) | |
| Single | 18 | 1.8 (0.9–3.5) | 8 | 2.1 (0.6–7.8) | 10 | 1.7 (0.8–3.3) | |
| Education level | 0.794 | ||||||
| Primary or none | 417 | 44.7 (35.9–53.9) | 157 | 45.3 (33.6–57.6) | 260 | 44.5 (36.4–52.9) | |
| Secondary or higher | 511 | 55.3 (46.1–64.1) | 185 | 54.7 (42.4–66.4) | 326 | 55.5 (47.1–63.6) | |
| HIV status | <0.001* | ||||||
| HIV-Positive | 144 | 2.1 (1.6–2.8) | 103 | 4.8 (3.9–6.0) | 41 | 0.9 (0.6–1.3) | |
| HIV-Negative | 784 | 97.9 (97.2–98.4) | 239 | 95.2 (94.0–96.1) | 545 | 99.2 (98.7–99.4) | |
aThese prevalences exclude 3 observations where age was missing and 3 observations where residence was missing
*Significance at alpha=0.05
**This table only presents information on HSV-2 tested women, but those not tested for HSV-2 were not significantly different than those tested in terms of mean age, age group, residence, marital status, education level or HIV status