Table 1.
Sociodemographic and sexual behavioural characteristics of study participants by sex
| Total | Male | Female | ||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Total | 412 | 100.0 | 176 | 100.0 | 236 | 100.0 |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| Mean (SD) | 21.1 (1.71) | 21.5 (1.67) | 20.8 (1.68) | |||
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single | 407 | 98.8 | 175 | 99.4 | 232 | 98.3 |
| Married/cohabitating | 5 | 1.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 4 | 1.7 |
| Education | ||||||
| Secondary or less | 213 | 51.7 | 76 | 43.2 | 137 | 58.1 |
| Technical training | 109 | 26.5 | 50 | 28.4 | 59 | 25.0 |
| University grade | 90 | 21.8 | 50 | 28.4 | 40 | 16.9 |
| Occupation | ||||||
| Student | 388 | 94.2 | 163 | 92.6 | 225 | 95.3 |
| Employed | 23 | 5.6 | 12 | 6.8 | 11 | 4.7 |
| Missing | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Religion | ||||||
| Christian | 375 | 91.0 | 162 | 92.0 | 213 | 90.3 |
| Other | 37 | 9.0 | 14 | 8.0 | 23 | 9.7 |
| Age at sexual debut | ||||||
| Less than 18 | 285 | 69.2 | 115 | 65.3 | 170 | 72.0 |
| 18 or more | 122 | 29.6 | 58 | 33.0 | 64 | 27.1 |
| Missing | 5 | 1.2 | 3 | 1.7 | 2 | 0.8 |
| Number of sex partners in life | ||||||
| 0–1 | 44 | 10.7 | 5 | 2.8 | 39 | 16.5 |
| >1 | 368 | 89.3 | 171 | 97.2 | 197 | 83.5 |
| Number of sex partners in the last 6 months | ||||||
| 0–1 | 313 | 76.0 | 110 | 62.5 | 203 | 86.0 |
| >1 | 99 | 24.0 | 66 | 37.5 | 33 | 14.0 |
| Condom use in the last sexual intercourse | ||||||
| No | 139 | 33.7 | 45 | 25.6 | 94 | 39.8 |
| Yes | 272 | 66.0 | 131 | 74.4 | 141 | 59.7 |
| Missing | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Had a STI in life | ||||||
| No | 305 | 74.0 | 150 | 85.2 | 155 | 65.7 |
| Yes | 105 | 25.5 | 24 | 13.6 | 81 | 34.3 |
| Missing | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HIV infection | ||||||
| Positive | 21 | 5.1 | 4 | 2.3 | 17 | 7.2 |
| Negative | 391 | 94.9 | 172 | 97.7 | 219 | 92.8 |
STI, sexually transmitted infection.