TABLE 1.
Participant Characteristics at Enrollment
| Characteristic | Arm Type | Total | ||||
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| n = 93 | %* | n = 96 | (%)* | n = 189 | (%)* | |
| Arm | ||||||
| Diaphragm plus AcidformTM | 45 | (48) | — | — | 45 | (24) |
| Diaphragm plus HEC | 48 | (52) | — | — | 48 | (25) |
| Acidform alone | — | — | 48 | (50) | 48 | (25) |
| HEC alone | — | — | 48 | (50) | 48 | (25) |
| Site | ||||||
| Mahajanga | 23 | (25) | 24 | (25) | 47 | (25) |
| Tamatave | 24 | (26) | 24 | (25) | 48 | (25) |
| Toamasina | 22 | (24) | 24 | (25) | 46 | (24) |
| Antananarivo | 24 | (26) | 24 | (25) | 48 | (25) |
| Have a husband or boyfriend | ||||||
| Yes | 36 | (39) | 43 | (45) | 79 | (42) |
| No | 57 | (61) | 53 | (55) | 110 | (58) |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Never married | 42 | (45) | 43 | (45) | 85 | (45) |
| Cohabitation/married | 11 | (12) | 11 | (12) | 22 | (12) |
| Divorced/separated/widowed | 40 | (43) | 42 | (44) | 82 | (43) |
| Share bedroom with ≥2 people | ||||||
| Yes | 40 | (43) | 34 | (35) | 74 | (39) |
| No | 53 | (57) | 62 | (65) | 115 | (61) |
| Frequency of internal vaginal cleaning | ||||||
| More than once a day | 82 | (88) | 83 | (87) | 165 | (87) |
| About once a day | 7 | (8) | 11 | (12) | 18 | (10) |
| Less than once day | 4 | (4) | 2 | (2) | 6 | (3) |
| Ever used any birth control method | ||||||
| Yes | 86 | (92) | 87 | (91) | 173 | (92) |
| No | 7 | (8) | 9 | (9) | 16 | (8) |
| Ever unwanted pregnancy | ||||||
| Yes | 41 | (44) | 56 | (58) | 97 | (51) |
| No | 52 | (56) | 40 | (42) | 92 | (49) |
| Ever used female condoms for HIV prevention | ||||||
| Yes | 16 | (17) | 15 | (16) | 31 | (16) |
| No | 77 | (83) | 81 | (84) | 158 | (84) |
| Typical condom use with husband/boyfriend | ||||||
| Never/rarely | 21 | (23) | 23 | (24) | 44 | (23) |
| Sometimes | 11 | (12) | 13 | (14) | 24 | (13) |
| Always/almost always | 3 | (3) | 6 | (6) | 9 | (5) |
| No husband/boyfriend | 57 | (62) | 53 | (55) | 110 | (58) |
| Typical condom use with casual partners | ||||||
| Never/rarely | 12 | (13) | 4 | (4) | 16 | (8) |
| Sometimes | 42 | (45) | 41 | (43) | 83 | (44) |
| Always/almost always | 39 | (42) | 51 | (53) | 90 | (48) |
| Ever refused sex if causal partner refused to use condom | ||||||
| No | 23 | (25) | 15 | (16) | 38 | (20) |
| Yes | 69 | (74) | 80 | (83) | 149 | (79) |
| Any casual partner ever violent because asked to use condom | ||||||
| No | 79 | (85) | 70 | (73) | 149 | (79) |
| Yes | 14 | (15) | 26 | (27) | 40 | (21) |
| Participated in previous trial of STI or pregnancy prevention product | ||||||
| No | 66 | (71) | 65 | (68) | 131 | (69) |
| Yes | 26 | (28) | 31 | (32) | 57 | (30) |
| Median | Range | Median | Range | Median | Range | |
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| Age, (yrs) | 28 | 17–54 | 30 | 16–51 | 29 | 16–54 |
| Age at coital debut, yrs | 17 | 12–28 | 17 | 13–20 | 17 | 12–28 |
| Education, yrs | 6 | 0–13 | 5.5 | 0–12 | 6 | 0–13 |
| No. sex partners in typical week | 8 | 3–60 | 6 | 2–40 | 7 | 2–60 |
| No. sex acts in typical week | 10 | 3–60 | 9 | 2–45 | 10 | 2–60 |
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Because of rounding and missing data, not all categories sum to 100%.