Table 1.

Sociodemographic and behavioural characteristics of study participants

Characteristic	Categories	Frequency (n = 343)	Percentage (%)
Age	< 25	90	26.2
	25–29	111	32.4
	30–34	71	20.7
	≥ 35	71	20.7
Education level	No education	31	9.0
	Attended primary	207	60.4
	Attended Secondary or higher	105	30.6
Current marital status	Never married	67	19.5
	Married	24	7.0
	Widowed/Separated	252	73.5
Religion	Christian	225	65.6
	Muslim and other	118	34.4
Main job	Sex work	224	65.3
	Entertainment	69	20.1
	No job/other job	50	14.6
Paid sex in past 3 months	Yes	324	94.5
	No	19	5.5
Drinking pattern (AUDIT score)	Low risk drinkers	132	38.5
	High risk drinkers	211	61.5
Sexual partner violence in past 3 months	Yes	167	48.7
	No	176	51.3
HIV sero-conversion	Yes	31	9.0
	No	312	91.0
Ever tested for HIV	Yes	298	86.9
	No	45	13.1
Drug use in past 3 months	Yes	120	35.0
	No	223	65.0
Time since T&T implementation	12 months	112	32.7
	> 12 months	231	67.3