Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population stratified by gender

	Men n = 5124 (38.7%)	Women n = 8128 (61.3%)
Mean age	28.9	31.7
Age group
15–24	2159 (42.1%)	2622 (32.3%)
25–34	1412 (27.6%)	2359 (29.0%)
35–44	989 (19.3%)	1657 (20.4%)
45–54	564 (11.0%)	1490 (18.3%)
Site type
Estates	1477 (28.8%)	1995 (24.5%)
Small towns	933 (18.2%)	1399 (17.2%)
Roadside trading center	1009 (19.7%)	1673 (20.6%)
Subsistence farming areas	1705 (33.3%)	3061 (37.7%)
Employed	3257 (63.6%)	2429 (29.9%)
Highest level of education
None or primary	965 (18.8%)	2822 (34.7%)
Secondary	3991 (77.9%)	5201 (64.0%)
Higher	167 (3.3%)	105 (1.3%)
Relationship status
Never been in long term relationship	2190 (42.8%)	1378 (17.0%)
Separated or divorced	148 (2.9%)	647 (8.0%)
Widowed	83 (1.6%)	946 (11.7%)
Still in union	2696 (52.7%)	5152 (63.4%)
HIV positive	648 (12.7%)	1484 (18.3%)
STI symptoms	298 (5.8%)	677 (8.3%)