Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics by Intervention Group§
| Primary School | Secondary School | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention (n = 2491) n (%) |
Control (n = 2708) n (%) |
Overall (n = 5199) n (%) |
Intervention (n = 757) n (%) |
Control (n = 688) n (%) |
Overall (n = 1445) n (%) |
|
| District | ||||||
| Lilongwe | 702 (28.2) | 569 (21.0) | 1271 (24.5)* | 495 (65.4) | 497 (72.2) | 992 (68.7)* |
| Dedza | 484 (19.4) | 654 (24.2) | 1138 (21.9) | 50 (6.6) | 59 (8.6) | 109 (7.5) |
| Salima | 1305 (52.4) | 1485 (54.8) | 2790 (53.7) | 212 (28.0) | 132 (19.2) | 344 (23.8) |
| School Class | ||||||
| Class 5 | 929 (37.7) | 1123 (41.8) | 2052 (39.8)* | – | – | – |
| Class 6 | 819 (33.2) | 849 (31.6) | 1668 (32.4) | – | – | – |
| Class 7 | 718 (29.1) | 712 (26.5) | 1430 (27.8) | – | – | – |
| Form 1 | – | – | – | 286 (37.8) | 242 (35.5) | 528 (36.7) |
| Form 2 | – | – | – | 225 (29.7) | 204 (30.0) | 429 (29.9) |
| Form 3 | – | – | – | 245 (32.4) | 235 (34.5) | 480 (33.4) |
| Chinamwali | ||||||
| Underwent | 721 (29.3) | 1022 (38.0) | 1743 (33.8)* | 240 (32.5) | 219 (32.1) | 459 (32.3) |
| Did not undergo | 1742 (70.7) | 1667 (62.0) | 3409 (66.2) | 499 (67.5) | 464 (67.9) | 963 (67.7) |
| Ever forced to have sex | ||||||
| Yes | 407 (16.4) | 403 (14.9) | 810 (15.6) | 220 (29.3) | 154 (22.4) | 374 (26.0)* |
| No | 2082 (83.7) | 2304 (85.1) | 4386 (84.4) | 531 (70.7) | 534 (77.6) | 1065 (74.0) |
| Past year forced sex | ||||||
| None | 2164 (90.3) | 2375 (90.6) | 4539 (90.4) | 584 (80.9) | 550 (82.8) | 1134 (81.8) |
| 1 time | 120 (5.0) | 112 (4.3) | 232 (4.6) | 53 (7.3) | 41 (6.2) | 94 (6.8) |
| 2 times | 47 (2.0) | 56 (2.1) | 103 (2.1) | 35 (4.9) | 43 (6.5) | 78 (5.6) |
| 3 times | ** | ** | ** | 23 (3.2) | 15 (2.3) | 38 (2.7) |
| 4+ times | ** | 52 (2.0) | ** | 27 (3.7) | 15 (2.3) | 42 (3.0) |
§ Sample size fluctuates slightly to accommodate small amounts of missing data, *χ2 test significant at the 0.05 level, **cell with < 2% suppressed