Table 1. Baseline socio-demographic and behavioural characteristics of adult HIV negative men enrolled in a longitudinal cohort study between 2012–2015, Rustenburg, South Africa.
| Total (N = 366) |
Heterosexual (N = 339) |
MSM (N = 27) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
| Age, yrs. | ||||||||
| Mean (SD) | 26.2±5.5 | 26.5±5.5 | 21.8±2.5 | |||||
| Education | ||||||||
| Primary school | 4 | 1.1 | 4 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Some Secondary school | 165 | 45.1 | 149 | 44.2 | 16 | 59.3 | ||
| Some-Post Secondary school | 197 | 53.8 | 186 | 55.2 | 11 | 40.7 | ||
| Employment | ||||||||
| Unemployed | 179 | 48.9 | 167 | 49.2 | 12 | 44.4 | ||
| Student | 34 | 9.3 | 26 | 7.7 | 8 | 29.6 | ||
| Employed <40 hrs./wk. | 40 | 10.9 | 37 | 10.9 | 3 | 11.1 | ||
| Employed ≥40 hrs./wk. | 113 | 30.9 | 109 | 32.2 | 4 | 14.8 | ||
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Single | 347 | 94.8 | 321 | 94.7 | 26 | 96.3 | ||
| Married | 16 | 4.4 | 16 | 4.7 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Divorced/Separated | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Age at sexual debut, yrs. | ||||||||
| <15 | 58 | 15.8 | 51 | 15.1 | 7 | 25.9 | ||
| 15–18 | 240 | 65.6 | 224 | 66.1 | 16 | 59.2 | ||
| ≥19 | 68 | 18.5 | 64 | 18.8 | 4 | 14.8 | ||
| Circumcision | ||||||||
| Uncircumcised | 240 | 65.5 | 223 | 65.7 | 17 | 62.9 | ||
| Medical circumcision | 86 | 23.5 | 79 | 23.3 | 7 | 25.9 | ||
| Cultural circumcision | 40 | 10.9 | 37 | 10.9 | 3 | 11.1 | ||
| Self-report of any STI symptoms, last 3 mo. | 92 | 25.1 | 89 | 25.3 | 3 | 11.1 | ||
| STI by syndromic diagnosis | 22 | 6.1 | 22 | 6.5 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| No. female sex partners, last 3 mo. | ||||||||
| 0 | 24 | 6.6 | 3 | 0.9 | 21 | 77.8 | ||
| 1 | 65 | 17.8 | 62 | 18.3 | 3 | 11.1 | ||
| 2 | 153 | 41.8 | 153 | 45.1 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| ≥3 | 124 | 33.9 | 121 | 35.7 | 3 | 11.1 | ||
| Condom use with female sex partners, last 3 mo. (n = 342) | ||||||||
| n = 336 | n = 5 | |||||||
| Inconsistent | 256 | 74.8 | 251 | 74.7 | 5 | 83.3 | ||
| Consistent | 86 | 25.1 | 85 | 25.3 | 1 | 16.7 | ||
| No. new female sex partners, last 3 mo.a (n = 352) | ||||||||
| n = 339 | n = 13 | |||||||
| 0 | 118 | 33.5 | 108 | 31.9 | 10 | 76.9 | ||
| 1 | 151 | 42.9 | 150 | 44.2 | 1 | 7.6 | ||
| 2 | 46 | 13.1 | 46 | 13.6 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| ≥3 | 37 | 10.5 | 35 | 10.3 | 2 | 15.4 | ||
| Condom use with new female sex partners, last 3 mo.a (n = 232) | ||||||||
| n = 229 | n = 3 | |||||||
| Inconsistent | 95 | 40.9 | 93 | 40.6 | 2 | 66.7 | ||
| Consistent | 137 | 59.1 | 136 | 59.4 | 1 | 33.3 | ||
| No. male sex partners, last 3 mo. | ||||||||
| 0 | 344 | 18.5 | 339 | 100.0 | 5 | 18.5 | ||
| 1 | 7 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 25.9 | ||
| 2 | 7 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 25.9 | ||
| ≥3 | 8 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 29.6 | ||
| Condom use with male sex partners, last 3 mo. (n = 22) | ||||||||
| Inconsistent | 15 | 68.2 | - | - | 15 | 68.2 | ||
| Consistent | 7 | 31.8 | - | - | 7 | 31.8 | ||
| Had known HIV infected sex partners, last 3 mo.1 | 15 | 4.2 | 14 | 4.1 | 1 | 4.0 | ||
| Condom use with HIV infected partners, last 3 mo.a (n = 12) | ||||||||
| n = 12 | n = 11 | n = 1 | ||||||
| Inconsistent | 6 | 50.0 | 5 | 45.5 | 1 | 100.0 | ||
| Consistent | 6 | 50.0 | 6 | 54.5 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
a Differences in total numbers among categories are due to missing values.