Table 2.
Associations between sociodemographic and behavioural factors and interest in pre-exposure prophylaxis modalities
| Daily pill | 90 day injectable | Vaginal gel | Vaginal ring | |||||
| No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Very/somewhat interested in modality | 30 | 26 | 12 | 44 | 35 | 21 | 50 | 6 |
| Age | 25 (23–30) | 25 (23–28) | 23 (22–28.5) | 25 (23–29) | 25 (22–28) | 25 (23–30) | 25 (22–29) | 27 (24–27) |
| Born in Dar es Salaam | 8% | 10% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 8% | 17% |
| Years working in bars | 1.8 (0.4–3) | 1.8 (0.3–3) | 1.5 (0.2–2.5) | 1.8 (0.5–3) | 1.5 (0.5–3) | 2 (0.25–6) | 1.5 (0.4–3) | 2 (2–3) |
| Plan to continue bar work | 8% | 11% | 8% | 10% | 9% | 10% | 11% | 0% |
| Monthly income (US$) | 91 (68–136) | 91 (57–148) | 91 (68–136) | 91 (68–159) | 102 (80–136) | 91 (55–182) | 91 (68–159) | 91 (91–91) |
| Ever been pregnant | 88% | 77% | 83% | 82% | 80% | 86% | 82% | 83% |
| Of whom, ever had undesired pregnancy | 48% | 61% | 50% | 56% | 64% | 39% | 56% | 40% |
| Of whom, ever had termination or miscarriage | 30% | 61% | 40% | 47% | 46% | 44% | 46% | 40% |
| Ever had sex with anyone for money | 46% | 60% | 50% | 55% | 54% | 52% | 56% | 33% |
| Ever had sex with patron for money | 31% | 43% | 25% | 41% | 40% | 33% | 38% | 33% |
| Of whom, ever had oral sex with patron | 27% | 33% | 33% | 30% | 31% | 29% | 34% | 0% |
| Of whom, ever had vaginal sex with patron | 75% | 62% | 100% | 61% | 64% | 71% | 63% | 100% |
| Of whom, how often asks patron to use condom* | 4 (4–4) | 4 (3–4) | 4 (4–4) | 4 (3–4) | 4 (2–4) | 4 (4–4) | 4 (4–4) | 3.5 (3–4) |
| Of whom, how often patron asks not to use condom* | 1.5 (1–2.5) | 2 (2–3) | 2 (1–2) | 2 (1–3) | 2 (1–3) | 2 (1–2) | 2 (1–3) | 2 (1–3) |
| Ever had sex with others for money | 25% | 62% | 33% | 50% | 50% | 43% | 47% | 50% |
| Number of non-client partners in past 12 m | 2 (1–3) | 1 (1–3) | 1 (1–1) | 2 (1–3) | 2 (1–3) | 1 (1–3) | 1 (1–3) | 1.5 (1–3) |
| Has a primary partner | 69% | 63% | 75% | 64% | 74% | 52% | 62% | 100% |
| Of whom, used condom at last sex with primary partner | 11% | 26% | 11% | 21% | 12% | 36% | 16% | 33% |
| Currently using male condoms for family planning | 40% | 53% | 40% | 48% | 38% | 60% | 43% | 75% |
| PHQ-9 major depressive symptoms | 15% | 27% | 8% | 25% | 17% | 29% | 24% | 0% |
| PTSD-IV screen positive | 15% | 30% | 8% | 27% | 20% | 29% | 24% | 17% |
| Low social support | 50% | 60% | 58% | 55% | 54% | 57% | 58% | 33% |
| Ever taken an HIV test | 100% | 93% | 100% | 95% | 97% | 95% | 96% | 100% |
| Number of HIV tests ever taken | 3 (2–5) | 3 (2–5) | 3 (1.5–5.5) | 3 (2–5) | 3 (2–5) | 3 (2–4) | 3 (2–5) | 3.5 (1–5) |
| Months since last HIV test | 5 (4–10) | 7 (4–13.5) | 5 (3.5–9) | 7 (4–12) | 6.5 (5–15) | 5.5 (3.5–7) | 6 (4–12) | 8.5 (4–11) |
| Willing to complete HCT today | 25 (23–30) | 25 (23–28) | 23 (22–28.5) | 25 (23–29) | 25 (22–28) | 25 (23–30) | 25 (22–29) | 27 (24–27) |
Values are counts (interest in modality row), proportions or medians and IQRs.
The two significant differences (at α=0.05) between variables based on a test for binary factors and Kruskal-Wallis tests for continuous and ordinal factors are shown in bold.
*5-point scale; higher values indicate greater frequency.
FP, family planning; HCT, HIV counselling and testing; PHQ, Patient Health Questionnaire; PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder.