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. 2019 Mar 20;9(3):e023272. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023272

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 χ12 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.