Table 2.
Gender differences in HIV/STI, IPV, and HIV risk behaviors in the three community types
| Fishing | Trading | Agrarian | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men* | Women* | Men* | Women* | Men* | Women* | |
| HIV | 35.4 (692) | 49.7 (907) | 12.9 (260) | 19.4 (546) | 12.5 (320) | 17.9 (591) |
| STI | 27.7 (467) | 43.5 (529) | 10.0 (183) | 21.4 (430) | 11.1 (259) | 21.2 (510) |
| Physical or Sexual IPV in the past year | 17.5 (326) | 33.4 (568) | 9.16 (168) | 17.9 (456) | 9.40 (221) | 17.1 (510) |
| Perpetration (men) | ||||||
| Victimization (women) | ||||||
| Condom use in past year | ||||||
| Never used condom | 36.0 (465) | 44.6 (307) | 33.1 (301) | 49.1 (393) | 35.7 (445) | 49.6 (436) |
| Sometimes used condom | 36.6 (472) | 36.3 (250) | 30.5 (277) | 30.1 (241) | 31.7 (395) | 28.5 (251) |
| Always used condom | 27.4 (354) | 19.0 (131) | 36.4 (331) | 20.8 (167) | 32.6 (406) | 21.8 (192) |
| Multiple sexual partners Past Year (Two or more) | 64.8 (1202) | 21.6 (368) | 38.9 (708) | 8.07 (202) | 40.7 (950) | 6.41 (188) |
|
Two or more sex partners outside the community Past Year |
17.8 (327) | 3.06 (52) | 9.61 (174) | 2.24 (56) | 9.80 (228) | 1.50 (44) |
|
Partner’s multiple sexual relationships Past Year |
30.7 (135) | 70.1 (630) | 9.95 (38) | 66.2 (823) | 11.1 (60) | 59.4 (880) |
| Recent casual relationship | 10.7 (209) | 0.71 (13) | 4.69 (90) | 0.87 (23) | 4.69 (115) | 0.78 (24) |
| Alcohol use before sex | 47.5 (930) | 31.3 (572) | 33.8 (649) | 16.3 (429) | 38.5 (943) | 17.5 (536) |
| Partner’s alcohol use before sex | 33.4 (654) | 48.4 (883) | 17.1 (329) | 37.4 (984) | 18.8 (462) | 43.5 (1334) |
| Force was used when had sex for the first time | 0 | 26.83 (470) | 0 | 14.51 (251) | 1 (100) | 13.38 (250) |
*All values for gender differences within communities were significant at p < 0.001