Table 3.
Sexual and Reproductive History and Alcohol Use in HIV− Female Sex Workers and Single Mothers in Lusaka and Ndola, Zambia (n = 924)
| Lusaka | Ndola | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIV− FSW (n = 150) | HIV− SM (n = 170) | pa | HIV− FSW (n = 276) | HIV− SM (n = 346) | pa | |||||
| n or mean | % or SD | n or mean | % or SD | n or mean | % or SD | n or mean | % or SD | |||
| Lifetime sexual history | ||||||||||
| Age at first sexual encounter | 16.9 | 2.9 | 17.9 | 2.3 | .0007 | 15.2 | 2.4 | 16.3 | 2.0 | <.0001 |
| Used a condom during first sexual intercourse | ||||||||||
| Yes | 55 | 37% | 63 | 37% | .9785 | 53 | 19% | 73 | 21% | .5619 |
| No | 94 | 63% | 107 | 63% | 222 | 81% | 272 | 79% | ||
| Pressure or force at first sexual intercourse | ||||||||||
| Willingly | 103 | 69% | 114 | 67% | .7506 | 195 | 71% | 266 | 77% | .0002 |
| Pressured verbally | 25 | 17% | 34 | 20% | 32 | 12% | 54 | 16% | ||
| Forced physically | 21 | 14% | 22 | 13% | 49 | 18% | 25 | 7% | ||
| Received money/goods/favors at first sexual intercourse | ||||||||||
| Yes | 86 | 58% | 40 | 24% | <.0001 | 221 | 81% | 106 | 31% | <.0001 |
| No | 63 | 42% | 129 | 76% | 53 | 19% | 237 | 69% | ||
| Reproductive history and fertility goals | ||||||||||
| No. of live births | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 | .4621 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.3 | .2237 |
| No. of living children | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.2 | .3137 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.2 | .1867 |
| Plans for more children | ||||||||||
| Yes, next 3 years | 21 | 16% | 3 | 2% | <.0001 | 113 | 50% | 62 | 18% | <.0001 |
| Yes, >3 years | 17 | 13% | 21 | 13% | 70 | 31% | 172 | 50% | ||
| No | 95 | 71% | 144 | 86% | 42 | 19% | 110 | 32% | ||
| Alcohol and drug use history | ||||||||||
| Ever uses alcohol | ||||||||||
| Yes | 109 | 74% | 22 | 13% | <.0001 | 229 | 83% | 78 | 23% | <.0001 |
| No | 39 | 26% | 144 | 87% | 46 | 17% | 262 | 77% | ||
| Alcohol use frequency | ||||||||||
| Daily | 39 | 37% | 2 | 10% | <.0001 | 130 | 57% | 26 | 33% | <.0001 |
| Weekly | 54 | 51% | 5 | 24% | 84 | 37% | 29 | 37% | ||
| 1–3 times a month | 11 | 10% | 6 | 29% | 11 | 5% | 14 | 18% | ||
| <1–3 times a month | 2 | 2% | 8 | 38% | 4 | 2% | 9 | 12% | ||
| Sex during alcohol use frequency | ||||||||||
| Always | 11 | 10% | 1 | 5% | <.0001 | 79 | 34% | 15 | 19% | <.0001 |
| Most of the time | 18 | 17% | 1 | 5% | 55 | 24% | 9 | 12% | ||
| Sometimes | 43 | 41% | 4 | 19% | 59 | 26% | 21 | 27% | ||
| Rarely | 27 | 25% | 3 | 14% | 33 | 14% | 9 | 12% | ||
| Never | 7 | 7% | 12 | 57% | 3 | 1% | 24 | 31% | ||
| Highest formal school education completed | ||||||||||
| None of the above | 14 | 9% | 3 | 2% | .0092 | 21 | 8% | 41 | 12% | .0118 |
| Primary | 48 | 32% | 53 | 31% | 156 | 57% | 218 | 63% | ||
| Secondary | 84 | 56% | 112 | 66% | 98 | 36% | 86 | 25% | ||
| College | 4 | 3% | 2 | 1% | 1 | 0% | 1 | 0% | ||
a
Two-tailed t-test for continuous variables, chi-square test for categorical variables with cell counts ≥5, Fisher's exact test for categorical variables with 20% of expected cell counts <5.