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. 2018 Aug 27;21(8):1093–1102. doi: 10.1093/ntr/nty176

Table 1.

Sample Size and Weighted Percentage by Variables of Interest for Total Sample and by Sex

Variable Total
(n = 286850)
n (%)
Male (n = 131496)
n (%)
Female (n = 155354)
n (%)
HIV status
HIV negative 269718 (94.10) 125313 (95.25) 144405 (93.05)
HIV positive 17132 (5.90) 6183 (4.75) 10949 (6.95)
Demographic characteristics
Age group (years)
 15–19 62086 (21.51) 28660 (21.64) 33426 (21.39)
 20–29 95726 (33.82) 39530 (30.79) 56196 (36.57)
 30–39 70037 (24.45) 30120 (22.97) 39917 (25.79)
 40–49 46286 (15.77) 21251 (15.74) 25035 (15.79)
 50–59 12378 (4.35) 11802 (8.77) 576 (0.34)
 ≥60 337 (0.11) 133 (0.09) 204 (0.12)
Area of residence
 Urban 105165 (38.38) 47973 (38.92) 57192 (37.89)
 Rural 181685 (61.62) 83523 (61.08) 98162 (62.11)
Socioeconomic status
Level of education completed
 No education 147686 (50.24) 60060 (44.82) 87626 (55.16)
 Primary 109623 (38.65) 54321 (41.23) 55302 (36.29)
 Secondary 15827 (5.85) 8923 (7.16) 6904 (4.66)
 Higher 13671 (5.26) 8171 (6.78) 5500 (3.88)
Wealth index
 Poorest 57621 (16.96) 25742 (16.24) 31879 (17.62)
 Poorer 54312 (18.33) 25101 (18.29) 29211 (18.37)
 Middle 54600 (19.36) 25261 (19.50) 29339 (19.23)
 Richer 55734 (21.27) 25669 (21.48) 30065 (21.08)
 Richest 64583 (24.08) 29723 (24.49) 34860 (23.71)
Occupation
 Not working 85867 (29.74) 23124 (18.09) 62743 (40.21)
 Agricultural 96316 (33.48) 54488 (40.76) 41828 (26.94)
 Manual 33029 (12.37) 23196 (18.82) 9833 (6.57)
 Services 54064 (19.98) 19727 (16.28) 34337 (23.31)
 Professional 12285 (4.43) 7785 (6.05) 4500 (2.98)
Sexual risk behaviors
Marital status
 Never in union 98293 (34.96) 55403 (42.61) 42890 (28.00)
 Currently in union 169126 (58.46) 71012 (53.59) 98114 (62.88)
 Formerly in union 19429 (6.58) 5081 (3.80) 14348 (9.12)
No. of sexual partners, last 12 months
 0 73565 (25.55) 31395 (24.04) 42170 (26.92)
 1 175809 (60.90) 66746 (50.55) 109063 (70.31)
 2 or more 37476 (13.55) 33355 (25.41) 4121 (2.77)
Recent sexual activity
 Never had sex 44779 (16.69) 21586 (18.46) 23193 (15.25)
 Active in last 4 weeks 140966 (52.02) 62841 (53.06) 78125 (51.18)
 Not active in last 4 weeks 86580 (31.29) 33492 (28.49) 53088 (33.57)