Table 1.
Participant characteristics.
| Characteristics | Categories | Men (n = 675) | Women (n = 606) | Overall (n = 1281) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Age | 15–19 years | 261 | 38.7 | 226 | 37.3 | 487 | 38.0 |
| 20–24 years | 414 | 61.3 | 380 | 62.7 | 794 | 62.0 | |
| Religion | Christian | 505 | 74.8 | 461 | 76.1 | 966 | 75.4 |
| Muslim | 156 | 23.1 | 145 | 23.9 | 301 | 23.5 | |
| Traditional/other | 14 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1.1 | |
| Marital status | Married | 158 | 23.4 | 253 | 41.8 | 411 | 32.1 |
| Cohabiting | 106 | 15.7 | 118 | 19.5 | 224 | 17.5 | |
| Single | 378 | 56.0 | 180 | 29.7 | 558 | 43.6 | |
| Separated/divorced/widowed | 33 | 4.9 | 55 | 9.1 | 88 | 6.9 | |
| Education attainment | None | 22 | 3.3 | 15 | 2.5 | 37 | 2.9 |
| Incomplete primary | 338 | 50.1 | 262 | 43.2 | 600 | 46.8 | |
| Complete primary | 76 | 11.3 | 73 | 12.1 | 149 | 11.6 | |
| Secondary junior | 210 | 31.1 | 230 | 38 | 440 | 34.4 | |
| Secondary senior and above | 29 | 4.3 | 26 | 4.3 | 55 | 4.3 | |
| Time resident in fishing community | < 6 months | 254 | 37.6 | 296 | 48.8 | 550 | 42.9 |
| 7 to 11 months | 114 | 16.9 | 100 | 16.5 | 214 | 16.7 | |
| 1 to 5 years | 221 | 32.7 | 170 | 28.1 | 391 | 30.5 | |
| 6 to 10 years | 37 | 5.5 | 16 | 2.6 | 53 | 4.1 | |
| >11 years | 49 | 7.3 | 24 | 4 | 73 | 5.7 | |
| Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV *) | Positive | 12 | 1.8 | 55 | 9.1 | 67 | 5.3 |
| Negative | 657 | 98.2 | 548 | 90.9 | 1205 | 94.7 | |
| Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV2 **) | Positive | 136 | 20.4 | 270 | 44.9 | 406 | 32.0 |
| Negative | 532 | 79.6 | 332 | 55.2 | 864 | 68.0 | |
| Ever used alcohol | Yes | 363 | 53.8 | 296 | 48.8 | 659 | 51.4 |
| No | 312 | 46.2 | 310 | 51.2 | 622 | 48.6 | |
| 30-day Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) | Mean (SD) | 5.5 | 8.0 | 3.7 | 6.3 | 4.7 | 7.3 |
| <7 Low risk or non-drinker | 480 | 71.1 | 492 | 81.2 | 972 | 75.9 | |
| 8-15 Excess of low risk | 105 | 15.6 | 70 | 11.6 | 175 | 13.7 | |
| 16-19 Harmful drinking | 28 | 4.2 | 18 | 3.0 | 46 | 3.6 | |
| ≥20 Alcohol dependence | 62 | 9.2 | 26 | 4.3 | 88 | 6.9 | |
| 12-month AUDIT | Mean (SD) | 4.7 | 7.7 | 3.3 | 6.2 | 4.0 | 7.0 |
| <7 low risk or non-drinker | 530 | 78.5 | 503 | 83 | 1033 | 80.6 | |
| 8–15 Excess of low risk | 72 | 10.7 | 60 | 9.9 | 132 | 10.3 | |
| 16–19 Harmful drinking | 19 | 2.8 | 24 | 4 | 43 | 3.4 | |
| ≥20 Alcohol dependence | 54 | 8 | 19 | 3.1 | 73 | 5.7 | |
| Phosphatidylethanol (Peth) cut-off for alcohol use (PEth 16:0/18:1) *** | Light or no consumption | 505 | 75.4 | 510 | 84.2 | 1015 | 79.5 |
| Heavy drinking (20–209 ng/mL) | 128 | 19.1 | 78 | 12.9 | 206 | 16.1 | |
| Hazardous drinking (≥210 ng/mL) | 37 | 5.5 | 18 | 3.0 | 55 | 4.3 | |
| Timeline Followback(TLFB) (≥6 standard drinks per drinking occasion, in previous month) | |||||||
| No | 615 | 91.1 | 585 | 96.5 | 1200 | 93.7 | |
| Yes | 60 | 8.9 | 21 | 3.5 | 81 | 6.3 | |
| Urine drug test | Positive | 50 | 7.7 | 14 | 2.4 | 64 | 5.2 |
| Negative | 600 | 92.3 | 575 | 97.6 | 1175 | 94.8 | |
| Ever used tobacco or illicit drugs **** | No | 499 | 73.9 | 547 | 90.3 | 1046 | 81.7 |
| Yes | 176 | 26.1 | 59 | 9.7 | 235 | 18.4 | |
*Missing HIV status for 6 men, 3 women; **missing HSV2 status for 7 men, 4 women; *** missing PEth for 5 men; **** in the study community, tobacco is often smoked with a mixture of other illicit drugs. Prevalence of substance use. HIV-Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HSV2-herpes Simplex Virus. AUDIT- Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test. SD – standard deviation.