Table 1:
Characteristics of enrolled participants
| Participants characteristics | Overall (n=9812) |
Males (n=3547) |
Females (n=6265) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socio demographic | ||||||
| Age [median (IQR)] | 27 (20–36) | 26 (20–35) | 27 (21–36) | |||
| Completed high school education (n, %) | 4561 | 45.1 | 1613 | 43.5 | 2948 | 46.7 |
| Household income of ≤ZAR 2500a (n, %) | 6353 | 63.8 | 2253 | 63.6 | 4100 | 63.9 |
| Relationship status: not married or living with partner as husband and wife (n, %) | 8714 | 88.8 | 3306 | 92.1 | 5408 | 85.8 |
| Behavioral | ||||||
| Ever had sex (n, %) | 8302 | 83.3 | 2855 | 80.8 | 5447 | 85.6 |
| Currently in a sexual relationship (n, %) | 7195 | 71.4 | 2459 | 68.6 | 4736 | 74.1 |
| Concurrently in 2 or more heterosexual relationships in the last 12 months (n, %) |
269 | 4.2 | 206 | 7.5 | 63 | 1.1 |
| Engaged in any transactional sex with last three sexual partners (n, %) | 1383 | 11.6 | 458 | 10.6 | 925 | 12.4 |
| Total sex partners in the last 12 months [median (IQR)]a | 1 (0–1) | 1 (0–1) | 1 (0–1) | |||
| Total lifetime sex partners [median (IQR)]a | 2 (1–4) | 3 (1–6) | 2 (1–3) | |||
| Ever tested for HIV (n, %) | 7265 | 75.5 | 2326 | 68.8 | 4939 | 81.9 |
| Knows HIV status of all sex partners from the last 12 monthsb (n, %) | 1821 | 25.6 | 521 | 21.0 | 1300 | 29.8 |
| Any lifetime alcohol use (n, %) | 2075 | 24.3 | 1432 | 40.6 | 643 | 9.1 |
| Any lifetime substance usec (n, %) | 830 | 10.1 | 697 | 19.3 | 133 | 1.5 |
| Male condom used always during sex in the last 12 monthsb (n, %) | 1587 | 24.5 | 593 | 26.5 | 994 | 22.7 |
| Biological | ||||||
| Any genital symptoms (n, %) | 394 | 3.0 | 80 | 1.9 | 314 | 4.1 |
| Medically circumciseda (n, %) | 1102 | 31.9 | 1102 | 31.9 | NA | |
| Ever pregnanta (n, %) | 4391 | 70.7 | NA | 4391 | 70.7 | |
| Currently pregnantd (n, %) | 305 | 6.8 | NA | 305 | 6.8 | |
| HIV positive (n, %) | 3969 | 36.3 | 1014 | 28.0 | 2955 | 44.1 |
| CD4 cell count <350 cells per μL e, f | 1135 | 29.8 | 439 | 41.0 | 696 | 23.1 |
| On ART f, g | 1592 | 42.3 | 341 | 36.7 | 1251 | 45.6 |
| HIV viral suppression <400 copies per mLh | 1975 | 50.0 | 401 | 41.9 | 1574 | 54.8 |
ZAR = South African Rand;
a =
Missing observations were excluded from percentage or median (IQR) calculations.
b=
percentage for those that reported having sex in last 12 months;
c =
includes any of cannabis, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methaqualone, opioids, whoonga, tik;
d =
only women aged 15–35 years received pregnancy tests;
e =
Five men and twenty– seven women were missing CD4 cell count data;
f =
as a percentage of all HIV positives;
g =
self–report;
h =
Four men and nine women were missing viral load data
%=
population–weighted percentage calculation