. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 1.

Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Dis. 2020 Nov;47(11):760–766. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001242

Table 1:

Population characteristics at baseline (N=795 AGYW)

		HIV-negative (n, %) (n=781)	New HIV infections (n, %) (n=14)	Fisher’s exact p-value
Socioeconomic variables
Age
	15–19 years	462 (59)	5 (36)	0.069^*
	20–24 years	319 (41)	9 (64)	0.069^*
Primary school completion
	No	213 (28)	3 (21)	0.435
	Yes	559 (72)	11 (79)	0.435
Running water in the home
	No	431 (55)	9 (64)	0.346
	Yes	350 (45)	5 (36)	0.346
>2 household assets
	No	298 (38)	6 (43)	0.459
	Yes	483 (62)	8 (57)	0.459
Double orphan
	No	717 (92)	14 (100)	0.306
	Yes	64 (8)	0 (0)	0.306
Divorced, separated or widowed
	No	732 (94)	11 (79)	0.055^*
	Yes	48 (6)	3 (21)	0.055^*
Individual behavioral variable
Heavy alcohol use
	No	683 (88)	13 (93)	0.468
	Yes	97 (12)	1 (7)	0.468
≥2 sexual partners in the last year
	No	625 (80)	9 (64)	0.133^*
	Yes	156 (20)	5 (36)	0.133^*
Individual biological variables
Report of vaginal discharge
	No	641 (82)	8 (57)	0.028^*
	Yes	139 (18)	6 (43)	0.028^*
Report of genital sores
	No	691 (88)	10 (71)	0.072^*
	Yes	90 (12)	4 (29)	0.072^*
Ever pregnant
	No	460 (59)	3 (21)	0.005^*
	Yes	318 (41)	11 (79)	0.005^*
Partnership variables
Transactional sex
	No	625 (80)	8 (57)	0.046^*
	Yes	156 (20)	6 (43)	0.046^*
At least one known HIV-positive partner
	No	778 (>99%)	14 (100)	0.948
	Yes	3 (<1%)	0	0.948
Partner ≥ 5 years older
	No	546 (70)	5 (36)	0.009^*
	Yes	235 (30)	9 (64)	0.009^*
All partners circumcised
	No or unknown	720 (92)	12 (86)	0.306
	Yes	61 (8)	2 (14)	0.306
Believes partner may have other partners
	No	303 (39)	3 (21)	0.147^*
	Yes	478 (61)	11 (79)	0.147^*
Partner slept away ≥3 nights in the last year
	No	724 (93)	12 (86)	0.266
	Yes	55 (7)	2 (14)	0.266

p≤0.15