Table 1. Demographic characteristics of the sample.

		Total		KwaZulu-Natal		Mpumalanga		P-value (difference between province proportions)
		Count	Column %	Count	Column %	Count	Column %
Age group	20–24	809	40.1%	355	29.7%	454	55.2%	<0.001
	25–29	752	37.2%	479	40.1%	273	33.2%	0.02
	30–34	458	22.7%	362	30.3%	96	11.7%	<0.001
HIV status	Positive	276	13.7%	219	18.3%	57	6.9%	<0.001
	Negative	1511	74.8%	861	72.0%	650	79.0%	<0.001
	Never tested / Did not receive the results	232	11.5%	116	9.7%	116	14.1%	0.02
Circumcision status	Not circumcised	775	38.4%	562	47.0%	213	25.9%	<0.001
	Circumcised traditionally	331	16.4%	64	5.4%	267	32.4%	<0.001
	Circumcised in a clinic before the age of 16	530	26.3%	328	27.4%	202	24.5%	0.15
	Circumcised in a clinic after the age of 16	383	19.0%	242	20.2%	141	17.1%	0.08
Highest level of education	No formal schooling or qualifications	84	4.2%	35	2.9%	49	6.0%	0.01
	Some schooling but did not complete high school	571	28.3%	278	23.2%	293	35.6%	<0.001
	Finished high school	1209	59.9%	797	66.6%	412	50.1%	<0.001
	College/ vocational training	131	6.5%	75	6.3%	56	6.8%	0.63
	University [Not graduated]	24	1.2%	11	0.9%	13	1.6%	0.18

Unweighted sample results