Table 2. Segment characteristics.
| Total (n = 2019, 100%) | Segment 1 (n = 423, 21.0%) | Segment 2 (n = 458, 22.7%) | Segment 3 (n = 304, 15.1%) | Segment 4 (n = 507, 25.1%) | Segment 5 (n = 327, 16.2%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | Column % | Count | Column % | Count | Column % | Count | Column % | Count | Column % | Count | Column % | ||
| Province | KZN | 1196 | 59.2% | 334 | 79.0%*** | 238 | 52.0%** | 179 | 58.9% | 242 | 47.7%*** | 203 | 62.1% |
| MPU | 823 | 40.8% | 89 | 21.0%*** | 220 | 48.0%** | 125 | 41.1% | 265 | 52.3%*** | 124 | 37.9% | |
| Age | 20–24 | 809 | 40.1% | 123 | 29.1%*** | 205 | 44.8% | 119 | 39.1% | 221 | 43.6% | 141 | 43.1% |
| 25–29 | 752 | 37.2% | 181 | 42.8%* | 152 | 33.2% | 109 | 35.9% | 199 | 39.3% | 111 | 33.9% | |
| 30–34 | 458 | 22.7% | 119 | 28.1%* | 101 | 22.1% | 76 | 25.0% | 87 | 17.2%** | 75 | 22.9% | |
| Highest level of schooling | No formal schooling or qualifications | 84 | 4.2% | 15 | 3.5% | 14 | 3.1% | 23 | 7.6%** | 18 | 3.6% | 14 | 4.3% |
| Some schooling but did not complete high school | 571 | 28.3% | 72 | 17.0%*** | 144 | 31.4% | 96 | 31.6% | 146 | 28.8% | 113 | 34.6%* | |
| Finished high school | 1209 | 59.9% | 306 | 72.3%*** | 261 | 57.0% | 159 | 52.3%* | 304 | 60.0% | 179 | 54.7% | |
| College/ vocational training | 131 | 6.5% | 28 | 6.6% | 32 | 7.0% | 22 | 7.2% | 32 | 6.3% | 17 | 5.2% | |
| University [not graduated] | 24 | 1.2% | 2 | 0.5% | 7 | 1.5% | 4 | 1.3% | 7 | 1.4% | 4 | 1.2% | |
| HIV status | Positive | 276 | 13.7% | 54 | 12.8% | 64 | 14.0% | 51 | 16.8% | 66 | 13.0% | 41 | 12.5% |
| Negative | 1511 | 74.8% | 327 | 77.3% | 352 | 76.9% | 208 | 68.4%* | 374 | 73.8% | 250 | 76.5% | |
| Never tested / Did not receive the results | 232 | 11.5% | 42 | 9.9% | 42 | 9.2% | 45 | 14.8% | 67 | 13.2% | 36 | 11.0% | |
| Circumcision status | Not circumcised | 775 | 38.4% | 186 | 44.0%* | 145 | 31.7%** | 137 | 45.1%* | 203 | 40.0% | 104 | 31.8%* |
| Circumcised traditionally | 331 | 16.4% | 53 | 12.5%* | 80 | 17.5% | 61 | 20.1% | 89 | 17.6% | 48 | 14.7% | |
| Circumcised in a clinic before the age of 16 | 530 | 26.3% | 107 | 25.3% | 122 | 26.6% | 63 | 20.7%* | 132 | 26.0% | 106 | 32.4%* | |
| Circumcised in a clinic after the age of 16 | 383 | 19.0% | 77 | 18.2% | 111 | 24.2%* | 43 | 14.1%* | 83 | 16.4% | 69 | 21.1% | |
| Visited a health clinic in the last 12 months | 1298 | 64.3% | 286 | 67.6% | 321 | 70.1%* | 186 | 61.2% | 320 | 63.1% | 185 | 56.6%** | |
| Tested for HIV in the last year | 1223 | 67.6% | 276 | 71.5% | 277 | 66.3% | 198 | 74.4%* | 305 | 68.7% | 167 | 56.8%*** | |
| Ever taken ARVs [HIV+ only] | 202 | 75.1% | 40 | 74.1% | 49 | 81.7% | 33 | 67.3% | 45 | 69.2% | 35 | 85.4% | |
| Always used as condom in the last year | 614 | 31.6% | 126 | 30.9% | 146 | 33.2% | 53 | 18.7%*** | 141 | 28.5% | 148 | 46.4%*** | |
| Have a steady job | 710 | 35.2% | 172 | 40.7%* | 144 | 31.4% | 105 | 34.5% | 182 | 35.9% | 107 | 32.7% | |
| Experience of moderate to severe depression | 177 | 8.8% | 6 | 1.4%*** | 41 | 9.0% | 89 | 29.3%*** | 25 | 4.9%** | 16 | 4.9%* | |
| Drink alcohol every day | 84 | 4.2% | 10 | 2.4% | 16 | 3.5% | 29 | 9.5%*** | 17 | 3.4% | 12 | 3.7% | |
| Sometimes drink so much alcohol they don’t remember what happened | 721 | 35.7% | 175 | 41.4%* | 127 | 27.7%** | 130 | 42.8%* | 175 | 34.5% | 114 | 34.9% | |
| Believe they have an important role to play in the community | 1452 | 71.9% | 313 | 74.0% | 390 | 85.2%*** | 177 | 58.2%*** | 341 | 67.3%* | 231 | 70.6% | |
| Like the community in which they live | 1636 | 81.0% | 332 | 78.5% | 407 | 88.9%*** | 212 | 69.7%*** | 431 | 85.0%* | 254 | 77.7% | |
| Mean number of sexual partners in the last 12 months | 2.3 | 2* | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | |||||||
| Mean HIV knowledge score | 6.4 | 7.0** | 7.2*** | 2.6*** | 8.6*** | 4.7*** | |||||||
Unweighted sample results.
* P<0.05,
** P<0.01,
*** P<0.001.
Segment values tested against sample total