Table 2.
Behavioural characteristics of the study sample (n = 15,717)
| All | Males | Females | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totala | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Age at sexual debut | ||||||
| Younger than 15 years | 860 | 7.2 | 588 | 10.4 | 272 | 3.9 |
| 15 years and older | 13,764 | 92.8 | 6143 | 89.6 | 7621 | 96.1 |
| Sexual partners in the last | ||||||
| 1 partner | 14,121 | 87.5 | 6170 | 80.0 | 7951 | 95.5 |
| 2+ partner | 1453 | 12.5 | 1134 | 20.0 | 319 | 4.5 |
| Condom use last sex act | ||||||
| No | 10,650 | 63.8 | 4776 | 61.4 | 5874 | 66.5 |
| Yes | 4687 | 36.2 | 2402 | 38.6 | 2285 | 33.5 |
| Alcohol use risk scoreb | ||||||
| Abstainers | 9246 | 65.6 | 3250 | 50.3 | 5996 | 81.8 |
| Low risk drinkers (1–7) | 3864 | 28.1 | 2585 | 39.5 | 1279 | 16.1 |
| High risk drinkers (8–19) | 768 | 5.9 | 616 | 9.7 | 152 | 1.9 |
| Hazardous drinkers (20+) | 42 | 0.3 | 36 | 0.5 | 6 | 0.1 |
| Risk of HIV infection | ||||||
| No | 3678 | 29.1 | 1479 | 25.9 | 2199 | 32.5 |
| Yes | 11,882 | 70.9 | 5833 | 74.1 | 6049 | 67.5 |
| HIV status | ||||||
| Negative | 10,311 | 80.2 | 4919 | 84.3 | 5392 | 76.2 |
| Positive | 1827 | 19.8 | 618 | 15.7 | 1209 | 23.8 |
| Awarenes of HIV status? | ||||||
| No | 8198 | 51.0 | 4246 | 57.8 | 3952 | 43.7 |
| Yes | 7250 | 49.0 | 3011 | 42.2 | 4239 | 56.3 |
SES Socio-Economic Status
aSubtotals do not add up to the overall Total (n) due to non-response and/or missing data
bAlcohol risk score based on a questionnaire for Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT)