Table 2.
Transactional sex among sexually active adolescent girls and young women aged 15–24 years (n = 3009) in the HERStory study
| Variable | Transactional sex | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Did not report transactional sex | Reported transactional sex | |||||||||
| n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | Chi Square ( χ2) | p-value | 95% CI | |
| Age group | |||||||||||
| 15–19 | 1300 | 43.3 | 41.8–44.8 | 1151 | 88.8 | 87.2–90.3 | 149 | 11.2 | 9.7–12.8 | 3.02 | 0.08 | − 0.20–3.56 |
| 20–24 | 1709 | 56.7 | 55.2–58.2 | 1481 | 87.1 | 85.8–88.4 | 228 | 12.9 | 11.6–14.2 | ||
| HIV Status† | |||||||||||
| Positive | 499 | 15.9 | 14.8–17.0 | 414 | 83.7 | 81.1–86.1 | 85 | 16.3 | 13.9–18.9 | 14.31 | < 0.01 | − 7.50–-2.35 |
| Negative | 2509 | 84.1 | 83.0–85.2 | 2217 | 88.6 | 87.5–89.7 | 292 | 11.4 | 10.3–12.5 | ||
| Reported higher food insecurity | |||||||||||
| No | 2431 | 80.6 | 79.2–82.0 | 2163 | 89.3 | 88.4–90.2 | 268 | 10.7 | 9.8–11.6 | 25.76 | 0.00 | 4.73–10.38 |
| Yes | 578 | 19.4 | 18.0–20.8 | 469 | 81.8 | 78.7–84.5 | 109 | 18.2 | 15.5–21.3 | ||
| Household social grant dependency | |||||||||||
| No | 1572 | 54.3 | 52.5–56.2 | 1384 | 88.5 | 87.2–89.7 | 188 | 11.5 | 10.3–12.8 | 1.87 | 0.17 | − 0.56–3.27 |
| Yes | 1437 | 45.7 | 43.8–47.5 | 1248 | 87.1 | 85.5–88.6 | 189 | 12.9 | 11.4–14.5 | ||
| Had high alcohol use (Audit-C score 2 or higher) | |||||||||||
| No | 2082 | 67.5 | 65.9–69.1 | 1856 | 89.5 | 88.3–90.7 | 226 | 10.5 | 9.3–11.7 | 23.53 | 0.00 | 3.10–7.22 |
| Yes | 927 | 32.5 | 30.9–34.1 | 776 | 84.4 | 82.5–86.1 | 151 | 15.6 | 13.9–17.5 | ||
| Partner older than 5 years | |||||||||||
| No | 1987 | 66.2 | 64.8–67.6 | 1792 | 90.6 | 89.4–91.6 | 195 | 9.4 | 8.4–10.6 | 55.42 | 0.00 | |
| Yes | 1022 | 33.8 | 32.3–35.2 | 840 | 82.5 | 80.6–84.3 | 182 | 17.4 | 15.7–19.4 | ||