Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of AGYW by father and adult male presence, who enrolled in the HPTN 068 conditional cash transfer trial in Bushbuckridge District, Mpumalanga, South Africa between March 2011 and December 2012
| Father present in household (n=989) | Father absent; adult males present in household (n=756) | Father and adult males absent from household (n=786) | All1 (n=2531) | |
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| Age at enrollment | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 15.5 (1.6) | 15.5 (1.6) | 15.6 (1.7) | 15.5 (1.7) |
| Median (IQR) | 15.0 (3.0) | 15.0 (3.0) | 15.0 (3.0) | 15.0 (3.0) |
| Grade at enrollment | ||||
| Grade 8 | 244 (24.7) | 183 (24.2) | 213 (27.1) | 640 (25.3) |
| Grade 9 | 268 (27.1) | 223 (29.5) | 191 (24.3) | 682 (26.9) |
| Grade 10 | 270 (27.3) | 218 (28.8) | 210 (26.7) | 698 (27.6) |
| Grade 11 | 207 (20.9) | 132 (17.6) | 172 (21.9) | 511 (20.2) |
| Ever repeated a grade | ||||
| Yes | 334 (33.8) | 271 (35.9) | 280 (35.6) | 885 (35.0) |
| No | 654 (66.2) | 485 (64.2) | 506 (64.4) | 1645 (65.0) |
| Missing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| LN of total household expenditures | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 5.8 (0.86) | 5.7 (0.78) | 5.8 (0.79) | 5.8 (0.82) |
| Median (IQR) | 5.7 (1.00) | 5.7 (0.95) | 5.7 (0.93) | 5.68 (0.97) |
| Missing | 8 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| Have current boyfriend | ||||
| Yes | 292 (29.6) | 258 (34.1) | 278 (35.4) | 828 (32.7) |
| No | 696 (70.5) | 498 (65.9) | 508 (64.6) | 1702 (67.3) |
| Missing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ever had vaginal sex | ||||
| Yes | 256 (25.9) | 201 (26.7) | 242 (30.8) | 699 (27.7) |
| No | 731 (74.1) | 553 (73.3) | 542 (69.1) | 1826 (72.3) |
| Missing | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Ever had anal sex | ||||
| Yes | 37 (3.7) | 35 (4.6) | 48 (6.1) | 120 (4.8) |
| No | 951 (96.3) | 721 (95.4) | 734 (93.9) | 2406 (95.3) |
| Missing | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Early vaginal sexual debut (<15 years) | ||||
| Yes | 60(6.1) | 51 (6.8) | 55 (7.1) | 166 (6.6) |
| No | 923 (93.9) | 698 (93.2) | 724 (92.9) | 2345 (93.4) |
| Missing | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| Ever pregnant | ||||
| Yes | 112 (11.4) | 96 (12.9) | 103 (13.3) | 311 (12.4) |
| No | 873 (88.6) | 647 (87.1) | 671 (86.7) | 2191 (87.6) |
| Missing | 4 | 13 | 12 | 29 |
| HIV positive | ||||
| Yes | 22 (2.2) | 27 (3.6) | 32 (4.1) | 81 (3.2) |
| No | 966 (97.8) | 727 (96.4) | 753 (95.9) | 2448 (96.8) |
| Missing | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Number of lifetime partners | ||||
| 0 | 729 (74.7) | 549 (73.9) | 535 (69.5) | 1813 (72.9) |
| 1 | 147 (15.1) | 106 (14.3) | 114 (14.8) | 367 (14.8) |
| 2+ | 100 (10.3) | 88 (11.8) | 120 (15.6) | 308 (12.4) |
| Missing | 13 | 13 | 17 | 43 |
| Used condom at last sex | ||||
| Yes | 144 (57.6) | 127 (64.1) | 136 (57.3) | 407 (59.3) |
| No | 106 (42.4) | 71 (35.9) | 102 (42.7) | 279 (40.6) |
| Missing | 8 | 8 | 10 | 26 |
| Transactional sex | ||||
| Yes | 49 (5.0) | 32 (4.2) | 23 (2.9) | 104 (4.1) |
| Not reported | 940 (95.1) | 724 (95.8) | 763 (97.1) | 2427 (95.9) |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ever forced sex | ||||
| Yes | 89 (9.1) | 73 (9.8) | 81 (10.6) | 243 (9.7) |
| No | 885 (90.9) | 674 (90.2) | 692 (89.4) | 2251 (90.3) |
| Missing | 15 | 9 | 13 | 37 |
| Age difference with partner | ||||
| ≥ 5 years older | 47 (19.0) | 42 (21.7) | 49 (20.8) | 138 (20.4) |
| <5 years older | 200 (81.0) | 152 (78.4) | 187 (79.2) | 539 (79.6) |
| Missing | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| Household size | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 6.2 (2.69) | 6.7 (2.75) | 5.1 (1.99) | 6.2 (2.61) |
| <=4 members | 194 (19.6) | 171 (22.6) | 324 (41.3) | 689 (27.3) |
| 5 – 7 members | 503 (50.9) | 335 (44.3) | 381 (48.5) | 1219 (48.2) |
| 8 – 10 members | 217 (21.9) | 182 (24.1) | 66 (8.4) | 465 (18.4) |
| 11+ members | 75 (7.6) | 68 (9.0) | 14 (1.8) | 157 (6.2) |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Depression score (CDI) | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 4.5 (2.68) | 4.6 (2.87) | 4.8 (3.10) | 4.6 (2.87) |
| Median (IQR) | 4.0 (4.0) | 4.0 (4.3) | 4.0 (4.7) | 4.0 (4.0) |
| Depressed | 174 (17.6) | 157 (20.9) | 177 (22.6) | 508 (20.2) |
| Not Depressed | 813 (82.4) | 594 (79.1) | 606 (77.4) | 2013 (79.9) |
| Missina | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
Note: Percentages are calculated based on non-missing responses.
1
Two AGYW had missing values for this exposure variable therefore the total column includes 2531 AGYW.