Table 2.
Participant characteristics (developed for study primary paper [15]
| All sites (n = 187) *Statistics are N (%) | |
|---|---|
| Country of enrollment | |
| South Africa | 93 (50%) |
| Zimbabwe | 31 (17%) |
| Uganda | 29 (16%) |
| Malawi | 34 (18%) |
| Age at time of 032 interview, yearsa | 27 (28, 19–48) |
| Age at time of 020 baselinea | 24 (25, 18–44) |
| 18–21 | 69 (37%) |
| 22–45 | 118 (63%) |
| Completed secondary school or more | 48% |
| Earns own income | 109 (58%) |
| SES scoreb | |
| Low (lowest 40%) | 75 (40%) |
| Middle | 66 (35%) |
| High (highest 20%) | 46 (25%) |
| Marital status | |
| Legally | 9 (5%) |
| Traditionally | 56 (33%) |
| Unmarried | 107 (62%) |
| Same partner as when exited ASPIRE | 135 (78%) |
| Currently living with partner | 91 (53%) |
| Primary sex partner has other sex partners | 32 (19%) |
| Don’t know | 99 (58%) |
| Primary partner’s HIV status | |
| HIV positive | 10 (6%) |
| HIV negative | 98 (57%) |
| Participant does not know | 64 (37%) |
a
Median (mean, min–max)
b
An SES indicator variable was created using principal component analysis (PAC) pf 10 demographic assets from the demographic case report from including: home ownership, number of rooms in household; household assets of electricity, radio, television, non-mobile telephone, refrigerator; toilet facilities; and drinking water sources. A tri-level categorical variable (lowest 40%; middle 40%, and highest 20%) was created based on the first eigenvalue and the SAS-generated PRINI score