Table 1.
Demographic and behavioural characteristics of study participants by sex
| Females N = 500 n (%) |
Males N = 493 n (%) |
P-value† | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | |||
| 18 | 83 (16.6) | 60 (12.2) | 0.09 |
| 19 | 182 (36.4) | 165 (33.5) | |
| 20 | 97 (19.4) | 120 (24.3) | |
| 21 | 91 (18.2) | 105 (21.3) | |
| 22 | 47 (9.4) | 43 (8.7) | |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | – |
| Single | 499 (99.8) | 492 (99.8) | |
| Living together | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) | |
| Sexually experienced | |||
| Yes | 372 (74.4) | 376 (76.3) | 0.49 |
| No | 128 (25.6) | 117 (23.7) | |
| No. sex partners, past 12 months* | |||
| 0–1 | 231 (62.1) | 156 (41.5) | <0.001 |
| ≥2 | 141 (37.9) | 220 (58.5) | |
| Lifetime no. sex partners* | |||
| 0 | 128 (25.6) | 117 (23.7) | <0.001 |
| 1 | 128 (25.6) | 63 (12.8) | |
| 2 | 105 (21.0) | 64 (13.0) | |
| 3–5 | 103 (20.6) | 149 (30.2) | |
| ≥6 | 36 (7.2) | 100 (20.3) | |
| Age at first sex (years)* | |||
| ≥18 | 307 (82.5) | 216 (57.5) | <0.001 |
| <18 | 65 (17.5) | 160 (42.6) | |
| Age of first sex partner (years)* | |||
| ≥20 | 235 (63.3) | 63 (16.8) | <0.001 |
| <20 | 136 (36.7) | 313 (83.2) | |
| Age of current sex partner (years)* | |||
| ≥22 | 205 (55.3) | 27 (7.2) | <0.001 |
| <22 | 166 (44.7) | 348 (92.8) | |
| Sex identity | |||
| Heterosexual/straight | 482 (96.4) | 483 (98.0) | 0.004 |
| Homosexual/gay or lesbian | 1 (0.2) | 6 (1.2) | |
| Bisexual | 16 (3.2) | 4 (0.8) | |
| Other | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0) | |
| Condom use past 3 months* | |||
| Always | 167 (44.9) | 189 (50.3) | 0.02 |
| Sometimes/never | 180 (48.4) | 148 (39.4) | |
| No sex past 3 months | 25 (6.7) | 39 (10.4) | |
| Tobacco use | |||
| Daily | 4 (0.8) | 39 (7.9) | <0.001 |
| Weekly | 16 (3.2) | 46 (9.3) | |
| Never | 480 (96.0) | 408 (82.8) | |
| Ever pregnant | |||
| Yes | 42 (8.4) | – | |
| No | 458 (91.6) | – | |
| Circumcised | |||
| Yes | – | 300 (60.9) | |
| No | – | 193 (39.2) | |
| Age at circumcision (years) | |||
| 0–10 | – | 30 (10.0) | |
| 11–15 | – | 222 (74.0) | |
| 16–22 | – | 48 (16.0) | |
*
Restricted to sexually experienced participants. One male and one female had missing data for ages of first and current sex partners.
†
Chi-square or fisher's exact P-value.