Table 2.
Mean (standard deviation) differences in PSS Scores by socio-demographic, sexual behavior, and mental health factors overall and stratified by gender (n = 421).
| Overall (n = 421) | Young men (n = 172) | Young women (n = 249) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | N | Mean (SD) | p-value | N | Mean (SD) | p-value | N | Mean (SD) | p-value |
| Gender | |||||||||
| Young men | 172 | 16.4 (6) | 0.002* | ||||||
| Young women | 249 | 18.3 (6.3) | |||||||
| Age | 0.024* | 0.037* | 0.264 | ||||||
| 16–17 | 106 | 16.5 (6.3) | 42 | 14.62 (6.7) | 64 | 17.8 (5.8) | |||
| 18–21 | 253 | 17.5 (6.3) | 106 | 16.58 (5.4) | 147 | 18.2 (6.8) | |||
| 22–24 | 62 | 19.3 (6.4) | 24 | 18.42 (6.4) | 38 | 19.9 (6.4) | |||
| Sexual Orientation** | 0.001* | 0.216 | 0.002* | ||||||
| Heterosexual | 391 | 17.3 (6.2) | 160 | 16.23 (5.9) | 231 | 17.96 (6.3) | |||
| LGB | 29 | 21.3 (7.1) | 11 | 18.55 (6.7) | 18 | 22.94 (6.9) | |||
| Income category | 0.134 | 0.05* | 0.665 | ||||||
| <400 ZAR | 124 | 16.82 (6.4) | 55 | 15.22 (6.4) | 69 | 18.1 (6.22) | |||
| 401–1,600 ZAR | 201 | 17.45 (6.5) | 69 | 16.12 (5.8) | 132 | 18.2 (6.7) | |||
| >1,600 ZAR | 96 | 18.55 (6) | 48 | 18.02 (5.5) | 48 | 19.1 (6.5) | |||
| Current Student** | <0.0001* | 0.0006* | <0.0001* | ||||||
| No | 121 | 20 (5.9) | 50 | 18.78 (5.2) | 71 | 20.9 (6.2) | |||
| Yes | 299 | 16.5 (6.3) | 122 | 15.37 (6) | 177 | 17.3 (6.4) | |||
| Financial Dependents | 0.002* | 0.019* | 0.07 | ||||||
| None | 299 | 16.9 (6.3) | 129 | 15.7 (6.1) | 170 | 17.9 (6.3) | |||
| 1 or more | 122 | 19 (6.4) | 43 | 18.2 (5.4) | 79 | 19.4 (6.8) | |||
| Used a condom at last sex (6 months)** | 0.0312* | 0.085 | 0.62 | ||||||
| No Sex | 99 | 17 (6.5) | 40 | 15.6 (6.2) | 59 | 17.9 (6.6) | |||
| Consistently | 169 | 16.9 (6.1) | 90 | 15.9 (5.6) | 79 | 18 (6.5) | |||
| Inconsistently | 150 | 18.7 (6.6) | 40 | 18.2 (6.4) | 110 | 18.9 (6.7) | |||
| Ever experienced IPV** | <0.0001* | 0.525 | <0.0001* | ||||||
| No | 372 | 17.1 (6.3) | 158 | 16.3 (6.1) | 214 | 17.6 (6.4) | |||
| Yes | 46 | 21.3 (5.8) | 12 | 17.4 (4.8) | 34 | 22.6 (5.5) | |||
| Ever perpetrated IPV** | 0.074 | 0.014* | 0.465 | ||||||
| No | 386 | 17.4 (6.3) | 148 | 15.9 (5.8) | 238 | 18.3 (6.5) | |||
| Yes | 33 | 19.4 (6.6) | 22 | 19.3 (6.8) | 11 | 19.7 (6.7) | |||
| Probable Depression (CES-D 10 Scale)** | <0.0001* | <0.0001* | <0.0001* | ||||||
| No | 236 | 14.7 (5.5) | 111 | 14.2 (5.5) | 125 | 15.1 (5.4) | |||
| Yes | 178 | 21.11 (5.5) | 59 | 20.2 (4.5) | 119 | 21.5 (5.9) | |||
| Probable Anxiety (APA Scale) | |||||||||
| No | 155 | 14.3 (6) | <0.0001* | 77 | 13.9 (6) | <0.0001* | 78 | 14.6 (5.9) | <0.0001* |
| Yes | 266 | 19.4 (5.8) | 95 | 18.3 (5.2) | 171 | 20 (6.1) | |||
IPV = Intimate partner violence; LGB = lesbian, gay, bisexual; CES-D 10 Scale = 10-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Short Depression Scale, ≥10 indicates probable depression; APA Anxiety Scale = 3-item American Psychiatric Association Anxiety Measure, ≥2 indicates probable anxiety;
*
p < 0.05.
**
Some missing data.