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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and gendered indicators of adults age 15–49 years in the Dominican Republic by gender (DHS 2007)

From: Heterosexual transmission of HIV in the Dominican Republic: gendered indicators are associated with disparities in condom use

 

Men n = 24,106 (47.4 %)

Women n = 26,912 (52.5 %)

Total N = 51,018

Age (years)***

n

%

n

%

n

%

 15–19

5676

23.5

5778

21.5

11,452

21.5

 20–24

4034

16.7

4303

16.0

8337

16.5

 25–29

3462

14.4

3873

14.4

7335

14.9

 30–34

2960

12.3

3707

13.8

6667

13.5

 35–40

2817

11.7

3535

13.1

6352

12.6

 41–44

2786

11.6

3140

11.7

5926

11.5

 45–49

2371

9.8

2576

9.6

4947

9.6

Ever married***

      

 Never

10,003

40.9

6176

24.9

16,179

32.0

 Currently

10,940

45.7

15,687

56.6

26,627

51.5

 Formerly

3163

13.4

5049

19.4

8212

16.5

Highest level of education completed***

      

 None

1180

4.9

1184

4.4

2364

3.3

 Primary

11,545

47.9

10,992

40.8

22,537

40.3

 Secondary

8706

36.1

10,132

37.6

18,838

38.9

 Higher

2675

11.1

4604

17.1

7279

17.5

Wealth***

      

 Poorest

7674

20.9

6553

15.4

14,227

18.0

 Poorer

5206

19.7

5874

19.2

11,077

19.5

 Middle

4541

20.1

5669

21.1

10,210

20.6

 Richer

3858

20.3

4907

21.8

8765

21.1

 Richest

2830

19.0

3909

22.5

6739

20.8

Area of Residence

      

 Capital/large city

1899

30.4

2348

31.5

4236

31.0

 Small city

4725

21.2

5806

22.6

10,452

21.9

 Town

7255

18.2

8222

17.8

15,348

18.0

 Countryside

10,564

30.3

10,819

28.0

20,982

29.1

Head of household***

      

 Male

18,052

74.9

17,070

63.4

35,122

67.5

 Female

6054

25.1

9842

36.6

15,896

32.5

Access to media***

      

 Limited

4030

16.7

5637

20.9

9667

16.4

 Fair

3071

12.7

2901

10.8

5972

11.5

 Good

16,987

70.5

18,347

68.2

35,334

72.1

 Missing data

18

0.1

27

0.1

45

0.0

Abstinence until marriagea***

      

 Not acceptable for men or women

5488

22.8

2937

10.9

8425

16.9

 Acceptable for men, not for women

873

3.6

757

2.8

1630

3.1

 Acceptable for women, not for men

6853

28.4

6577

24.4

13,430

26.9

 Acceptable for both men and women

10,892

45.2

16,641

61.8

27,533

53.1

Sexual exclusivenessb***

      

 Not acceptable for men or women

3680

13.6

1677

6.0

5357

9.6

 Acceptable for men, not for women

1984

7.7

1208

4.2

3192

5.9

 Acceptable for women, not for men

3264

12.1

2138

7.6

5402

9.7

 Acceptable for both men and women

15,178

66.6

21,889

82.2

37,067

74.8

Women’s sexual submissivenessc**

      

 Disagree

23,325

97.1

26,151

97.2

49,476

97.4

 Agree

631

2.2

575

1.7

1206

1.9

 Do not know/No response

150

0.6

186

0.6

336

0.6

  1. DHS Demographic and Health Surveys. aAbstinence until marriage: participants’ opinion on whether young men/women should wait until marriage to initiate sexual activity. bSexual exclusiveness: participants’ opinion on whether sexually active unmarried men/women should have sex with only one sexual partner. cRespondents’ answers to the statement that a wife is not justified in asking her husband to use a condom if she knows he has a sexually transmitted disease
  2. *P < 0.10; ** P < 0.05; *** P < 0.001
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