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Table 1 Characteristics of and activities in venues where people meet new sexual partners

From: Targeting condom distribution at high risk places increases condom utilization-evidence from an intervention study in Livingstone, Zambia

  

Baseline

Follow-up

  

Intervention

Control

 

Intervention

Control

 
  

%

N

%

N

p-value

%

N

%

N

p-value

Place verification

Found

74

55

75

71

0.388

74

58

100

53

0.002

 

Found, refused interview

2

 

0

  

0

 

0

  
 

Not found

14

 

11

  

0

 

0

  
 

Closed temporarily

0

 

0

  

7

 

0

  
 

Closed permanently

2

 

0

  

14

 

0

  
 

Not visited

7

 

14

  

5

 

0

  

Type of place

Sherbeen

55

42

60

53

0.439

26

43

15

52

0.042

 

Bar/restaurant

36

 

36

  

60

 

83

  
 

Night club

5

 

4

  

5

 

2

  
 

Hotel/guest house

5

 

0

  

9

 

0

  

Gender respondent

Male

74

42

62

53

0.233

37

43

57

53

0.059

 

Female

26

 

38

  

63

 

43

  

Position of respondent

Staff

57

42

54

52

0.749

74

43

87

53

0.122

 

Patron

43

 

46

  

26

 

13

  

Refused interview

2

42

0

53

0.259

0

43

0

53

-

Beer drinking

95

41

100

53

0.104

98

43

100

53

0.264

Spirits drinking

71

41

62

53

0.305

58

38

76

50

0.071

Dancing

56

41

45

53

0.298

93

42

94

48

0.865

Men meet new female sexual partners here

78

41

79

53

0.888

100

43

92

52

0.063

Women meet new male sexual partners here

78

40

79

53

0.839

98

43

90

52

0.146

Men meet new male sexual partners here

0

41

0

52

-

21

43

15

52

0.483

Women come to sell sex

78

41

76

53

0.770

93

43

73

52

0.012