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Table 3 The prevalence of having had a transactional relationship or sex, or sex with a woman in prostitution among men by socio-demographic characteristics

From: Transactional relationships and sex with a woman in prostitution: prevalence and patterns in a representative sample of South African men

 

Any transactional relationship/sex (%)

95% CIs

p value

Sex with woman in prostitution (%)

95% CIs

p value

Age: 18-24

60.4

56.9, 63.9

<0.0001

16.1

13.4, 18.7

0.012

25-34

75.2

71.1, 79.3

 

22.4

18.4, 26.4

 

35-49

65.9

60.3, 71.6

 

17.8

13.2, 22.4

 

Education: no more than primary

71.3

66.0, 76.6

0.077

13.1

9.2, 16.9

0.014

secondary

63.9

59.7, 68.1

 

18.3

15.3, 21.4

 

Matric or higher

65.4

61.5, 69.3

 

21.0

17.4, 24.7

 

Race: African

67.0

64.0, 69.9

0.0036

16.3

14.1, 18.6

0.0001

Coloured

75.7

64.6, 86.8

 

38.2

24.2, 52.3

 

Indian

54.1

43.9,64.2

 

26.4

19.4, 33.3

 

White

50.0

30.8, 69.2

 

26.9

3.1, 50.7

 

Monthly income: none

61.1

57.2, 64.9

<0.0001

13.0

10.4, 15.6

<0.0001

R 1-500

71.4

65.7, 77.2

 

15.3

10.9, 19.7

 

R 500 - 2000

76.3

71.5, 81.0

 

27.9

22.5, 33.3

 

R 2001- 5000

65.2

56.3, 74.1

 

31.3

21.5, 41.0

 

R 5000 +

61.7

50.7, 72.8

 

29.2

18.8, 39.7

 

Marital status: married

60.9

55.6, 66.2

0.0001

16

12.1, 19.9

0.002

cohabiting

79

73.1, 84.9

 

30.2

0.22.0, 38.5

 

divorced/widowed

78.2

67.0, 89.4

 

20

8.2, 31.8

 

single

64.9

61.4, 68.5

 

17.5

14.9, 20.2