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Table 1 Socio-demographic and behavioral characteristics of the study participants who participated in the first round of the prevalence study

From: Declining HIV-1 prevalence and incidence among Police Officers – a potential cohort for HIV vaccine trials, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Characteristic

Male

Female

P value

Median age (range)

37 (18–61)

33 (18–57)

<0.001

Mean Age (SD)

36 (±9.2)

34 (±9.5)

 

Marital Status (n=435)

   

Never married

88 (25.4%)

40 (45.5%)

<0.001

Married

259 (74.6%)

48 (55.5%)

 

Level of education (n=433)

   

Primary

138 (40.0%)

38 (43.2%)

 

Secondary

189 (54.8%)

47 (53.4%)

0.751

College/university

18 (5.2%)

3 (3.4%)

 

Condom use last sexual encounter (n=307)

   

Yes

28 (10.9%)

9 (17.6%)

0.163

No

228 (89.1%)

42 (82.4%)

 

Regular sexual partner Wife/Husband (n=304)

   

Yes

237 (93.3%)

35 (70.0%)

<0.001

No

17 (6.7%)

15 (30.0%)

 

Regular sexual partner someone else (n=226)

   

Yes

105 (59.7%)

29 (58.0%)

 

No

71 (40.3%)

21 (42.0%)

0.871

Condom use during extramarital sex (n = 21)

   

Yes

12 (70.6%)

4 (100%)

0.50

No

5 (29.4%)

0 (0%)