Socio-demographic characteristics | Maseru urban clinics (Carewell, Apex) N = 73 | Non-maseru rural clinics (Ntsekhe, Mokhotlong) N = 88 | Total N = 161 |
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n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Age | |||
Mean (SD) | 26.2 (7.6) | 22.6 (6.2) | 24.2 (7.0) |
Min, Max | 18, 48 | 18, 49 | 18, 49 |
Marital status* | |||
Never married | 47 (64.4) | 73 (83.0) | 120 (74.5) |
Married | 25 (34.3) | 15 (17.1) | 40 (24.8) |
Cohabitating | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.6) |
Village of residence | |||
Urban | 66 (90.4) | 53 (60.2) | 119 (73.9) |
Rural | 7 (9.6) | 35 (39.8) | 42 (26.1) |
Religion | |||
Roman Catholic | 44 (60.3) | 36 (40.9) | 80 (49.7) |
Lesotho Evangelical | 6 (8.2) | 18 (20.5) | 24 (14.9) |
Anglican | 8 (11.0) | 12 (13.6) | 20 (12.4) |
Pentecostal | 9 (12.3) | 8 (9.1) | 17 (10.6) |
Other Christian | 2 (2.7) | 6 (6.8) | 8 (5.0) |
Other | 2 (2.7) | 4 (4.6) | 6 (3.7) |
None | 2 (2.7) | 3 (3.4) | 5 (3.1) |
Missing | 1 (1.1) | 1 (0.6) | |
Highest education completed | |||
None | 2 (2.7) | 1 (1.1) | 3 (1.9) |
Primary | 16 (21.9) | 30 (34.1) | 46 (28.6) |
Secondary | 17 (23.3) | 25 (28.4) | 42 (26.1) |
High school | 27 (37.0) | 26 (29.6) | 53 (32.9) |
Tertiary | 11 (15.1) | 6 (6.8) | 17 (10.6) |
Employment status | |||
Student | 26 (35.6) | 49 (55.7) | 75 (46.6) |
Unemployed | 8 (11.0) | 15 (17.1) | 23 (14.3) |
Self-employed | 6 (8.2) | 4 (4.6) | 10 (6.2) |
Employed, part-time | 7 (9.6) | 2 (2.3) | 9 (5.6) |
Employed, full-time | 26 (35.6) | 18 (20.5) | 44 (27.3) |
Number of sexual partners in the past three months | |||
Mean (SD) | 1.2 (1.0) | 0.7 (0.8) | 0.9 (0.9) |
Min, Max | 0, 4 | 0, 3 | 0, 4 |
None | 19 (26.4) | 41 (46.6) | 60 (37.3) |
1 | 34 (47.2) | 33 (37.5) | 67 (41.6) |
2 | 11 (15.3) | 12 (13.6) | 23 (14.3) |
3+ | 8 (11.1) | 2 (2.3) | 10 (6.2) |
Missing | 1 | 0 | 1 (0.6) |