Characteristics of sexually experienced HIV testers aged 18 to 32 in rural South Africa: baseline results from a community-based trial, NIMH Project Accept (HPTN 043)

Table 1 Sample characteristics (N = 2255) of sexually debuted 18–32 year olds

Characteristic			Male % (N = 923)	Female % (N = 1332)	p-values
Testing	Ever testing	Yes	18	46	<0.001*
		No	82	54
	Recent testing	Yes	7	17	0.41
		No	93	83
	Repeat testing	Yes	8	26	<0.001*
		No	92	74
Demographics	Age	18-20 years	31	25	<0.001*
		21-24 years	29	26
		25-28 years	20	24
		29-32 years	20	26
	Household or individual Socio-economic status	Low	37	37	0.47
		Medium	49	51
		High	14	12
	Years of education	< 7 years	8	10	0.02*
		8-10 years	30	25
		11-12 years	57	60
		Tertiary	5	4
	Occupation	Employed	39	24	<0.001*
		Unemployed	32	59
		Student	29	17
	Income from work	Yes	60	43	<0.001*
		No	40	57
	Children under care	0	67	24	<0.001*
		1	15	31
		2+	18	45
	Cohabiting	Living apart	25	18	<0.001*
		No partner	70	67
		Cohabiting	6	15
Behaviour indicative of increased risk for HIV & perceptions of HIV	No. of lifetime partners	1 partner	10	34	<0.001*
		2 partners	14	30
		3-4 partners	25	28
		5+ partners	51	8
	Age at first sex	< 15 years	31	14	<0.001*
		16-17 years	37	36
		18 + years	32	50
	Lifetime alcohol	Yes	80	29	<0.001*
		No	20	71
	Lifetime drugs	Yes	30	2	<0.001*
		No	70	98
	Recent condom use	No partner	26	22	<0.001*
		Never	26	37
		Sometimes	20	17
		Always	28	25
	Ever discussion about HIV	No	21	24	0.11
		Yes	79	76
	Social norms for testing	Unfavourable	24	33	<0.001*
		Intermediate	42	38
		Favourable	34	29
	Stigma score	Low	20	35	<0.001*
		Intermediate	37	34
		High	42	30
	Perception of ART	Not heard of ART	32	27	0.003*
		Low	38	27
		Medium	21	20
		High	19	26

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