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Table 2 Socio-demographic and behavioral characteristics of 1187 young men by reporting fathering an incident pregnancy over approximately 2 years of follow up

From: Perpetration of physical and sexual abuse and subsequent fathering of pregnancies among a cohort of young South African men: a longitudinal study

 

Fathering an incident pregnancy between T0 & T2 (N = 191)

Not fathering an incident pregnancy between T0 & T2 (N = 996)

P value

Sociodemographic variables

N

%

95% CI

N

%

95% CI

 

Age

       

<18

15

7.9%

4.7-12.8

99

9.9%

7.6-12.8

0.16

18-19

107

56%

47.8-63.9

609

61.1%

57.5-64.7

 

>20

69

36.1%

28.8-44.1

288

28.9%

24.7-33.6

 

10 or more years of education

87

45.6%

35.8-55.7

437

43.9%

38.4-49.5

0.73

Socio-economic status (score)

-0.002

 

-0.09-0.08

0.14

 

-0.07-0.34

0.20

Alcohol problem

63

32.98%

27.0-39.6

238

23.9%

20.6-27.5

0.004

Drug use

84

44.0%

36.5-51.8

368

37.0%

32.8-41.3

0.09

Sexual and Relationship History

       

Girlfriend in past 12 months

187

97.9%

94.8-99.2

922

95.0%

93.5-96.2

0.06

Lifetime Number of sexual partners

      

0.002

 <=1

45

23.5%

17.8-30.6

309

33.4%

30.3-36.6

 

 2—5

105

55%

48.0-61.8

499

53.9%

50.7-57.1

 

 >5

41

21.5%

16.7-27.2

118

12.7%

10.6-15.3

 

Concurrent partners (ever)

61.

78%

54.8-68.3

48.60%

 

45.2-52.0

0.001

Time since last sex <7 days

110

57.6%

48.5-66.3

322

34.8%

30.9-38.9

<0.001

Fathered a pregnancy prior to baseline

182

31.9%

25.4-39.3

935

13.1%

10.8-15.8

<0.001

Perpetration of IPV against a girlfriend by temporality prior to the baseline

      

<0.001

None

100

52.9%

45.9-59.8

679

71.9%

68.6-75.1

 

Before the past 12 months only

15

7.9%

4.9-12.5

59

6.3%

4.8-8.1

 

Within the past 12 months only

38

20.1%

15.0-26.5

128

13.6%

11.4-16.0

 

Both before and within the past 12 months

36

19.1%

14.0-25.4

78

8.3%

6.2-10.9

 

Perpetration of IPV against a girlfriend ever by type prior to baseline

      

<0.001

None

100

52.9%

45.9-59.8

679

71.9%

68.7-75.1

 

Physical abuse only

58

30.7%

23.9-38.4

198

20.8%

18.3-24.0

 

Sexual abuse only

6

3.2%

1.4-7.0

30

3.2%

2.2-4.6

 

Physical & sexual abuse

25

13.2%

9.2-18.7

37

3.9%

3.0-5.2

 

IPV perpetration by frequency (ever) at baseline

      

<0.001

None

100

52.9%

45.9-59.8

690

72.3%

68.9-75.4

 

Once only

31

16.4%

11.5-23.0

123

12.9%

11.2-14.8

 

More than once

58

30.7%

23.9-38.4

142

14.9%

12.6-17.5

 

Relationship control scale α = .61

Mean score = 21 (8-29)

20 (11-32)

 

0.03

Low control

45

24.1%

17.8-31.6

315

34.4%

30.3-38.7

 

Medium control

60

32.1%

25.7-39.2

264

28.9%

25.7-32.2

 

High control

82

43.9%

36.2-51.9

337

36.8%

32.8-41.0