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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants (n = 570)

From: Sexual behaviour of women in rural South Africa: a descriptive study

Characteristic

Total (570)

Age

30 (18–49)

Ethnicity

  Sotho

310 (54)

  Shangaan

260 (46)

HIV-status

  HIV-infected

178 (31)

  HIV-uninfecteda

257 (45)

  Unknown

131 (23)

On ART if HIV-infected

  On ART

94 (53)

  Not on ART

84 (47)

Marital status

  Single

301 (53)

  Married/engaged

240 (42)

  Divorced/widow

28 (4.9)

Unemployed

424 (75)

Pregnant

  Yes

98 (17)

  No

472 (83)

  1. Data are provided as numbers (%) and median (range). HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; STI, sexually transmitted infection
  2. aless than six months tested negative