From: Sexual behaviour of women in rural South Africa: a descriptive study
Characteristic | HIV-infected (n = 178) | HIV-uninfected (n = 257) | p-value |
---|---|---|---|
General characteristics | |||
 Ethnicity (Sotho vs. Shangaan) | 90 (51)/88 (49) | 136 (53)/121 (47) | 0.63 |
 Age | 34 (20–49) | 28 (18–49) | <0.001 |
 Hormonal contraceptives | 50 (28) | 116 (45) | <0.001 |
 Intravaginal cleansing | 42 (24) | 73 (28) | 0.29 |
 Visits bars | 20 (11) | 36 (14) | 0.41 |
 Alcohol use [before sex intercourse] | 15 (8.6) | 26 (10) | 0.58 |
 Lifetime number of sexual partners | 4 (1–30) | 3 (1–15) | <0.001 |
Sexual practice in past 6Â months | |||
 Currently has a steady partner | 167 (95) | 243 (95) | 0.99 |
 Currently has occasional partner(s) | 24 (14) | 25 (9.8) | 0.21 |
 Condom use during last sex act | 91 (51) | 68 (27) | <0.001 |
 Practices fellatio | 16 (9.5) | 46 (19) | 0.010 |
 Receptive anal intercourse | 6 (3.6) | 15 (6.1) | 0.26 |
Sexual contact in past 12Â months | |||
 Concurrent sexual partners | 33 (19) | 33 (13) | 0.095 |
 Sexual partner > 10 years older | 42 (24) | 68 (27) | 0.59 |
 Sex with multiple partners | 3 (1.7) | 6 (2.3) | 0.74 |
 Experienced coercion | 42 (24) | 76 (30) | 0.18 |
 Experienced force | 4 (2.3) | 7 (2.7) | 1.0 |
 Sex for money or material benefits | 4 (2.3) | 7 (2.7) | 1.0 |
 Commercial sex work | 1 (0.6) | 1 (0.4) | 1.0 |
About steady sexual partner (n = 538) | |||
 Knows that partner has concurrent partners | 46 (28) | 55 (23) | 0.26 |
 Circumcised partner | 132 (82) | 225 (94) | <0.001 |
 Knows partner’s HIV-status | 67 (40) | 85 (35) | 0.30 |
 Known HIV-infected partner | 55 (33) | 2 (0.8) | <0.001 |