Alcohol use and sexual risk behaviour among men and women in inner-city Johannesburg, South Africa

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics, alcohol use and sexual behaviours of men and women in inner-city Johannesburg

	Men (N = 1465)		Women (N = 991)		P
	Number	%	Number	%
Age group (years)
18–24	560	38.5	360	36.3
25–34	681	46.8	419	42.3
≥ 35	215	14.8	212	21.4	<0.001
Place of birth
Gauteng	9	0.6	45	4.6
KwaZulu Natal	1353	94.3	747	75.5
Other provinces	72	5.0	187	18.9
Outside South Africa	1	0.1	10	1.0	<0.001
Completed secondary school
Yes	473	32.9	224	22.6	<0.001
Married
Yes	201	14.0	71	7.2	<0.001
Employed
Yes	631	43.9	236	23.8	<0.001
Income per month (USD)
0–9	661	46.2	580	58.9
10–99	225	15.7	246	25.0
100–199	178	12.4	106	10.8
≥ 200	368	25.7	53	5.4	<0.001
Currently smoke	666	46.4	63	6.4	<0.001
Current alcohol use^a	686	47.7	124	12.5	<0.001
Frequency of drinking
None in past week	1036	75.3	912	93.7
Once a week	173	12.6	31	3.2
Several days a week	54	3.9	14	1.4
Daily	113	8.2	16	1.6	<0.001
Drinking volume in past week^b
None in past week	1037	75.9	912	93.9
Moderate drinking	108	7.9	14	1.4
Problem drinking	59	4.3	11	1.1
Heavy drinking	163	11.9	34	3.5	<0.001
Having felt drunk in past week
Not a current drinker	752	55.1	858	87.4
No, but are current drinkers	472	34.6	90	9.2
Yes, felt drunk	141	10.3	34	3.5	<0.001
Ever sex under influence of alcohol	537	37.5	73	7.4	<0.001
Sexual risk behaviors
Condom use last sex	293	21.4	224	23.0	0.37
Concurrent partners	670	48.1	56	5.7	<0.001
Transactional sex	207	14.7	68	7.0	<0.001
Sexual violence^c	98	7.0	165	16.8	<0.001

^aRespondents who say they drink alcohol. ^bModerate drinking: men: 1–14 drinks, women: 1–7 drinks; Problem drinking: men 15–21 drinks, women: 8–14 drinks; Heavy drinking: men >21 drinks, women >14 drinks. 1 USD = 6 South Africa Rand. Totals vary due to missing data. ^cMen who used physical force to have sex and women having been forced to have sex. P values compare the distribution in men and women, and are based on chi-square tests

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