Determinants of HIV infection among adolescent girls and young women aged 15–24 years in South Africa: a 2012 population-based national household survey

Table 2 HIV prevalence by behavioural characteristics of the study sample (n = 3092)

Variables	Total^*	%	HIV prevalence	95% CI	p-value^**
Age at sexual debut (years)
< 15	105	3.5	10.0	3.5–25.4	0.802
> =15	2976	96.5	11.4	9.8–13.3
No of sex partners in last 12 months
One partner	1395	8.6	15.5	12.8–18.6	0.100
2 or more partners	127	91.4	22	13.8–33.2
Age-disparate sexual partnership
Partner 5 years and older	565	36.1	18.0	13.6–23.4	0.060
Partner 5 years and younger	2	0.1
Partner within 5 years older or younger	951	63.9	14.8	11.5–18.9
Condom use during sexual contact
Consistent	564	36.4	18.6	14.1–24.0	0.534
Inconsistent	944	63.4	14.9	11.8–18.6
Self-perceived risk of HIV Infection
No	615	21.4	18.9	14.9–23.8	< 0.001
Yes	2438	78.6	9.3	7.6–11.3
Alcohol use risk score (AUDIT)^***
Abstainers	2095	76.7	12.6	10.6–14.9	0.034
Low risk (1–7)	518	18.4	8.8	5.4–14.2
High risk drinkers (8–19)	132	3.6	3.0	1.2–7.1
Hazardous drinkers (20+)	13	0.8	9.2	2.2–31.3

^*Totals do not add to overall total due to missing data, ^**p < 0.05 considered significant ^***Alcohol risk score based on a questionnaire for Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT)

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