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Table 4 Factors associated with participation in the combination HIV-prevention intervention) as measured by a household survey (weighted percentages)

From: Factors influencing adolescent girls and young women’s participation in a combination HIV prevention intervention in South Africa

Variable

Intervention Participation

15–19-year-olds

n = 2515

20–24-year-olds

n = 1884

Total

N = 4399

Yes

No

*P value

Yes

No

*P value

Yes

No

*P value

n

%

95%CI

n

%

95%CI

n

%

95%CI

n

%

95%CI

n

%

95%CI

n

%

95%CI

HIV status

 Positive

98

55.0

49.0–60.8

87

45.0

39.2–51.0

0.849

136

38.0

33.4–42.8

247

62.0

57.2–66.6

0.226

234

43.3

39.7–46.9

334

56.8

53.1–60.3

0.001

 Negative

1265

54.4

52.5–56.3

1064

45.6

43.7–47.6

602

41.0

38.7–43.3

898

59.0

56.7–61.3

1867

49.1

47.5–50.6

1962

50.9

49.4–52.5

Socioeconomic Status

 Higher

234

54.1

50.1–58.0

181

45.9

42.0–49.9

0.841

141

37.9

33.7–42.3

236

62.1

57.7–66.3

0.144

375

46.2

43.3–49.2

417

53.8

50.8–56.7

0.095

 Lower

1130

54.5

52.5–56.5

970

45.5

43.5–47.5

598

41.2

39.0–43.5

909

58.8

56.5–61.1

1728

48.9

47.3–50.6

1879

51.1

49.4–52.7

Currently in school

 Yes

1203

58.5

56.4–60.5

871

41.5

39.5–43.6

< 0.001

252

58.4

54.4–62.3

192

41.6

37.7–45.6

< 0.001

1455

58.5

56.6–60.3

1063

41.5

39.7–43.4

< 0.001

 No

161

36.3

32.6–40.1

280

63.7

59.9–67.4

487

35.2

33.0–37.4

953

64.8

62.6–67.0

648

35.4

33.6–37.4

1233

64.6

62.6–66.4

Ever pregnant**

 Yes

214

46.5

42.6–50.5

252

53.5

49.5–57.4

< 0.001

430

38.5

35.7–41.4

746

61.5

58.6–64.3

0.020

644

40.7

38.4–43.1

998

59.3

56.9–61.6

< 0.001

 No

486

58.3

55.2–61.3

333

41.7

38.7–44.8

231

44.7

41.2–48.3

282

55.3

51.7–58.8

717

53.1

50.7–55.4

615

46.9

44.6–49.3

Social support from parents

 High support

847

54.4

52.1–56.7

709

45.6

43.3–47.9

0.211

471

41.5

38.9–44.2

703

58.5

55.8–61.1

0.207

1318

48.8

47.0–50.6

1412

51.2

49.4–53.1

0.116

 Moderate support

371

53.1

50.0–56.1

335

46.9

43.8–50.0

183

37.7

33.8–41.7

318

62.3

58.3–66.2

554

46.6

44.1–49.0

653

53.4

51.0–55.9

 Low support

146

58.4

53.4–63.3

107

41.6

36.7–46.6

85

41.3

36.2–46.6

124

58.7

53.4–63.8

231

50.8

47.2–54.4

231

49.2

45.6–52.9

Had a boyfriend in the past 12 months***

 Yes

866

56.6

54.3–58.8

658

43.4

41.2–45.7

< 0.001

564

40.8

38.5–43.2

865

59.2

56.8–61.5

0.040

1430

48.9

47.2–50.7

1523

51.1

49.4–52.8

0.001

 No

474

50.4

47.6–53.2

482

49.6

46.8–52.4

160

38.4

34.4–42.5

271

61.6

57.5–65.6

634

46.5

44.2–48.9

753

53.5

51.2–55.8

Experienced IPV and/or sexual violence in the past 12 months

 Yes

335

56.0

52.5–56.3

248

44.0

40.7–47.4

0.273

297

43.2

40.3–46.2

383

56.8

53.8–59.7

0.034

632

49.1

46.8–51.4

631

50.9

48.6–53.2

0.430

 No

1029

53.9

51.8–56.0

903

46.1

44.0–48.2

442

38.8

35.9–41.8

762

61.2

58.2–64.1

1471

48.1

46.3–49.8

1665

51.9

50.2–53.7

  1. *P value for the difference between those who participated in the intervention and factors associated with participation
  2. ** Only asked for those who reported to have ever had sex
  3. ***n = 49 “prefer not to answer” responses excluded
  4. ****n = 59 “prefer not to answer” responses excluded