Table 2 Characteristics and risk profiles of 515 AGYWÂ programme beneficiaries who accessed a Safe Space (unweighted analysis)
Variable | Total sample N (%) | Accessed a Safe Space = 1 Freq (%) | Pearson Chi2 comparing those who did and did not access a Safe Space for each variable (Test statistic) P value |
|---|---|---|---|
Age group | |||
 15–19 years | 264 (51.3) | 52 (18.7) | (1.5837) 0.21 |
 20–24 years | 251 (48.7) | 61 (24.3) |  |
SES* | |||
 Relatively low | 147 (28.5) | 29 (13.6) | (8.3471) < 0.01 |
 Relatively high | 368 (71.5) | 93 (25.3) |  |
Hunger in household in past month | |||
 Yes | 86 (16.7) | 23 (26.7) | (1.3902) 0.24 |
 No | 429 (83.3) | 90 (21.9) |  |
Orphan status | |||
 Maternal and/or paternal orphan | 196 (38.1) | 40 (20.4%) | (0.4345) 0.51 |
 Not orphaned | 319 (61.9) | 73 (22.9%) |  |
Maternal orphan status | |||
 Maternal orphan | 102 (19.8) | 24 (23.5) | (0.1872) 0.68 |
 Not a maternal orphan | 413 (80.2) | 89 (21.6) |  |
NEETa | |||
 Yes | 62 (12.0) | 18 (29.0) | (2.0690) 0.15 |
 No | 453 (88.0) | 95 (21.0) |  |
Ever been pregnant | |||
 Yes | 159 (30.9) | 32 (20.1) | (0.4429) 0.51 |
 No | 356 (69.1) | 81 (22.8) |  |
Ever had a transactional relationship with a man or transactional sex | |||
 Yes | 26 (5.1) | 8 (30.8) | (1.2458) 0.26 |
 No | 489 (95.0) | 105 (21.5) |  |
Fear of male partner in past 6 months | |||
 Yes | 77 (15.0) | 21 (27.3) | (1.5023) 0.22 |
 No | 438 (85.0) | 92 (21.0) |  |
Ever had sex | |||
 Yes | 389 (75.5) | 87 (22.4) | (0.1663) 0.68 |
 No | 126 (24.5) | 26 (20.6) |  |
Had early sexual debut (< 15 years)b | |||
 Yes | 26 (6.7) | 5 (19.2) | (0.1576) 0.69 |
 No | 363 (93.3) | 82 (22.6) |  |
Age disparate sex in past 6 months (>/= 5 years)b | |||
 Yes | 58 (14.9) | 10 (17.2) | (1.0306) 0.31 |
 No | 331 (85.1) | 77 (23.3) |  |
Multiple male partners in past 6 months (> 1)b | |||
 Yes | 81 (20.8) | 25 (30.9) | (4.2561) 0.04 |
 No | 308 (79.2) | 62 (20.1) |  |
Inconsistent condom use with last one (or two) partners b | |||
 Yes | 303 (77.9) | 69 (22.7) | (0.1309) 0.72 |
 No | 86 (22.1) | 18 (20.9) |  |
Inconsistent use of contraceptives in past 6 monthsb | |||
 Yes | 258 (66.3) | 56 (21.7) | (0.1920) 0.66 |
 No | 131 (33.7) | 31 (23.7) |  |
Languishing in terms of emotional well-being | |||
 Yes | 74 (14.4) | 15 (20.3) | (0.1410) 0.71 |
 No | 441 (85.6) | 98 (22.2) |  |
High risk of depression | |||
 Yes | 145 (28.2) | 31 (21.4) | (0.0373) 0.85 |
 No | 379 (71.8) | 82 (22.2) |  |
High Audit C Score (>/=2) | |||
 Yes | 248 (48.2) | 52 (21.0) | (0.2650) 0.61 |
 No | 267 (51.8) | 61 (22.9) |  |