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Table 2 Research participants’ demographic information

From: The effect of a theory-based educational program on southern Iranian prisoners’ HIV preventive behaviors: a quasi-experimental research

Variable

category

Total sample

N (280)

Intervention group (n = 140)

Control group (n = 140)

p-value

Age (M,SD)

 

35.39 (8.25%)

35.49 (8.24%)

35.29 (8.823%)

0.850

Educational level

Illiterate

11 (3.9%)

3 (2.1%)

8 (5.73%)

0.401

primary

76 (27.1%)

43 (30.7%)

33 (23.63%)

Secondary

111 (39.6%)

55 (39.3%)

56 (40.03%)

Diploma

71 (25.4%)

33 (23.63%)

38 (27.13%)

College

11 (3.9%)

6 (4.33%)

6 (3.63%)

Marital status

Single

86 (30.7%)

45 (32.13%)

41 (29.33%)

0.256

Married

167 (59.6%)

78 (55.73%)

89 (63.63%)

Divorced/widowed

27 (9.6%)

17 (12.13%)

10 (7.13%)

occupation

unemployed

56 (20.0%)

29 (20.73%)

27 (19.33%)

0.694

Manual jobs

133 (47.5%)

70 (50.03%)

63 (45.03%)

farming

66 (23.6%)

29 (20.73%)

37 (26.43%)

other

25 (8.9%)

12 (8.63%)

13 (9.33%)

History of imprisonment

1–2

244 (87.1%)

132 (94.33%)

112 (80%)

0.000

3 or more

36 (12.9%)

8 (5.73%)

28 (20%)

History of drug addiction

yes

175 (62.5%)

81 (57.93%)

94 (67.1%)

0.109

No

105 (37.5%)

59 (42.13%)

46 (32.9%)

Using protectives in sex affairs with one’s spouse

yes

46 (16.4%)

21 (15.03%)

25 (17.9%)

0.766

no

148 (52.9%)

74 (52.93%)

74 (52.9%)

Not married

86 (30.7%)

45 (32.13%)

41 (29.3%)

Physical contact with a partner (other than the spouse)

yes

134 (47.9%)

65 (46.43%)

69 (49.3%)

0.632

no

146 (52.1%)

75 (53.63%)

71 (50.7%)

Using protectives in sex affairs with one’s sex partner

yes

65 (23.2%)

29 (20.73%)

36 (25.7%)

0.608

no

69 (24.6%)

36 (25.73%)

33 (23.6%)

No sex affair

146 (52.1%)

75 (53.6%)

71 (50.7%)