Table 1 Participant characteristics
Participant demographics | N (%) |
|---|---|
Age in years | |
 18–19 | 14 (47%) |
 20–24 | 16 (53%) |
Has a child | 14 (47%) |
Education level | |
 No schooling | 1 (3%) |
 Primary school | 12 (40%) |
 Secondary school | 17 (57%) |
Average monthly income | |
 < 100,000 | 10 (33%) |
 100,000–200,000 | 11 (37%) |
 > 200,000 | 9 (30%) |
Source of income | |
 Sex Worker | 18 (60%) |
 Other | 12 (40%) |
Tenure status for your house | |
 Owned | 4 (13%) |
 Rented | 26 (87%) |
Number of previous pregnancies | |
 None | 13 (43%) |
 One | 9 (30%) |
 Two | 8 (27%) |
Current contraceptive use (pills, implants and IUDs) | |
 Yes | 24 (80%) |
 No | 6 (20%) |
Had treatment for genital symptoms in last 3Â months | |
 Yes | 18 (60%) |
 No | 12 (40%) |
Currently have a primary sex partner | |
 Yes | 25 (83%) |
 No | 5 (17%) |
Currently married or living with primary sex partner | |
 Yes | 10 (33%) |
 No | 20 (67%) |
Partnership duration | |
 < 1 year | 7 (23%) |
 1–2 years | 11 (37%) |
 > 2 years | 12 (40%) |
Primary sex partner had sex with another person in past 3Â months | |
 Yes | 11 (37%) |
 No | 2 (6%) |
 Don't know | 17 (57%) |
Financial and/or material support from your primary sex partner | |
 Yes | 21 (84%) |
 No | 4 (16%) |
HIV status of your primary sex partner | |
 HIV negative | 18 (62%) |
 Don't know | 11 (38%) |
Condom use during the last act of vaginal sex | |
 Yes | 15 (50%) |
 No | 14 (47%) |
 Never | 1 (3%) |
No. of times you had vaginal sex in the past 30Â days | |
 ≤ 9 times | 12 (40%) |
 > 10 times | 18 (60%) |
No. of men you had sex with in last 3Â months | |
 ≤ 9 men | 19 (63%) |
 > 10 men | 11 (37%) |