Table 1 Characteristics of Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Age-Disparate Sex Partnerships compared to Age-Concordant Sex Partnerships

Age

< 0.0001

15–19

671 (42.3%)

523 (46.9%)

122 (30.4%)

26 (29.0%)

20–24

1287 (57.7%)

845 (53.1%)

337 (69.6%)

105 (71.0%)

Residence

< 0.0001

Urban

804 (21.4%)

527 (19.0%)

213 (28.5%)

64 (25.9%)

Rural

1154 (78.6%)

841 (81.0%)

246 (71.5%)

67 (74.1%)

Education

0.0387

No Education

80 (5.0%)

51 (4.5%)

19 (4.7%)

10 (12.3%)

Primary

1136 (64.5%)

791 (64.7%)

268 (64.5%)

77 (61.7%)

Secondary or More

742 (30.5%)

526 (30.8%)

172 (30.8%)

44 (26.0%)

Employed in the last 12 months or enrolled in school

< 0.0001

Yes

641 (33.5%)

497 (37.2%)

112 (22.8%)

32 (26.2%)

No

1249 (66.5%)

829 (62.8%)

330 (77.2%)

90 (73.8%)

Household Wealth Quintile

0.0172

Lowest

255 (16.7%)

190 (17.9%)

53 (14.7%)

12 (12.2%)

Second

280 (18.1%)

213 (19.2%)

50 (13.1%)

17 (21.3%)

Middle

319 (20.9%)

234 (21.1%)

73 (22.4%)

12 (12.9%)

Fourth

395 (21.0%)

270 (20.3%)

93 (21.8%)

32 (26.8%)

Highest

709 (23.2%)

461 (21.5%)

190 (28.0%)

58 (26.8%)

Ever Married or lived together as if married

< 0.0001

Yes

1373 (68.5%)

875 (62.8%)

378 (82.8%)

120 (86.6%)

No

585 (31.5%)

493 (37.2%)

81 (17.2%)

11 (13.4%)

Multiple Partners in past 12 months

0.3377

1 Partner

1821 (93.9%)

1272 (93.8%)

427 (95.0%)

122 (90.5%)

2 + Partners

137 (6.1%)

96 (6.2%)

32 (5.0%)

9 (9.5%)

Ever had anal sex

0.0930

Yes

51 (2.4%)

28 (2.0%)

17 (3.8%)

6 (3.4%)

No

1891 (97.6%)

1329 (98.0%)

437 (96.2%)

125 (96.6%)

Condom use at last sex

< 0.0001

Yes

531 (27.5%)

425 (31.4%)

88 (17.9%)

18 (14.2%)

No

1426 (72.5%)

943 (68.6%)

370 (82.1%)

113 (85.8%)

Alcohol use at last sex

0.0876

AGYW and/or partner drinking

150 (6.7%)

87 (6.0%)

49 (9.0%)

14 (7.7%)

Neither drinking

1800 (93.3%)

1277 (94.0%)

406 (91.0%)

117 (92.2%)

HIV status of partner

0.0003

Positive

43 (1.8%)

22 (1.2%)

11 (2.4%)

10 (7.4%)

Negative

1187 (58.3%)

835 (58.3%)

276 (60.9%)

76 (49.8%)

Don’t Know

726 (39.9%)

509 (40.5%)

172 (36.7%)

45 (42.8%)

Ever sold sex for money

0.3800

Yes

107 (6.4%)

76 (6.6%)

21 (5.1%)

10 (9.1%)

No

1851 (93.6%)

1292 (93.4%)

438 (94.9%)

121 (90.9%)

HIV Status

< 0.0001

Positive

115 (4.3%)

59 (3.2%)

34 (6.1%)

22 (11.9%)

Negative

1843 (95.7%)

1309 (96.8%)

425 (93.9%)

109 (88.1%)

Endorsement of one or more Inequitable Gender Norms

0.4393

Yes

614 (33.1%)

416 (32.6%)

151 (33.1%)

47 (39.5%)

No

1343 (66.9%)

952 (67.4%)

308 (66.9%)

83 (60.5%)