Demographic and reproductive characteristics of study participants at enrolment
| Characteristic | Antananarivo (n = 30) | Tamatave (n = 31) | Mahajanga (n = 30) | Total (n = 91) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | (range) | Median | (range) | Median | (range) | Median | (range) | ||
| Age | 27 | (18–42) | 25 | (20–45) | 29.5 | (18–48) | 28 | (18–48) | |
| Number of pregnancies | 2.5 | (0–7) | 2 | (0–6) | 2 | (0–5) | 2 | (0–7) | |
| Completed years of schooling | 4 | (0–8) | 5 | (0–11) | 5 | (0–13) | 5 | (0–13) | |
| Number of sex acts, last week | 11 | (0–27) | 4 | (0–32) | 7 | (0–40) | 6 | (0–40) | |
| Number of sex partners, last week | 10 | (0–26) | 3 | (0–32) | 6 | (0–40) | 5 | (0–40) | |
| Number of new sex partners, last week | 1 | (0–13) | 3 | (0–32) | 3 | (0–34) | 3 | (0–34) | |
| No | (%) | No | (%) | No | (%) | No | (%) | ||
| Occupation | |||||||||
| None | 20 | (67) | 13 | (42) | 24 | (80) | 57 | (63) | |
| Trade/commerce | 3 | (10) | 8 | (26) | 3 | (10) | 14 | (15) | |
| Professional | 0 | (0) | 1 | (3) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (1) | |
| Domestic | 0 | (0) | 9 | (29) | 1 | (3) | 10 | (11) | |
| Other | 7 | (23) | 0 | (0) | 2 | (7) | 9 | (10) | |
| Current contraceptive method | |||||||||
| None | 18 | (60) | 23 | (74) | 7 | (23) | 48 | (53) | |
| Oral | 1 | (3) | 6 | (19) | 3 | (10) | 10 | (11) | |
| Injectable | 4 | (13) | 2 | (6) | 6 | (20) | 12 | (13) | |
| Condom | 7 | (23) | 0 | (0) | 13 | (43) | 20 | (22) | |
| Other | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (3) | 1 | (1) | |
| Used condom at last vaginal sex | 22 | (73) | 23 | (74) | 13 | (43) | 58 | (64) | |
| Ever genital ulcer | 9 | (30) | 11 | (35) | 14 | (47) | 34 | (37) | |
| Ever oral sex | 5 | (17) | 3 | (10) | 1 | (3) | 9 | (10) | |
| Ever anal sex | 2 | (7) | 1 | (3) | 0 | (0) | 3 | (3) | |