| Control | Intervention* | All participants tested (control + intervention) | Participants not tested for CT, NG and TV† | |
| n = 881 | n = 886 (p value) | n = 1767* | n = 1188 (p value) | |
| Background characteristics | ||||
| Ethnic group | ||||
| Sotho | 53.0% | 54.0% (0.012) | 53.5% | 40.6% (<0.001) |
| Zulu | 33.52% | 28.3% | 30.9% | 42.3% |
| Other | 13.5% | 17.7% | 15.6% | 17.1% |
| <21 years old | 33.3% | 29.1% (0.065) | 31.2% | 32.9% (0.33) |
| Primary level of education completed | 98.9% | 98.0% (0.18) | 98.4% | 98.1% (0.48) |
| Married or living as married§ | 4.7% | 5.7% (0.45) | 5.2% | 7.1% (0.061) |
| Reported sexual behaviour | ||||
| Mean (median) number of lifetime sex partners | 4.2 (4.0) | 4.4 (4.0) (0.55) | 4.3 (4.0) | 4.8 (4.0) (<0.001) |
| Mean (median) number of non-spousal sex partners‡ | 0.88 (1.0) | 0.94 (1.0) (0.48) | 0.91 (1.0) | 0.87 (1.0) (0.73) |
| Mean (median) number of sex acts‡ | 7.4 (2.0) | 9.0 (3.0) (0.045) | 8.2 (3.0) | 7.0 (3.0) (0.65) |
| Consistent condom use with non-spousal sex partnersঠ| 23.4% | 24.6% (0.70) | 24.1% | 5.2% (<0.001) |
| HIV prevalence | ||||
| HIV positive | 7.1% | 4.5% (0.025) | 5.8% | 8.0% (0.02) |
*The p value corresponds to the comparison of the control and intervention group; †the p value corresponds to the comparison of those tested for Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG), Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) with those not tested; ‡during the past 12 months; §at some time during the past 12 months; ¶among those having had sexual intercourse during the past 12 months.