Table 1

Characteristics of participants and partnerships associated with STI partner notification 2 weeks after the baseline survey: prospective analysis (crude ORs)

	Males				Females
	Partner notified 2 weeks after diagnosis		OR*	95% CI	Partner notified 2 weeks after diagnosis		OR*	95% CI
	n	%			n		%
Characteristics of participants
Age
24 years or younger	58	48.33	1.00		48	64.86	1.00
Older than 24 years	118	64.48	1.94	1.00 to 3.78	71	84.52	2.96	1.26 to 6.97
Education
Not completed grade 12	105	62.13	1.00		82	75.23	1.00
Completed grade 12	30	53.57	0.70	0.36 to 1.39	30	85.71	1.98	0.71 to 5.50
Post-grade 12 education	41	52.56	0.68	0.30 to 1.52	7	50.00	0.33	0.11 to 0.99
STI symptoms: ulcer
No	137	57.81	1.00		102	73.91	1.00
Yes	39	59.09	1.05	0.49 to 2.25	17	85.00	2.00	0.58 to 6.91
STI symptoms: discharge
No	76	63.33	1.00		35	71.43	1.00
Yes	100	54.64	0.70	0.35 to 1.38	84	77.06	1.34	0.54 to 3.36
STI symptoms: burning urine
No	47	59.49	1.00		43	78.18	1.00
Yes	129	57.59	0.92	0.45 to 1.91	76	73.79	0.79	0.34 to 1.80
HIV status, participant report
Negative or unknown	154	57.89	1.00		84	79.25	1.00
Positive	22	59.46	1.07	0.36 to 3.19	35	67.31	0.54	0.23 to 1.27
Alcohol use, past 3 months
Non-drinkers	23	74.19	1.00		29	80.56	1.00
Drinkers	45	47.37	0.31	0.09 to 1.07	42	75.00	0.72	0.22 to 2.44
Heavy drinkers	108	61.02	0.54	0.17 to 1.74	48	72.73	0.64	0.20 to 2.12
Drug use past 3 months
No	84	51.22	1.00		111	76.55	1.00
Yes	92	66.19	1.86	0.97 to 3.59	8	61.54	0.49	0.18 to 1.30
Characteristics of partnerships
Age differential
Participant younger	104	65.00	1.89	1.09 to 3.26	13	81.25	1.06	0.28 to 3.98
Similar age	56	49.56	1.00		45	80.36	1.00
Participant older	16	53.33	1.16	0.48 to 2.80	61	70.93	0.60	0.30 to 1.17
Type of sex partner
Once-off	29	43.28	1.00		6	42.86	1.00
Casual	63	48.46	1.23	0.65 to 2.34	26	57.78	1.82	0.39 to 8.48
Main	84	79.25	5.00	2.60 to 9.63	87	87.88	9.67	2.02 to 46.35
Transactional sex
No	133	58.33	1.00		103	75.18	1.00
Yes	43	57.33	0.96	0.44 to 2.10	16	76.19	1.06	0.36 to 3.13
Victim of physical IPV, past 3 months
No					78	72.22	1.00
Yes					41	82.00	1.75	0.82 to 3.76
Victim of sexual IPV, past 3 months
No					81	75.00	1.00
Yes					38	76.00	1.06	0.49 to 2.26
Victim of emotional IPV, past 3 months
No					72	71.29	1.00
Yes					47	82.46	1.89	0.87 to 4.14
Perpetrator of physical IPV, past 3 months
No	103	50.99	1.00
Yes	73	72.28	2.51	1.43 to 4.38
Perpetrator of sexual IPV, past 3 months
No	143	56.75	1.00
Yes	33	64.71	1.40	0.70 to 2.78
Perpetrator of emotional IPV, past 3 months
No	110	52.63	1.00
Yes	66	70.21	2.12	1.15 to 3.91

*ORs are adjusted for clustering.
IPV, intimate partner violence.