Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics and sexual risk behaviours at enrolment
Men N  =  536Women N  =  361
Median (IQR) or %Median (IQR) or %
Sociodemographics
    Age, in years27 (24–33)27 (23–32)
    Level of education, in years8 (7–12)8 (7–12)
    Employment
        None35.828.5
        Self33.664.0
        Formal30.67.5
    Marital status
        Single78.064.8
        Married13.814.4
        Separated or widowed8.220.8
    Circumcision status
        Reported or observed*89.74.4
    Family planning
        Non-barrier method†23.0
        Non-barrier method† plus condom3.9
        Condom alone28.3
Sexual partnerships
    No of different sexual partners (past month)
        Regular1 (0–1)0 (0–1)
        Casual2 (0–4)1 (0–4)
    Transactional, anal, group, and non-consensual sex (past 3 months)
        Received money or goods for sex57.172.6
        Paid another person for sex43.12.2
        Engaged in RAI35.617.7
        Participated in group sex‡11.47.5
        Forced to have sex3.05.8
    Condom use with regular partners (previous week)
        Always used25.223.6
        Never used63.469.1
    Persons active with regular partnerN  =  262N  =  191
    Condom use with casual partners (previous week)
        Always used38.264.1
        Never used41.317.4
    Persons active with casual partnerN  =  293N  =  167
    Condom use with receptive anal sex (previous 3 months)
        Always used18.923.8
        Never used35.641.3
    Persons reporting anal sex§N  =  191N  =  63
  • IQR, interquartile range; RAI, receptive anal intercourse.

  • *12 Men and 20 women had missing data on circumcision status.

  • †Included oral contraceptive pills, depo-provera injections, implants, or bilateral tubal ligation

  • ‡One woman had missing data on participation in group sex.

  • §One woman had missing data on condom use during anal sex.