Sociodemographic characteristics, reported sexual history and hygiene management and reproductive tract infections among adolescent school girls in Mwanza City, Tanzania
| Participant reported having had penile-vaginal sex | All | |||||
| Yes | No | |||||
| Total | 163 | 42% | 223 | 58% | 386 | 100% |
| Sociodemographic characteristics | ||||||
| Age (years) | ||||||
| 17 | 80 | 49% | 135 | 61% | 215 | 56% |
| 18 | 83 | 51% | 88 | 39% | 171 | 44% |
| Born in | ||||||
| Mwanza region | 118 | 72% | 172 | 77% | 290 | 75% |
| Other region | 45 | 28% | 51 | 23% | 96 | 25% |
| Lives with | ||||||
| Mother (+/-father/other person) | 98 | 60% | 147 | 66% | 245 | 63% |
| Father (+/-other person, but not mother) | 12 | 7% | 12 | 5% | 24 | 6% |
| Does not live with mother or father | 53 | 33% | 64 | 29% | 117 | 30% |
| Number of people in household | ||||||
| 1–5 | 69 | 42% | 65 | 29% | 134 | 35% |
| 6–7 | 46 | 28% | 84 | 38% | 130 | 34% |
| 8 or more | 48 | 29% | 74 | 33% | 122 | 32% |
| SES indicator (possessions) | ||||||
| Car | 8 | 5% | 16 | 7% | 24 | 6% |
| TV, but no car | 76 | 47% | 89 | 40% | 165 | 43% |
| Cell phone, no car or TV | 73 | 45% | 110 | 49% | 183 | 47% |
| None of the above | 6 | 4% | 8 | 4% | 14 | 4% |
| Nights outside home, last 3 months | ||||||
| None | 138 | 85% | 202 | 91% | 340 | 88% |
| One or more | 25 | 15% | 21 | 9% | 46 | 12% |
| Hygiene behaviour | ||||||
| Menstrual hygiene management | ||||||
| Reusable cloth | 60 | 37% | 90 | 40% | 150 | 39% |
| Underpants | 161 | 99% | 211 | 95% | 372 | 96% |
| Sanitary pads | 133 | 82% | 149 | 67% | 282 | 73% |
| Tampons or toilet paper | 1 | 1% | 2 | 1% | 3 | 1% |
| Intravaginal cleansing | ||||||
| No cleansing | 121 | 74% | 207 | 93% | 328 | 85% |
| Plain water | 23 | 14% | 11 | 5% | 34 | 9% |
| Soap | 17 | 10% | 5 | 2% | 22 | 6% |
| Cloth, cotton wool, detergents | 2 | 1% | 0 | 0% | 2 | 1% |
| Method of cleaning after defecation | ||||||
| Water only | 149 | 91% | 193 | 87% | 342 | 89% |
| Toilet paper | 9 | 6% | 22 | 10% | 31 | 8% |
| Other | 5 | 3% | 8 | 4% | 13 | 3% |
| Direction of cleaning after defecation | ||||||
| Front to back | 118 | 72% | 176 | 79% | 294 | 76% |
| Back to front | 45 | 28% | 47 | 21% | 92 | 24% |
| Sexual behaviour | ||||||
| Touched penis with hands | 19 | 12% | 3 | 1% | 22 | 6% |
| Man/boy touched vagina with hands | 34 | 21% | 1 | 0% | 35 | 9% |
| Had penis in her mouth | 2 | 1% | 1 | 0% | 3 | 1% |
| Receptive oral sex | 8 | 5% | 1 | 0% | 9 | 2% |
| Penis rubbed against her genitals (without penetration) | 9 | 6% | 0 | 0% | 9 | 2% |
| Anal sex* | 2 | 1% | 0 | 0% | 2 | 1% |
| Number of life-time (penile-vaginal sex) partners | ||||||
| One | 123 | 75% | ||||
| Two | 31 | 19% | ||||
| Three or more | 9 | 6% | ||||
| Age of first sexual partner | ||||||
| <1 year older | 16 | 10% | ||||
| 1–2 years older | 31 | 19% | ||||
| 2–3 years older | 30 | 18% | ||||
| >3 years older | 64 | 39% | ||||
| Don’t know/no answer | 22 | 13% | ||||
| Frequency of condom use with current/latest partner | ||||||
| Never | 67 | 41% | ||||
| Some of the time | 24 | 15% | ||||
| Always | 69 | 42% | ||||
| Don’t know/no answer | 3 | 2% | ||||
| BV, vaginal yeast and sexually transmitted infections | ||||||
| BV (Nugent 7–10) | 53 | 33% | 42 | 19% | 95 | 25% |
| Intermediate (Nugent 4–6) | 17 | 10% | 12 | 5% | 29 | 7% |
| Vaginal yeast | 10 | 6% | 11 | 5% | 21 | 5% |
| Chlamydia trachomatis | 8 | 5% | 1 | 0% | 9 | 2% |
| Neisseria gonorrhoeae | 4 | 2% | 4 | 2% | 8 | 2% |
| Trichomonas vaginalis | 15 | 9% | 2 | 1% | 17 | 4% |
| Mycoplasma genitalium | 6 | 4% | 3 | 1% | 9 | 2% |
| Active syphilis | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Human papillomavirus—any genotype† | 84 | 52% | 41 | 18% | 125 | 33% |
| Herpes simplex virus-2 | 5 | 3% | 4 | 2% | 9 | 2% |
| HIV† | 0 | 0% | 3 | 1% | 3 | 1% |
*Missing data for one participant.
†Missing data for two participants.
BV, bacterial vaginosis; SES, socioeconomic status.