Table 2

Class risk variable proportions from the three-class LCA model among the sample of CAP007 adolescent females with HIV-negative serostatus in 2011 (n=1049)

Risk variableOverallThree-class model proportions
Class 1
‘No risk’
Class 2
‘High risk’
Class 3
‘Low risk’
HSV-2 status
 Positive0.0920.0520.2340.096
 Negative0.9080.9480.7660.904
Contraception
 Condom use0.2570.0640.3040.489
 Other contraception0.1940.0000.0000.511
 None0.5480.9360.6960.000
HIV knowledge
 Low0.0870.0800.0730.100
 High0.9130.9200.9270.900
Prior HIV testing
 Yes0.8840.8830.9000.879
 No0.1160.1170.1000.121
Financial dependence
 Yes0.1090.1100.0860.115
 No0.8910.8900.9140.885
Drug use (past year)
 At least once0.0370.0000.1370.048
 Never0.9631.0000.8630.952
Alcohol use (past year)
 At least once0.1540.0680.4570.158
 Never0.8460.9320.5430.842
Pregnancy (past year)
 Yes0.0410.0140.0370.078
 No0.9590.9860.9630.922
School absence (past year)
 Illness0.3040.3250.3100.276
 Illness and other reason0.2000.1830.1770.231
 Other reason0.1690.1240.3280.170
 None0.3270.3690.1850.323
Perceived HIV risk
 High risk0.0740.0850.2490.000
 Low risk0.3800.0000.0001.000
 Not at risk0.5450.9150.7510.000
Age
 ≥180.2780.1630.4510.366
 <180.7220.8370.5490.634
n (%)1049 (100)547 (52.15)103 (9.82)399 (38.04)
HIV status (2012)
 Positive6 (1.10)3 (2.91)9 (2.26)
 Negative541 (98.90)100 (97.09)390 (97.74)
  • HSV-2, herpes simplex virus serotype-2; LCA, latent class analysis.