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Table 2 Socio demographic characteristics of individuals socializing in venues where people meet new sexual partners

From: Targeting condom distribution at high risk places increases condom utilization-evidence from an intervention study in Livingstone, Zambia

 

Men

 

Baseline

Follow-up

 

Intervention

Control

 

Intervention

Control

 
 

%

N

%

N

p-value

%

N

%

N

p-value

Refusals

3.3

155

1.3

261

0.172

0

199

0

222

-

Single

     

30

198

45

221

0.003

Married/cohabiting

     

61

 

50

  

Divorced

     

8

 

2

  

Widowed

     

1

 

3

  

From township

82

148

63

254

0.019

88

199

91

220

0.392

Another township

16

 

36

  

8

 

8

  

From out of town

1

 

2

  

4

 

1

  
 

Est

95% CI

Est

95% CI

p-value

Est

95% CI

Est

95% CI

p-value

Median age

29

 

30

  

31

 

30

  

Mean age

28.6

27.8-29.3

30.8

29.3-32.3

< 0.001

32.4

30.8-34.1

31.0

29.7-32.2

< 0.001

Median no school years

12

 

12

  

11

 

12

  

Mean no school years

11.2

10.9-11.6

11.0

10.2-11.7

0.025

10.4

9.9-11.0

11.6

11.1-12.1

< 0.001

 

Women

 

Baseline

Follow-up

 

Intervention

Control

 

Intervention

Control

 
 

%

N

%

N

p-value

%

N

%

N

p-value

Refusals

2.9

33

3.1

77

0.953

0

65

0

51

-

Single

     

41

65

56

51

0.264

Married/cohabiting

     

16

 

24

  

Divorced

     

22

 

17

  

Widowed

     

20

 

4

  

From township

83

31

76

70

0.537

96

65

94

51

0.796

Another township

17

 

24

  

3

 

5

  

From out of town

0

 

0

  

1

 

1

  
 

Est.

95% CI

Est.

95% CI

p-value

Est.

95% CI

Est.

95% CI

p-value

Median age

24

 

24

  

30

 

28

  

Mean age

24.0

22.5-25.5

25.6

23.7-27.6

0.002

29.8

27.1-32.5

27.5

25.2-29.8

< 0.001

Median no school years

10

 

9

  

9

 

9

  

Mean no school years

10.4

9.7-11.0

9.1

8.4-9.8

< 0.001

9.1

8.5-9.6

10.1

8.7-11.6

< 0.001