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Table 1 Demographics of participants by circumcision status

From: A comparison of the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among circumcised and uncircumcised adult males in Rustenburg, South Africa: a cross-sectional study

 

circumcision type

p-value

Not circumcised

Medically circumcised

Traditionally circumcised

Total

Enrolment Age (years)

Median (IQR)

25 (22–28)

25 (23–29)

27 (23–32)

25 (22–29)

0.147

Age of sexual debut (years)

Median (IQR)

17 (16–18)

16 (15–18)

17 (16–18)

17 (15–18)

0.066

Total years of schooling (years)

Median (IQR)

12 (12–14)

12 (12–13)

12 (10–13)

12 (12–13)

0.280

Race n (column %)

Black

220 (98.7)

79 (100.0)

37 (100.0)

336 (99.1)

0.813

White

1 (0.4)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.3)

Other

2 (0.9)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

2 (0.6)

Marital status n (column %)

Single

215 (96.4)

72 (91.1)

34 (91.9)

321 (94.7)

0.074

Divorced

0 (0.0)

2 (2.5)

0 (0.0)

2 (0.6)

Married

8 (3.6%

5 (6.3)

3(8.1)

16 (4.7)

Does your partner live with you n (column %)

No

168 (75.3)

61 (77.2)

30 (81.1)

259 (76.4)

0.780

Yes

36 (16.1)

13 (16.5)

6 1 (6.2)

55 (16.2)

Not applicable/ no partner

19 (8.5)

5 (6.3)

1 (2.7)

25 (7.4)

Employment n (column %)

Unemployed

110 (49.3%)

37 (46.8%)

19 (51.4%)

166 (49.0)

0.701

Self employed

16 (7.2%)

6 (7.6%)

1 (2.7%)

23 (6.8)

Student

16 (7.2%)

9 (11.4%)

1 (2.7%)

26 (7.7)

Employed

79 (35.4)

27 (34.2)

16 (43.2)

122 (36.0)

Other

2 (0.9)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

2 (0.6)