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Table 3 Baseline demographics for the sample

From: Behavioral effects of different contraceptive methods and HIV acquisition: an ancillary study of the ECHO randomized trial

Characteristic

Participants who did not complete the diary (n = 162)

Participants who completed the diary (n = 390)

Total (n = 552)

p-value

Age; mean (SD)

25 (5)

25 (4)

25 (4)

0.724

Highest education; n (%)

 Primary school, complete

1 (0.6)

1 (0.3)

2 (0.4)

0.519

 Secondary school, not complete

80 (49.4)

213 (54.6)

293 (53.1)

 Secondary school, complete

67 (41.4)

143 (36.7)

210 (38.0)

 Attended post-secondary school

12 (7.4)

32 (8.2)

44 (8.0)

Marital status; n (%)

 Never married

155 (95.7)

376 (96.4)

531 (96.2)

0.48

 Married (monogamous)

4 (2.5)

11 (2.8)

15 (2.7)

 Separated

0 (0.0)

2 (0.5)

2 (0.4)

 Widowed

1 (0.6)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.2)

Income source; n (%)

 None

136 (84.0)

335 (85.9)

471 (85.3)

0.595

 Formal employment

8 (4.9)

13 (3.3)

21 (3.8)

 Self-employment

1 (0.6)

1 (0.3)

2 (0.4)

 Other

15 (9.3)

40 (10.3)

55 (10.0)