Table 1 Sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics of participants by age of sexual debut
Characteristics | Â | Early sexual debut | Â | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total N = 1057 (%) | No n = 553 (%) | Yes n = 504 (%) | p | |
Sex | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Male | 515 (48.7) | 242 (43.8) | 273 (54.2) | 0.0008 |
 Female | 542 (51.3) | 311 (56.2) | 231 (45.8) |  |
Age | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 18–24 | 500 (47.3) | 262 (47.4) | 238 (47.2) | 0.134 |
 25–29 | 330 (31.2) | 176 (31.8) | 154 (30.6) |  |
 30–35 | 227 (21.5) | 115 (20.8) | 112 (22.2) |  |
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 None/some primary | 181 (17.1) | 62 (11.2) | 119 (23.6) |  < 0.0001 |
 Primary/some secondary | 448 (42.4) | 229 (41.4) | 219 (43.5) |  |
 Secondary and above | 428 (40.5) | 262 (47.4) | 166 (32.9) |  |
Occupation | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Bar/restaurant worker | 120 (11.4) | 74 (13.4) | 46 (9.1) | 0.147 |
 Fisherman | 158 (14.9) | 69 (12.5) | 89 (17.7) |  |
 Sex worker | 206 (19.5) | 116 (21.0) | 90 (17.9) |  |
 Other | 573 (54.2) | 294 (53.2) | 279 (55.4) |  |
Number of partners* | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 None | 30 (2.8) | 23 (4.2) | 7 (1.4) | 0.223 |
 1–2 | 398 (37.7) | 222 (40.1) | 176 (34.9) |  |
 3–5 | 340 (32.2) | 161 (29.1) | 179 (35.5) |  |
 6–10 | 123 (11.6) | 60 (10.9) | 63 (12.5) |  |
  > 10 | 166 (15.7) | 87 (15.7) | 79 (15.7) |  |
Transactional sex*β |  |  |  |  |
 No | 395 (37.4) | 215 (38.9) | 180 (35.7) | 0.865 |
 Yes | 634 (60.0) | 318 (57.5) | 316 (62.7) |  |
 Missing/Unknown | 28 (2.6) | 20 (3.6) | 8 (1.6) |  |
Non-injectable drug use | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No | 921 (87.1) | 505 (91.3) | 416 (82.5) |  < 0.0001 |
 Yes | 136 (12.9) | 48 (8.7) | 88 (17.5) |  |
HIV status | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Living without HIV | 862 (81.6) | 453 (81.8) | 409 (81.2) | 0.497 |
 Living with HIV | 195 (18.4) | 100 (18.2) | 95 (18.8) |  |