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Table 1 Characteristics of participating women from Kilifi, Kenya

From: Seroprevalence, predictors and estimated incidence of maternal and neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 infection in semi-urban women in Kilifi, Kenya

Characteristic	DSS^μ	%		VCT^α	%		Total	%		P*
Sample size	563			263			826
Age, years
Median (range)	24 (15-34)			24(18-34)			24(15-34)			0.536^
15-19	105	19		30	11		135	16		0.001
20-24	179	32		118	45		297	36
25-29	142	25		67	25		209	25
30-34	137	24		48	18		185	22
Marital status
Single	172	31		70	27		242	29		0.002
Married monogamous	314	56		129	49		443	54
Married polygamous	36	6		26	10		62	8
Widow/separated	41	7		38	14		79	10
Education
Completed primary	247	44		119	45		366	44		0.764
Religion
Christian	325	58		183	70		508	62		0.005
Muslim	135	24		46	17		181	22
Other	103	18		34	13		137	17
Ethnicity
Giriama	375	67		171	65		546	66		0.128
Chonyi	60	11		19	7		79	10
Other	128	23		73	28		201	24
Condomuse sometimes
Yes	74/419	18		74/228	32		148/647	23		<0.001
Casual partners in last year
Yes	66/428	15		49/158	31		115/586	20		<0.001
Partners in last year
None	238/429	55		93/158	59		331/587	56		<0.001
One	162/429	38		39/158	25		201/587	34
More than one	29/429	7		26/158	16		55/587	9
History genital ulcer
Yes	161	29		114	43		275	33		<0.001
Genital ulcer now
Yes	56/479	12		45/258	17		101/737	14		0.033
HIV status
Pos	46	8		31	12		77	9		0.122
HSV-2 status (>3.5 cut off)
Pos	181	32		115	44		296	36		<0.001

^μDSS - Demographic Surveillance System
^αVCT - Voluntary Counselling and Testing.
*P - Chi squared P value

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