|
Characteristic
|
N (%) or Median (IQR)
|
|---|
|
Age, years
|
28 (25 – 35)
|
|
Education, years
|
8 (7 – 10)
|
|
Live births
|
1 (1 – 2)
|
|
Sex partners per week*
|
1.0 (0.7 – 1.0)
|
|
Sex frequency per week*
|
1.3 (1.0 – 2.0)
|
|
Frequency of condom use (%)*
|
83 (40 – 100)
|
|
Use of hormonal contraceptive method
| |
|
Oral contraceptive pill
|
15 (22.4%)
|
|
DMPA†
|
23 (34.3%)
|
|
Norplant
|
1 (1.5%)
|
|
None reported
|
28 (41.8%)
|
|
Genital ulcer disease
|
3 (4.5%)
|
|
Time in cohort before infection, months
|
9 (3 – 21)
|
- * Average values per week for each woman, for the 6 months preceding HIV-1 infection.
- † Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate
