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TABLE 2: Demographic, HIV risk, cognitive and social predictors of multiple sexual partnership in the past 12 months among 16–55-year-old participants in
South Africa, 2012.
MSP predictors n = 744 % Crude 95% CI p Adj 95% CI p
Sex
Men 481 64.65 3.06 2.61–3.6 < 0.001 - - -
Women 263 35.35 1 - - - - -
Age
16–24 282 37.9 1 - < 0.001 - - -
25–49 451 60.6 0.70 0.60–0.82 < 0.001 - - -
50–55 11 1.5 0.16 0.09–0.30 < 0.001 - - -
Race
Black 696 93.6 1 - - - - -
Mixed races 41 5.5 0.32 0.23–0.45 < 0.001 - - -
White 4 0.5 0.25 0.09–0.69 0.007 - - -
Indians 3 0.4 0.18 0.05–0.58 0.004 - - -
Marital status
Single 306 41.0 1.13 0.70–1.83 0.602 - - -
Not married or living together 247 33.2 1.14 0.70–1.84 0.594 2.1 1.07–4.11 0.03
Not married but living together 76 10.2 0.61 0.36–1.03 0.069 - - -
Married living with spouse 64 8.6 0.27 0.16–0.46 0.074 - - -
Married not living with spouse 17 2.3 0.53 0.27–1.06 0.897 - - -
Widowed 21 2.8 1 - - - - -
Socio-economic status
Medium socio-economic status 330 44.3 1.42 1.18–1.71 < 0.001 1.24 1.01–1.55 0.05
Low socio-economic status 196 26.3 1.19 0.95–1.82 0.05 - - -
High socio-economic status 218 29.3 1 - - - - -
Highest level of education
Up to Grade 11 312 41.9 1.37 1.00–1.89 0.05 1.72 1.13–2.63 0.01
Matric 267 35.9 1.32 0.95–1.82 0.093 1.7 1.11–2.62 0.014
Tertiary 107 14.4 1.45 1.01–2.08 0.04 2.04 1.27–3.28 0.003
No schooling 4 0.54 0.73 0.25–2.12 0.57 - - -
Primary school 48 6.5 1 - - - - -
Perceived benefits
High 423 57.2 2.29 1.96–2.68 < 0.001 2.16 1.80–2.58 < 0.001
Low 316 42.7 1 - - - - -
Perceived susceptibility
High 272 42.7 2.53 2.13–3.01 < 0.001 2.22 1.83–2.69 < 0.001
Low 365 57.3 1 - - - - -
Transactional sex
Yes 199 26.8 5.97 4.89–7.29 < 0.001 - - -
No 545 73.2 1 - - - - -
Alcohol use before sex
Yes 373 75.1 1.33 1.06–1.66 0.013 - - -
No 124 24.9 1 - - - - -
Intergenerational sex
Yes 435 58.4 2.1 1.79–2.45 < 0.001 2.14 1.78–2.56 < 0.001
No 309 41.5 1 - - - - -
Provinces
Eastern Cape 42 5.6 1.16 0.79–1.71 0.426 - - -
Free State 100 13.4 4.26 2.88–6.28 < 0.001 - - -
North West 61 8.2 2.63 1.73–3.99 < 0.001 2.4 1.48–3.89 < 0.001
Limpopo 39 5.2 1.38 0.92–2.08 0.116 - - -
Gauteng 225 30.2 2.54 1.77–3.63 < 0.001 - - -
KwaZulu-Natal 157 21.1 2.33 1.63–3.32 < 0.001 - - -
Mpumalanga 32 4.3 2.63 1.73–3.99 <0.001 - - -
Northern Cape 19 2.5 2.07 1.14–3.77 0.017 - - -
Western Cape 69 9.2 1 - - - - -
MSP, multiple sexual partnership; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

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