Descriptive statistics for respondents and their social contacts
| Respondents | Social contacts | |||
| N | % | N | % | |
| Total | 119 | 394 | ||
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 65 | 54.6 | 234 | 59.4 |
| Male | 54 | 45.4 | 160 | 40.6 |
| Respondent and contact same-gender | ||||
| Yes | 254 | 64.5 | ||
| No | 140 | 35.3 | ||
| Age | ||||
| 18–24 years | 63 | 52.9 | ||
| 25–34 years | 56 | 47.1 | ||
| Relationship of contact to respondent* | ||||
| Grandmother/grandfather | 11 | 2.8 | ||
| Mother/father | 99 | 25.1 | ||
| Aunt/uncle | 14 | 3.6 | ||
| Husband/wife | 7 | 1.7 | ||
| Brother/sister | 98 | 24.9 | ||
| Cousin | 10 | 2.5 | ||
| Son/daughter/niece/nephew | 5 | 1.3 | ||
| Other romantic partner | 47 | 12.0 | ||
| Friend | 84 | 21.3 | ||
| Other non-relative | 16 | 4.1 | ||
| Location of respondent | ||||
| Periurban | 59 | 49.6 | ||
| Rural | 60 | 50.4 | ||
| Location of contact relative to respondent† | ||||
| Same household | 167 | 42.4 | ||
| Same community | 120 | 30.5 | ||
| Same district | 48 | 12.2 | ||
| Outside district | 54 | 13.7 | ||
| Contact provision of support to respondent | ||||
| Emotional | 158 | 40.1 | ||
| Informational | 141 | 35.8 | ||
| Financial | 144 | 36.5 | ||
| Physical | 99 | 25.1 | ||
| Socialisation | 125 | 31.7 | ||
| Advice flows between respondent and contact | ||||
| Ever discussed sexual behaviour | 204 | 51.8 | ||
| Ever discussed STI prevention | 224 | 56.9 | ||
| Contact ever given respondent HIV prevention advice‡ | 170 | 43.6 | ||
| Contact ever given respondent partner advice‡ | 46 | 11.8 | ||
Percentages are of all social contacts for which each question was asked, ie they sum to 100% once missing data are included.
*Two contacts were unspecified relatives.
†Five contacts' locations were not specified.
‡Question not asked for four individuals who declined to answer ‘ever discussed STI prevention’ question.