Key demographic and behavioural characteristics at enrolment of young women who sell sex testing HIV negative by group, 2017
| DREAMS cities (N=963) | Non-DREAMS towns (N=896) | Comparison p value | |
| n/N (%) | n/N (%) | ||
| Age at recruitment | 0.076 | ||
| 18–19 | 361/963 (37.5) | 372/896 (41.5) | |
| 20–24 | 602/963 (62.5) | 524/896 (58.5) | |
| Highest level of education | <0.001 | ||
| None/incomplete primary | 28/963 (2.9) | 77/896 (8.6) | |
| Complete primary | 61/963 (6.3) | 92/896 (10.3) | |
| Incomplete secondary | 817/963 (84.8) | 707/896 (78.9) | |
| Complete secondary or higher | 57/963 (5.9) | 20/896 (2.2) | |
| Marital status | <0.001 | ||
| Single/never married | 668/963 (69.4) | 497/896 (55.5) | |
| Married/living together as if married | 21/963 (2.2) | 16/896 (1.8) | |
| Divorced/separated | 270/963 (28.0) | 379/896 (42.3) | |
| Widowed | 4/963 (0.4) | 4/896 (0.4) | |
| Years selling sex | 0.001 | ||
| 0–2 | 508/962 (52.8) | 538/893 (60.2) | |
| 3+ | 454/962 (47.2) | 355/893 (39.8) | |
| Self-identification as sex worker | 0.847 | ||
| No | 319/952 (33.5) | 302/890 (33.9) | |
| Yes | 633/952 (66.5) | 588/890 (66.1) | |
| Condom use at last with regular partner | 0.002 | ||
| No | 252/739 (34.1) | 294/696 (42.2) | |
| Yes | 487/739 (65.9) | 402/696 (57.8) | |
| Condom-less sex with regular partner in the past month | 0.478 | ||
| No | 415/740 (56.1) | 379/699 (54.2) | |
| Yes | 325/740 (43.9) | 320/699 (45.8) | |
| Condom use at last with client | 0.477 | ||
| No | 86/743 (11.6) | 65/627 (10.4) | |
| Yes | 657/743 (88.4) | 562/627 (89.6) | |
| Condom-less sex with client in the past month | 0.001 | ||
| No | 611/745 (82.0) | 555/628 (88.4) | |
| Yes | 134/745 (18.0) | 73/628 (11.6) | |
| STI symptoms in the last 12 months | 0.067 | ||
| No | 775/963 (80.5) | 690/896 (77.0) | |
| Yes | 188/963 (19.5) | 206/896 (23.0) | |
| Risk of common mental disorder | <0.001 | ||
| No | 595/963 (61.8) | 624/896 (69.6) | |
| Yes | 368/963 (38.2) | 272/896 (30.4) |
DREAMS, Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored and Safe; STI, sexually transmitted infection.