Total (% of N=2856) | About sexual relations (% of N=2078) | Not about sexual relations (% of N=778) | P value* | ||||
Participant’s sex | |||||||
Female | 1495 | 52.3 | 1074 | 51.7 | 421 | 54.1 | 0.252 |
Male | 1360 | 47.6 | 1003 | 48.3 | 357 | 45.9 | |
Prefer not to say | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Total | 2856 | 2078 | 778 | ||||
Participant’s age | |||||||
13–17 | 222 | 7.8 | 162 | 7.8 | 60 | 7.7 | 0.004 |
18–24 | 996 | 34.9 | 751 | 36.1 | 245 | 31.5 | |
25–34 | 977 | 34.2 | 723 | 34.8 | 254 | 32.6 | |
35–44 | 421 | 14.7 | 281 | 13.5 | 140 | 18.0 | |
45 and older | 228 | 8.0 | 153 | 7.4 | 75 | 9.6 | |
Prefer not to say | 12 | 0.4 | 8 | 0.4 | 4 | 0.5 | |
Total | 2856 | 2078 | 778 | ||||
Participant’s marital status | |||||||
Single/never married | 1382 | 48.4 | 1099 | 52.9 | 283 | 36.4 | <0.001 |
Married/living with partner | 1247 | 43.7 | 802 | 38.6 | 445 | 57.2 | |
Divorced/separated/widowed | 222 | 7.8 | 172 | 8.3 | 50 | 6.4 | |
Prefer not to say | 5 | 0.2 | 5 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Total | 2856 | 2078 | 778 | ||||
Participant’s level of formal education | |||||||
None | 200 | 7.0 | 138 | 6.6 | 62 | 8.0 | <0.001 |
Primary school | 540 | 18.9 | 387 | 18.6 | 153 | 19.7 | |
Secondary school | 1257 | 44.0 | 862 | 41.5 | 395 | 50.8 | |
University/technical training | 844 | 29.6 | 678 | 32.6 | 166 | 21.3 | |
Other/prefer not to say | 15 | 0.5 | 13 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.3 | |
Total | 2856 | 2078 | 778 | ||||
Participant’s household income level | |||||||
Poor | 822 | 28.8 | 558 | 26.9 | 264 | 33.9 | <0.001 |
Average | 1358 | 47.5 | 968 | 46.6 | 390 | 50.1 | |
Well-off | 676 | 23.7 | 552 | 26.6 | 124 | 15.9 | |
Total | 2856 | 2078 | 778 | ||||
Area collected | |||||||
Kisangani | 563 | 19.7 | 496 | 23.9 | 67 | 8.6 | <0.001 |
Bunia | 538 | 18.8 | 448 | 21.6 | 90 | 11.6 | |
Goma | 511 | 17.9 | 404 | 19.4 | 107 | 13.8 | |
Kalemie | 500 | 17.5 | 205 | 9.9 | 295 | 37.9 | |
Bukavu | 492 | 17.2 | 315 | 15.2 | 177 | 22.8 | |
Beni | 252 | 8.8 | 210 | 10.1 | 42 | 5.4 | |
Total | 2856 | 2078 | 778 |
*Pearson χ2. Analyses excluded the following sub-categories: Prefer not to say, Not sure, Don’t know, Missing.