Table 2 Association between current school attendance and HIV awareness, sexual behaviour and HIV infection among 916 young men aged 14–25 years from rural South Africa, 2001
VariableNon-studentsStudentsModel 1Model 2
n (%)n (%)aOR (95% CI)aOR (95% CI)
Total number288628
Lack of HIV knowledge154 (53.5)375 (59.7)0.77 (0.53 to 1.12)0.80 (0.54 to 1.18)
Lack of household communication149 (51.7)399 (63.5)0.79 (0.55 to 1.15)0.70 (0.48 to 1.03)
Not had an HIV test†266 (92.4)602 (95.9)0.65 (0.30 to 1.43)0.58 (0.26 to 1.29)
Ever had sex*250 (86.8)328 (52.2)0.96 (0.79 to 1.16)0.92 (0.76 to 1.13)
Unwanted sex at debut‡41 (16.4)76 (23.2)1.03 (0.61 to 1.75)0.93 (0.54 to 1.59)
More than 3 partners during lifetime158 (54.9)136 (21.7)0.67 (0.45 to 0.99)0.67 (0.44 to 1.00)
More than 1 partner during previous year81 (28.1)83 (13.2)0.63 (0.41 to 0.98)0.60 (0.38 to 0.95)
Continuing sexual activity (versus secondary abstinence)‡229 (91.6)294 (89.6)1.14 (0.51 to 2.25)1.29 (0.52 to 3.19)
No. of partnerships345403
Intercourse more than 5 times in past year232 (67.3)206 (51.1)0.75 (0.51 to 1.10)0.81 (0.54 to 1.21)
Partners of similar ages153 (50.9)318 (83.3)1.13 (0.67 to 1.91)1.10 (0.63 to 1.93)
Only male partner provides resources108 (31.3)99 (24.6)0.68 (0.45 to 1.02)0.68 (0.44 to 1.04)
Never used a condom in past year157 (45.5)198 (49.1)0.94 (0.62 to 1.41)0.96 (0.63 to 1.47)
No condom use at last sex232 (67.3)269 (66.8)0.80 (0.52 to 1.25)0.84 (0.53 to 1.34)
Data on HIV serostatus195514
HIV positive†16 (8.2)8 (1.6)0.26 (0.08 to 0.80)0.21 (0.06 to 0.71)

  • aOR, Adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

  • Model 1 adjusted for age. Model 2 adjusted for age, confounders, temporary migration and household wealth. Missing data were on age of sexual debut (15) and age difference between partners (42).

  • *Effect estimate was hazard ratio from Cox regression.

  • †Adjustment for village pair only.

  • ‡Only among those who had previously had sex.