Vaginal Practices of HIV-Negative Zimbabwean Women

Table 1

Selected baseline demographic characteristics of participants (𝑛=2185), stratified by vaginal practices reported at baseline.

	Any reported VP^∗,† in last 3 months		No reported VP in last 3 months		Overall
Participant characteristics	𝑛=1435	%	𝑛=749	%	𝑛=2185^‡	%
Contraceptive group
COC^∗	511	36	306	41	817	37
DMPA^∗	522	36	236	32	758	35
Nonhormonal	402	28	207	28	610	28
Cohabitating with primary partner
Yes	1328	93	697	93	2026	93
No	107	7	52	7	159	7
Ever engaged in commercial sex
Yes	15	1	6	1	21	1
No	1420	99	743	99	2164	99
	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	Median	IQR
Age (years)	26	23–29	25	22–28	26	22–29
Schooling (years)	11	9–11	11	9-11	11	9–11
Nights partner away in last month	0	0–2	0	0–2	0	0–2
Sex acts with primary partner per month	14	8–24	14	8–20	14	8–22
Partners in last 3 months	1	1-1	1	1-1	1	1-1

^∗COC = combined oral contraceptives; DMPA = depot medroxyprogesterone acetate; IQR = interquartile range; VP = vaginal practices.
^†Includes reports of internal vaginal cleansing, drying, or tightening.
^‡One participant was missing vaginal practices data at baseline, thus one additional person is included in the “overall” column.