Clinical Study
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Sexually Transmitted Infections and Cervical Neoplasia in Women from a Rural Area of Southern Mozambique
Table 1
Characteristics of the study women.
| | | | % |
| Age group | 14–20 | 51 | 19 | 21–30 | 62 | 24 | 31–40 | 54 | 21 | 41–50 | 53 | 20 | 51–61 | 42 | 16 |
| Ethnic group | Shangana | 208 | 79 | Other | 54 | 21 |
| Education | Reads and/or writes | 81 | 31 | Neither reads nor writes | 181 | 69 |
| Marital status | Never married | 20 | 8 | Currently married | 212 | 81 | Divorced or widowed | 30 | 11 |
| Number of women living with husband | 1 | 185 | 71 | 1 | 72 | 27 | Unknown | 5 | 2 |
| Husband’s job | Farmer | 59 | 23 | Driver | 8 | 3 | Miner | 51 | 19 | Manual worker | 44 | 17 | Shop keeper | 7 | 3 | Civil servant | 10 | 4 | Other | 45 | 17 | Unknown | 38 | 15 |
| Husband’s place of residence | Manhiça | 133 | 51 | Maputo | 27 | 10 | South Africa | 52 | 20 | Unknown | 50 | 19 |
| Parity | None | 46 | 18 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 2 to 5 | 99 | 38 | 5 | 85 | 32 | Unknown | 3 | 1 |
| Pregnant now | No | 111 | 42 | Yes | 151 | 58 |
| Age at first sexual intercourse | 12–15 | 52 | 20 | 16-17 | 43 | 16 | 18–20 | 26 | 10 | Unknown | 141 | 54 |
| Number of sexual partners in lifetime | Never had | 3 | 1 | 1 | 149 | 57 | 1 | 103 | 39 | Unknown | 7 | 3 |
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