Inconsistent Condom Use among Public Primary Care Patients with Tuberculosis in South Africa

Table 1

Sample characteristics and inconsistent condom use.

Socioeconomic factors	Total	Inconsistent condom use
	N (%) or M (SD)	N (%) or M (SD)
All	4900	2697 (63.5)
Age
18–24	643 (13.3)	315 (57.2)
25–34	1841 (38.1)	1004 (60.4)
35–44	1313 (27.1)	742 (63.6)
45 or more	1040 (21.5)	601 (73.1)
Male	1631 (54.5)	1477 (64.8)
Female	2194 (45.5)	1178 (61.9)
Never married	3356 (72.5)	1772 (60.8)
Married/cohabitating	1001 (21.6)	609 (66.8)
Separated/divorced/widowed	275 (5.9)	165 (80.9)
Grade 7 or less	1269 (26.3)	730 (71.8)
Grade 8–11	2213 (45.9)	1219 (61.6)
Grade 12 or more	1336 (27.7)	714 (59.5)
Poverty index
Low	1617 (35.0)	802 (56.8)
Medium	2227 (48.2)	1287 (64.5)
High	275 (16.8)	454 (72.3)
Black African	4078 (84.6)	2277 (62.9)
Coloured	634 (13.1)	331 (66.6)
Indian, Asian, White, other	111 (2.3)	59 (66.3)
Health status
HIV status
HIV negative	1759 (36.9)	954 (64.1)
HIV unknown	385 (8.1)	258 (79.6)
HIV positive	2619 (55.0)	1417 (60.6)
Ever STI	329 (7.3)	212 (69.1)
New TB patient	3707 (76.7)	2061 (63.5)
Retreatment TB patient	1128 (23.3)	610 (63.0)
Perceived health status
Excellent/very good	928 (19.2)	516 (64.3)
Good	1667 (34.5)	916 (62.7)
Fair/poor	2238 (46.3)	1245 (63.8)
Severe psychological distress	1195 (26.2)	709 (67.1)
On ART	906 (22.0)	421 (53.3)
Disclosed HIV status to last partner	2769 (63.5)	1480 (54.9)
Partner with HIV unknown or negative versus positive	3244 (72.8)	2010 (66.6)
Sexual partner on ART	440 (11.1)	189 (44.8)
Alcohol use
AUDIT
Abstinent or low risk (score 0–7)	3688 (76.7)	1985 (61.2)
High risk (8–19)	799 (16.6)	470 (68.5)
Probably alcohol dependent (20–40)	321 (6.7)	205 (76.2)
Alcohol before sex in the past 3 months	549 (11.2)	368 (73.6)
Partner alcohol before sex in the past 3 months	408 (9.6)	325 (75.6)