Adult male circumcision as an intervention against HIV: An operational study of uptake in a South African community (ANRS 12126)

Table 1 Survey participants' characteristics, by self-reported circumcision status

	Men aged 22 and over
	Self-reported circumcised	Self-reported uncircumcised	P-value²
Sample size	234	374
Background Characteristics
Age
Mean (median)	29.1 (26)	29.9 (28)	0.07
IQR	24-33	24-34
Ethnic group (%)
Sotho	32.9	27.8
Zulu	34.6	50.8	<0.001
Other	32.5	21.4
Religion (%)
Christian	36.3	35.3	0.09
No religion	44.0	51.1
Other	19.7	13.6
Education (%)
Grade 12 completed	28.6	27.0	0.71
Occupation (%)
Employed	57.7	58.6
Unemployed	28.6	31.0
Scholar or student	4.3	4.0	0.57
Other	9.4	6.4
Marital status (%)
Ever married	36.5	31.8	0.31
Committed to someone	46.8	47.1
Single	16.7	21.1
Initiation school attendance (%)
	42.5	3.5	<0.001
Reported sexual behavior
Ever had sexual intercourse (%)
	99.6	98.7	0.41
Age at first sexual intercourse (year)
Mean (median)	16.1 (16)	16.7 (16)	0.02
IQR	14.0-17.0	15.0-18.0
Number of lifetime sexual partners¹
Mean (median)	16.2 (10)	13.8 (8)	0.19
IQR	5-20	4-15
Number of sexual partners in the past 12 months¹
Mean (median)	2.8 (2)	2.5 (2)	0.04
IQR	1.0-3.0	1.0-3.0
Ever used a condom¹ (%)
	90.1	86.2	0.16
Consistent condom use in the past 12 months, with non-spousal partners (%)
	26.6	34.5	0.08
Attitudes towards HIV
Perceived risk of HIV infection (%)
No or small risk	48.7	43.2	0.36
Average or high risk	32.5	37.5
No opinion	18.8	19.3
Aware of HIV status (%)
	42.3	32.9	0.02
Sexually transmitted infections
HIV-positive
	15.0	25.1	0.003
HSV-2 positive
	30.8	35.6	0.25

HSV-2: Herpes Simplex Virus 2
¹ Among those having had sexual intercourse
² P-values were obtained when comparing self-reported uncircumcised men and self-reported circumcised men using Kruskal-Wallis, Pearson's Chi square, Fisher's exact or log-rank test, as applicable

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