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Table 2 Sample characteristics of adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) customers

From: HIV prevention at drug shops: awareness and attitudes among shop dispensers and young women about oral pre-exposure prophylaxis and the dapivirine ring in Shinyanga, Tanzania

Characteristics of AGYW customers All AGYW (n = 56) By interest in PrEP (either form)a p valueb
Some interest (n = 39) No interest (n = 16)
Age in years, median (IQR) 17 (16–19) 17 (16–21) 16 (15.5–17) 0.053
Currently in school     0.072
 Yes 34 (61%) 21 (54%) 13 (81%)  
 No 22 (39%) 18 (46%) 3 (19%)  
Highest/current education level     0.438
 Primary school or no level completed 7 (13%) 6 (15%) 1 (6%)  
 Some secondary school 37 (66%) 24 (62%) 13 (81%)  
 Secondary school 12 (21%) 9 (23%) 2 (12%)  
Have job or earn money     0.304
 Yes 13 (23%) 11 (28%) 2 (12%)  
 No 43 (77%) 28 (72%) 14 (88%)  
Relationship status     0.047
 Single 27 (48%) 16 (41%) 11 (69%)  
 Married or steady partner 16 (29%) 14 (36%) 1 (6%)  
 Casual or multiple partner(s) 13 (23%) 9 (23%) 4 (25%)  
Have children     0.046
 Yes 10 (18%) 9 (23%) 0 (0%)  
 No 46 (82%) 30 (77%) 16 (100%)  
Household food insecurity     1.000
 Little to no household hunger 45 (80%) 31 (79%) 13 (81%)  
 Moderate/severe household hunger 11 (20%) 8 (21%) 3 (19%)  
Distance to shop in minutes, median (IQR) 10 (5–20) 12.5 (7.5–17.5) 10 (5–25) 0.896
Reason for shop visit     0.519
 SRH product(s) 14 (25%) 9 (23%) 5 (31%)  
 Other 42 (75%) 30 (77%) 11 (69%)  
Previously aware of HIV prevention drugs     0.478
 Yes 11 (20%) 9 (23%) 2 (13%)  
 No or unsure 45 (80%) 30 (77%) 14 (88%)  
  1. aAGYW characteristics are stratified by some interest or no interest in at least one form of PrEP (either oral PrEP or the dapivirine ring). One AGYW customer responded “don’t know/no response” to the questions about interest in using oral PrEP and the dapivirine ring
  2. bFor categorical variables, p values from Fisher exact tests are presented. For continuous variables, p values from Kruskal–Wallis tests are presented. Significant associations (at α = 0.05) are shown in bold