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iGugu_Main_Study_Data_PLOS Medicine

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AHRI.iGugu.Main.Study.Data.PLOS.Medicine
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Njabulo Dayi, Dickman Gareta, Nompumelelo Mkwanazi, Shahmanesh M, Francis SC, Baisley K, Mchunu SL, Ferguson J, Smit T, Crucitti T, Dlamini S, Seeley J, Pillay Deenan, McGrath N, Mthiyane TN, ,
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Sep 11, 2026
Last modified
Sep 11, 2026

Data file: Igugu_main_study_data_PLOS Medicine

Cases: 447
Variables: 58

Variables

idno
gender
Sex
agecat
Age group
inschool
In school?
inschool_work
Inschool or working
work
Working?
educ
Highest level of education completed
ses_cat
Socio-economic status
ever_smoke
Ever smoked cigarette
everdrunk_alcohol
Ever drunk one drink of alcohol
used_cannabis
Ever used cannabis/dagga
otherdrugs_ever
Use other drugs
circumcised
Ever been circumcised
vaginainside_cleanse
Do you ever cleanse inside vagina?
hormonal
Use hormonal contraception
contraception_use
Currently using contraceptives
everhadsex
Have you ever had sex
usedacondom
Used condom last time you had sex?
genital_touch
Ever touched genitals
oralsex_give
Oral sex (provide)
oralsex_receive
Oral sex (receive)
everhadanalsex
Ever had anal sex
sex_partners
Number of current sexual partners
life_partners
Number of lifetime partners
sextransact
In sexual relationship for material
violencetoyou
Violence-victim
doneviolence
Violence-perpetrator
discuss_partnerstatus
Did partner discuss his/her HIV status with you?
know_partnerstatus
Do you know his/her HIV status
discuss_yourstatus
Have you discussed your HIV status with your partner
understandthestudy
Understand the study
understandinstruct
Ease of understanding instructions for sample collection
samplecollection
Ease of sample collection
feltcomfortable
Felt comfortable
feltincontrol
Felt in control
feltrelaxed
Felt relaxed
feltdoingcorrectly
Was doing it correctly
locationwasprivate
Location was private
wasanxious
Was enxious
wasembarrassed
Was embarrassed
waspainful
Was painful
ct_res
Chlamydia
ng_res
Gonorrhoea
tv_res
Trichomonas vaginalis
hsv_res
HSV-2
bv_res
Bacterial vaginosis
syp_res
Syphilis
ng_ct
Gonorrhoea or Chlamydia
sti
Any STI
hiv2016
HIV status (2016 serosurvey)
anysymptom
Any symptoms
resid
Residence location
strata
Stratum
Ntotwt
Sampling & non-response weight (normalised)
Ndwt
Sampling weight (normalised)
contactifnegative
Preferred method of contact if negative
contactifpositive
Preferred method of contact if positive
anyphone
Has access to telephone?
Total: 58
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