10.17037/DATA.00003232
A quantitative and qualitative dataset collected as part of a Combined HIV Adolescent Prevention Study (CHAPS), a joint African-European HIV prevention collaboration running in South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe, focusing on young adults (13-24 years old) between April and November 2019. It includes data for young people aged 13-24 years, who were sexually active (engaged in sexual intercourse in the past six months), willing to undergo HIV testing, and had no history of psychological/psychiatric disorder. Data included PrEP preferences, reasons for preference, age, household details, frequency of sex in last month and hours of premeditation before sex.
| Variable name | Variable description | Answer code | Answer label | Variable type | Notes |
| ID | Participant ID number | Numeric | |||
| hiv_status | HIV status (all participants were HIV negative) | String | All participants were HIV negative | ||
| 1 | HIV negative | ||||
| 2 | HIV positive | ||||
| age | Participant age | String | |||
| 1 | >=13 & <=15 | ||||
| 2 | >=16 & <=17 | ||||
| 3 | >=18 & <=24 | ||||
| sex | Participant sex | String | |||
| 1 | Male | ||||
| 2 | Female | ||||
| preference | At the moment, do you think that you would prefer “On demand” or “daily PrEP”? | Numeric | |||
| 0 | No preference | ||||
| 1 | On demand | ||||
| 2 | Daily | ||||
| s3all_sex_planned | The last time you had sex, how far in advance do you know that it was going to happen? | Numeric | |||
| 1 | <2hours | ||||
| 2 | 2-12 hours | ||||
| 3 | 13-24 hours | ||||
| 4 | 24 hours | ||||
| 5 | Prefer not to answer | ||||
| Frequency_of_sex_last_month | In the last month approximately how often have you had sex? | Numeric | |||
| 0 | Never | This field was introduced within the electronic survey form when the database was created. The question is not included in the survey PDF that is made available | |||
| 1 | Twice a day | ||||
| 2 | Everyday | ||||
| 3 | 2-3 times a week | ||||
| 4 | Once a week | ||||
| 5 | Once a month | ||||
| 6 | Prefer not to answer | ||||
| 888 | Don't know | ||||
| 998 | Prefer not to answer | ||||
| s1curr_student | Are you currently studying? (this includes school or technical training/ college/university) | Numeric | |||
| 1 | Yes | ||||
| 2 | No | ||||
| house_hold_size | How many adults (18years or older) typically share your home with you (not including you)? By “typically”, I mean that they stay overnight at least 3 times a week. | 1-5 | Numeric | ||
| 6-20 | |||||
| participant_is_house_hold | Are you the head of your household? | Numeric | |||
| 1 | Yes | ||||
| 2 | No | ||||
| condom_use | Was a condom used the last time you had sex (vaginal or anal) with this partner? | Numeric | |||
| 1 | Yes | ||||
| 2 | No | ||||
| 3 | Prefer not to answer | ||||
| country | Recruitment community | String | |||
| SA | South Africa | ||||
| Uganda | Uganda | ||||
| Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | ||||
| alcohol_use | how often do you have 6 or more drinks on more than one occasion? | String | |||
| Never | |||||
| Daily or almost daily | |||||
| Weekly | |||||
| Monthly | |||||
| Less than once a month | |||||
| s2ondem_prep_main_reas | If you would prefer on demand PrEP, please choose the reasons why? | Numeric | |||
| 1 | I don't like taking tablets everyday | ||||
| 2 | I am not at risk most of the time so would not need PrEP everyday | ||||
| 3 | Less tablets means less chance of getting side effects | ||||
| 4 | Taking PrEP everyday may make people think that I have HIV. On demand PrEP is different | ||||
| 5 | There will be less tablets than daily PrEP, so I will be able to store them more easily | ||||
| 6 | It would be cheaper than taking everyday | ||||
| 997 | Not sure | ||||
| 999 | Other | ||||
| s2daily_prep_main_reas | If you would prefer Daily PrEP, please choose the reasons why? | String | |||
| 1 | I am at risk most of the time so I would need PrEP everyday | ||||
| 2 | Daily PrEP provides protection all the time so I don’t need to plan when I have sex | ||||
| 3 | I think that daily PrEP gives more protection than on demand PrEP | ||||
| 4 | I like the routine of daily tablets rather than having to remember PrEP just at times of sex | ||||
| 5 | I do not plan sex therefore on demand PrEP would be difficult to take | ||||
| 6 | To reduce the chance of getting side effects | ||||
| 997 | Not sure | ||||
| 999 | Other |