10.17037/DATA.00003663
Dataset to reproduce the statistical analysis of the risk factors associated with the uptake of sexual and reproductive health services by adolescent boys and young men in Lusaka. Each row represents a randomly selected adolescent boy or young man (ABYM) in of one of two urban communities in Lusaka Zambia, stratified by cases (those not taking up sexual and reproductive health services) and controls (ABYM taking up one or more sexual and reproductive health services). Data includes demographic and sexual behaviour characteristics, alcohol use and mental health.
The dataset contains a question related to a PPC. A Prevention Points Card (PPC) was provided to all participants aged 15-24 years in the main Yathu Yathu Intervention after they provided written consent or assent to participate. It is intended to incentivize access to services and track service use.
The following variables are contained within the Yathu Yathu case control open access dataset.
| Variable name | Variable description | Answer label | Answer code | Variable types |
| idno | Non-linked participant ID number | Numeric | ||
| casecontrol | Case or control status of participant | String | ||
| Control | 0 | |||
| Case | 1 | |||
| community | Community of residence | Numeric | ||
| Community 1 | 0 | |||
| Community 2 | 1 | |||
| agecat | Age category of individuals | Numeric | ||
| Age 18-19 | 0 | |||
| Age 20-24 | 1 | |||
| edu | Level of education | Numeric | ||
| Primary school (grades 0-7) | 1 | |||
| Secondary school (grades 8-12) | 2 | |||
| University/college/trade school | 3 | |||
| marital | Marital status of participant | Numeric | ||
| Not married | 0 | |||
| Married | 1 | |||
| school | Currently attending school | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| employment | Employment status of participant in last 12 months | Numeric | ||
| Unemployed | 0 | |||
| Employed | 1 | |||
| men | Men ≥18 that the participant lives with | Numeric | ||
| None or one only | 1 | |||
| Two or three | 2 | |||
| Four or more | 3 | |||
| friend | Participant has a friend with a Prevention Points Card (PPC) | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| I don’t know | 2 | |||
| peer | Is the participant experiencing peer pressure? | Numeric | ||
| No peer pressure | 0 | |||
| Peer pressure | 1 | |||
| alcohol | Harmful Alcohol use by participants using AUDIT | Numeric | ||
| No harmful alcohol use | 0 | |||
| harmful alcohol use | 1 | |||
| wealthindex | Wealth index in three categories based on PCA of participants | Numeric | ||
| lowest wealth level | 1 | |||
| middle wealth level | 2 | |||
| highest wealth level | 3 | Numeric | ||
| mentalhealth | If participant is in mental distress or not | |||
| No mental distress | 0 | |||
| Mental distress | 1 | |||
| gendernorms | Does the participant support equitable or inequitable gender norms related to reproductive health | Numeric | ||
| Supports inequitable gender norms | 0 | |||
| Supports inequitable gender norms | 1 |
The following variables are contained within the Yathu Yathu case control dataset that is made available through an application process.
| Variable name | Variable description | Answer label | Answer code | Variable types |
| ever | If participant has ever had sex | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| agefirst | Age at which participant had sex for the first time | Numeric | ||
| ≤14 years old | 1 | |||
| 15-19 years old | 2 | |||
| ≥20 years old | 3 | |||
| lifesex | Number of partners participant has had sex with | Numeric | ||
| 1 partner | 1 | |||
| 2-4 partners | 2 | |||
| ≥5 partners | 3 | |||
| condomsex | Did the participant use a condom the last time they had sex with their partner | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| sexpartner | What was the age of the last partner the participant had sex with | Numeric | ||
| ≤14 years old | 1 | |||
| 15-19 years old | 2 | |||
| ≥20 years old | 3 | |||
| alcsex | Did participant drink alcohol at last sex with partner | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 |