Table 2.
Participant demographics. The bold indicates the Variable headings.
| Variables | South Africa (n = 81) |
Zimbabwe (n = 48) |
Total (n = 129) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||
| Female | 56 (69.1%) | 29 (60.4%) | 85 (65.9) |
| Male | 25 (30.9%) | 19 (39.6%) | 44 (34.1) |
| Median age (IQR): | 40 (23) | 39.5 (19) | 40 (22) |
| Race | |||
| Black | 65 (80.2) | 48 (100) | 113 (87.6) |
| Colored | 16 (19.8) | 16 (12.4) | |
|
HIV status Negative Positive |
* Not assessed |
40 (83.3) 8 (16.7) |
N/A |
| Education | |||
| Primary | 9 (11.1) | 3 (6.2) | 12 (9.3) |
| Secondary | 61 (75.3) | 9 (18.8) | 70 (54.3) |
| O level | – | 32 (66.7) | 32 (24.8) |
| A level | – | 3 (6.2) | 3 (2.3) |
| Post matric diploma | 9 (11.1) | 1 (2.1) | 10 (7.8) |
| Bachelor’s degree | 2 (2.5) | – | 2 (1.6) |
| Employment | |||
| Unemployed | 63 (77.8) | 14 (29.2) | 77 (59.7) |
| Self-employed | 2 (2.5) | 22 (45.8) | 24 (18.6) |
| Employed part time | 3 (3.7) | 2 (4.2) | 5 (3.9) |
| Volunteer work | 7 (8.6) | 1 (2.1) | 8 (6.2) |
| Employed full time | 6 (7.4) | 8 (16.6) | 14 (10.9) |
| Pensioner | – | 1 (2.1) | 1 (0.7) |
| Vaccination status | |||
| Unvaccinated | 37 (45.7) | 24 (50) | 61 (49.3) |
| Vaccinated | 44 (54.3) | 24 (50) | 68 (52.7) |
* South Africa did not have an FGD for participants living with HIV. For the Variables column, the variable headings are in bold.