Table 1. Socio-demographic and household characteristics of participants enrolled in the oral HIV self-testing cohort study in Mpigi district, October 2018 (N = 1628).
| Variable | Measure |
|---|---|
| Median age, (Interquartile range) | 28 (21, 38) |
| Religion, n (%) | |
| Muslim | 276 (17.0) |
| Christiana | 1333 (81.8) |
| Others* | 19 (1.2) |
| Education, n (%) | |
| No formal education | 82 (5.0) |
| Primary (P1-P7) | 879 (54.0) |
| Secondary & Tertiary | 667 (41.0) |
| Occupation, n (%) | |
| Farming | 733 (45.0) |
| Professional+ | 269 (16.5) |
| Business/trading | 559 (34.3) |
| Unemployed & others# | 67 (4.2) |
| Marital status, n (%) | |
| Married | 1219 (74.9) |
| Unmarried b | 409 (25.1) |
| Time of day at home, n (%) | |
| 6:00am-12:00pm | 746 (45.8) |
| 12:01–6:00pm | 362 (22.2) |
| 6:01pm & beyond | 520 (32.0) |
| Median household size, (interquartile range) | 3 (1, 5) |
| Participant is a household head (Yes) n (%) | 1499 (92.1) |
a Christian include; Anglicans (279), Catholics (963), Pentecostals (91)
b Unmarried include; the single (304), and the widowed and divorced (105)
* Others include; Seventh day Adventist (15), Atheist (1) & Isa Masiya [Jesus the Messiah] (3)
+ Professional are those practicing in a line of work after attaining formal qualification
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