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. 2023 Jul 19;23:482. doi: 10.1186/s12879-023-08467-7

Table 2.

Socio-behavioural predictors of HIV that are included in the analysis

Variable Categories Males Females
Average age of respondent 31.8 32.1
work for payment last 12 months (%) no 45.5 66.3
yes 54.5 33.7
Ever married or lived together (%) no 43.5 30.6
yes 56.5 69.4
Delaying or avoiding getting pregnant (%) no 55.2 57
yes 44.6 42.5
Circumcision status (%) yes 60.3
no 39.7
First age engaging at sex 18.2 17.9
Ever visited TB clinic for treatment (%) no 92.2 92.5
yes 7.7 7.3
Urban area indicator (%) rural 55.7 56
urban 44.3 44
Average wealthscorecont 0.4 0.5
Relationship to household head (%) Brother/sister 4.6 3.9
Grandchild 4.1 3.2
Head 51.8 26
Not related 3.2 2.5
other relative 6.1 5.9
son or daughter 23.7 2.7
wife/husband/partner 4.3 35.2
parent 1.3
Enrolled in school (%) no 76.9
yes 17.6
Average number of times been pregnant 3.1
Average number of children had since 2012 0.7