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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 25.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Care. 2021 Mar 3;34(6):717–724. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2021.1894318

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of participants at baseline qualitative interviews on oral HIVST among female sex workers in four regions of Kenya, 2016.

Variables Service providers and outreach workers (n = 77) Peer educators (n = 42) Sex workers (n = 37) Sex workers (n = 8)

Mean age (SD) 33.4 (8.2) 29.8 (6.7) 29.9 (6.7) 28.9 (2.1)
Education
 None 1 (2.8%)
 Primary 8 (10.4%) 10 (23.8%) 21 (58.3%) 3 (37.5%)
 Secondary 17 (22.1%) 26 (61.9%) 12 (33.3%) 5 (62.5%)
 Tertiary 52 (67.5%) 6 (14.3%) 2 (5.6%)
Marital status
 Single 36 (46.8%) 22 (52.3%) 20 (54.1%) 6 (75%)
 Married 36 (46.8%) 2 (4.8%) 7 (18.9%)
 Separated/divorced 3 (3.9%) 12 (28.7%) 8 (21.6%) 2 (25%)
 Widowed 3 (3.9%) 6 (14.2%) 2 (5.4%)
Time in sex work
 ≤2 years 5 (11.9%) 13 (35.2%) 2 (25%)
 3–5 years 26 (61.9%) 14 (37.8%) 4 (50%)
 >5 years 11 (26.2%) 10 (27.0%) 2 (25%)