Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of MASLIHAT trial participants (N=420)
| MASLIHAT | TANSIHAT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |||
| Age | 29.7 (6.1) | 30.3 (6.3) | ||
| Education | N | % | N | % |
| Primary | 9 | 4.3 | 7 | 3.3 |
| Secondary | 115 | 54.8 | 125 | 59.5 |
| College or Technical | 50 | 23.8 | 55 | 26.2 |
| University (but no degree) | 9 | 4.3 | 5 | 2.4 |
| University Degree | 27 | 12.9 | 18 | 8.6 |
| Employment | ||||
| Construction | 114 | 54.5 | 116 | 55.5 |
| Loading in Bazaar | 41 | 19.6 | 46 | 22.0 |
| Selling in Bazaar | 34 | 16.3 | 22 | 10.5 |
| Food Service in Bazaar | 8 | 3.8 | 11 | 5.3 |
| Other | 12 | 5.7 | 14 | 6.7 |
| Marital Status | ||||
| Not Married | 100 | 47.8 | 76 | 36.4 |
| Married | 18 | 8.6 | 34 | 16.3 |
| Divorced | 91 | 43.5 | 99 | 47.4 |
| Ever any STI | ||||
| No | 102 | 48.6 | 103 | 49.1 |
| Yes | 85 | 40.5 | 88 | 41.9 |
| Don’t know | 20 | 9.5 | 18 | 8.6 |
| Not answered | 3 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.5 |
| HIV Positive / Tested a | 19 / 207 | 9.2 | 9 / 206 | 4.4 |
a
Tested after baseline interview
MASLIHAT: “Migrants’ Approached Self-Learning Intervention in HIV/AIDS for Tajiks” (intervention group); TANSIHAT Targeted Application of Network and Social Intervention on Health Assistance for Tajiks (control group); SD: standard deviation