Table 4.
PrEP initiation rates among the high-risk profile participants (n = 1878) by gender, SDPs, and age categories in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 2022
| Variables | Males, n (%) | Females, n (%) | Total, n (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not initiated on PrEP, 773 (90) |
Initiated on PrEP, 87 (10) |
Pearson chi-square p-value |
Not initiated on PrEP, 694 (68) |
Initiated on PrEP, 324 (32) |
Pearson chi-square p-value |
1878 (22) | |
| Service delivery model | |||||||
| Clinics | 692 (96) | 27 (4) | < 0.001 | 578 (86) | 91 (14) | < 0.001 | 1388 (9) |
| Youth zones | 38 (58) | 27 (42) | 81 (39) | 127 (61) | 273 (56) | ||
| TVET colleges | 35 (71) | 14 (29) | 26 (28) | 67 (72) | 142 (57) | ||
| High schools | 8 (30) | 19 (70) | 9 (19) | 39 (81) | 75 (77) | ||
| Age categories | |||||||
| 15–19 years | 79 (79) | 21 (21) | 0.01 | 170 (61) | 110 (39) | 0.002 | 380 (34) |
| 20–24 years | 298 (88) | 40 (12) | 524 (71) | 214 (29) | 1076 (24) | ||
| 25–29 years | 236 (93) | 18 (7) | n/a | n/a | 254 (7) | ||
| 30–35 years | 160 (95) | 8 (5) | n/a | n/a | 168 (5) | ||
The p-value of 0.05 was considered statistically significant is given in bold
p-values derived using Person Chi-squared test considered the one stage cluster design
Proportions (%) for the columns reported as n/N