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. 2010 Jul 22;8:22. doi: 10.1186/1478-7954-8-22

Table 2.

Percentage distribution of participants who were successfully contacted, those who accepted to test and HIV test result by socio-demographic characteristics

Variables Total Number Contacted Number Contacted Accepted to test HIV prevalence among tested



Percent (%) X2 (P-value) Percent (%) X2 (P-value) Percent positive X2 (P-value)
Age group
 < 20 yrs 611 77.7 475 87.0 5.1
 20-24 yrs 1,120 71.3 798 79.7 7.2
 25-29 yrs 1,028 71.4 21.1 (0.004) 734 76.8 39.3 (< 0.001) 12.1 59.9 (< 0.001)
 30-34 yrs 750 75.6 567 72.1 13.7
 35-39 yrs 555 75.5 419 74.9 17.2
 40-44 yrs 368 73.1 269 76.2 13.7
 45-49 yrs 249 73.5 183 78.1 21.0
 50-54 yrs 86 60.5 52 71.2 24.3
Gender
 Female 2,931 75.7 20.9 (< 0.001) 2,218 77.2 1.2 (0.279) 12.4 4.3 (0.039)
 Male 1,836 69.7 1,279 78.8 9.8
Residence
 Korogocho 2,435 76.6 26.6 (< 0.001) 1,865 85.3 130.1 (< 0.001) 13.9 22.2 (< 0.001)
 Viwandani 2,332 70.0 1,632 69.2 8.1
Ethnicity
 Kikuyu 1,504 71.5 1,076 76.9 8.2
 Luhya 693 76.5 13.7 (0.008) 530 84.7 97.9 (< 0.001) 11.6 83.7 (< 0.001)
 Luo 795 75.4 599 87.0 22.7
 Kamba 1,092 70.8 773 66.9 8.3
 Others 683 76.0 519 78.4 7.6
Education
 No schooling 179 76.0 136 75.7 23.3
 Primary 3,029 73.6 1.6 (0.671) 2,228 79.0 5.4 (0.143) 12.1 21.1 (< 0.001)
 Secondary/higher 1,474 72.9 1,048 75.7 8.7
 Don't know 85 69.4 59 74.6 9.1
Wealth Index
 Poorest 20% 889 57.0 507 77.3 13.3
 2nd 958 71.5 185.0 (< 0.001) 685 75.5 3.5 (0.473) 13.4 6.4 (0.171)
 3rd 991 75.3 746 78.4 11.3
 4th 953 78.5 748 79.4 11.3
 Richest 20% 976 83.1 811 78.1 9.2
Marital status
 Married 2,919 77.2 2,254 75.3 11.6
 Divorce/widowed 437 80.1 220.0 (< 0.001) 350 82.0 28.3 (< 0.001) 26.5 90.3 (< 0.001)
 Never married 1,335 66.3 885 82.8 5.5
 Not known 76 10.5 8 50.0 0.0
Mobility
 Not highly mobile 4358 76.7 155.6 (< 0.001) 3115 77.3 3.7 (0.054) 11.8 2.2 (0.142)
 Highly mobile 409 54.2 382 81.7 9.0
Total 4767 73.4 3497 77.8 11.5 (10.3-12.7)§

§ 95% confidence interval