Table 2.
Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents
| Characteristics | Cholesterol | Glucose | HIV | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Testers | Non-testers | Testers | Non-testers | Testers | Non-testers | ||
| N | 150 | 183 | 185 | 179 | 107 | 174 | |
| Age | Mean | 37.9 | 41.3 | 42.0 | 29.3 (738.3 | 29.3 (729.3 | 29.3 (732.1 |
| (SD) | (14.6) | (13.6) | (13.1) | (13.5) | (7.5) | (12.5) | |
| (range) | (15-82) | (12-94) | (15-79) | (15-81) | (19-61) | (15-70) | |
| Gender | Male | 36.7% | 40.4% | 27.6% | 29.6% | 26.2% | 37.4% |
| (N) | (55) | (74) | (51) | (738(53) | (28) | (65) | |
| Female | 63.3% | 59.6% | 72.4% | 70.4% | 73.8% | 62.6% | |
| (N) | (95) | (109) | (134) | (126) | (79) | (109) | |
| Level of educationa | Low | 13.3% | 18.6% | 23.2% | 17.9% | 7.5% | 12.6% |
| Intermediate | 42.7% | 35.5% | 45.4% | 33.5% | 38.3% | 49.4% | |
| High | 44.0% | 45.9% | 31.4% | 48.6% | 54.2% | 37.9% | |
| Type of self-test used | Home test | 35.0% | 33% | 6.5% | |||
| Street-corner test | 51.3% | 17.3% | 6.5% | ||||
| Direct-access laboratory test | 9.3% | 15.1% | 64.0% | ||||
| Home-collect test | 1.2% | 0.5% | 1.9% | ||||
| Different | 3.2% | 34.1% | 21.1% | ||||
a Low = primary and secondary school, Intermediate = intermediate vocational education, high = higher vocational education and university