Table 1.
Socio-demographic and health characteristics of participants by sex
| Variables | Male n=43 (16.1%) |
Female n=224 (83.9%) |
p-value | |
| Age | ||||
| < 35 35–44 ≥ 45 |
12 (27.9) 19 (44.2) 12 (27.9) |
103 (46.2) 80 (35.9) 40 (17.9) |
0.07 | |
| Education | ||||
| Primary education or less Secondary education or higher |
8 (18.6) 35 (81.4) |
98 (43.8) 126 (56.3) |
< 0.01 | |
| Employment | ||||
| No Yes |
14 (32.6) 29 (67.4) |
102 (45.5) 122 (54.5) |
0.12 | |
| Household Head | ||||
| No Yes |
7 (16.3) 36 (83.7) |
132 (58.9) 92 (41.1) |
< 0.01 | |
| ARV | ||||
| No Yes |
19 (44.2) 24 (55.8) |
58 (25.9) 166 (74.1) |
0.02 | |
| Have had a STI | ||||
| No Yes |
41 (95.4) 2 (4.7) |
214 (95.5) 10 (4.5) |
0.96 | |
| Have experienced HIV symptoms | ||||
| No Yes |
20 (46.5) 23 (53.5) |
122 (54.5) 102 (45.5) |
0.33 | |
| HIV-related hospitalization | ||||
| No Yes |
38 (88.4) 5 (11.6) |
198 (88.4) 26 (11.6) |
0.99 | |
| CD4 count mean (± SD) | 387.4 (360.3) |
322.9 (222.4) |
< 0.01 |
Bold- Statistically significant; Sum of N for some variables may not equal total N due to missing variables