Table 2. Frequencies of respondents by sex, age, educational attainment, duration HIV status known, disclosure, referral to medication, and use of support group, by country.

	Burkina Faso (n=100)		Kenya (n=130)		Malawi (n=166)		Uganda (n=140)		Total (n=536)
	No.	Col %	No.	Col %	No.	Col %	No.	Col %	No.	Col %
Sex of the respondent
Female	81	81	64	49.2	123	74.1	93	66.4	361	67.4
Male	19	19	66	50.8	43	25.9	47	33.6	175	32.6
Age (10-yr cats)
18-24	7	7	9	6.9	16	9.6	30	21.4	62	11.6
25-34	43	43	72	55.4	78	47	54	38.6	247	46.1
35-44	33	33	33	25.4	47	28.3	38	27.1	151	28.2
45+	17	17	16	12.3	25	15.1	18	12.9	76	14.2
Education (3 cats)
No formal education	36	36	2	1.5	41	24.7	12	8.6	91	17
Primary incomplete/complete	37	37	55	42.3	91	54.8	59	42.1	242	45.1
Secondary or more	27	27	73	56.2	34	20.5	69	49.3	203	37.9
Urban/rural location
Rural	0	0	42	32.3	122	73.5	32	22.9	196	36.6
Urban/peri-urban	100	100	88	67.7	44	26.5	108	77.1	340	63.4
Duration HIV status known
1 - 30 days	11	11	22	16.9	16	9.6	57	40.7	106	19.8
30 days to one year	64	64	58	44.6	96	57.8	46	32.9	264	49.3
More than one year	25	25	50	38.5	54	32.5	37	26.4	166	31
Disclose status to anyone
No	12	12	42	32.3	14	8.4	40	28.6	108	20.1
Yes	88	88	88	67.7	152	91.6	100	71.4	428	79.9
Join a support group
No	57	57	118	90.8	91	54.8	122	87.1	388	72.4
Yes	43	43	12	9.2	75	45.2	18	12.9	148	27.6
Receive referral for medication
No	31	31	14	10.8	22	13.3	8	5.7	75	14
Yes	69	69	116	89.2	144	86.7	132	94.3	461	86