Table 1.
Baseline characteristics and VCT use by sex1
|
Variable |
Males |
Females |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Total |
Used VCT |
Total |
Used VCT |
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| N | (%) | n | (%) | N | (%) | n | (%) | |
|
All |
3, 886 |
(41) |
749 |
(19) |
5, 575 |
(59) |
896 |
(16) |
|
HIV knowledge |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Good |
2, 695 |
(69) |
597 |
(22) |
2, 708 |
(49) |
556 |
(21) |
| Fair |
926 |
(24) |
132 |
(14) |
2, 169 |
(39) |
284 |
(13) |
| Poor |
265 |
(7) |
20 |
(8) |
698 |
(13) |
56 |
(8) |
|
ART knowledge |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Good |
613 |
(16) |
153 |
(25) |
585 |
(10) |
132 |
(23) |
| Fair |
2, 361 |
(61) |
488 |
(21) |
2, 880 |
(52) |
543 |
(19) |
| Poor |
912 |
(23) |
108 |
(12) |
2, 110 |
(38) |
221 |
(10) |
|
Experience |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
1, 970 |
(51) |
460 |
(23) |
2, 494 |
(45) |
537 |
(22) |
| No |
1, 916 |
(49) |
289 |
(15) |
3, 081 |
(55) |
359 |
(12) |
|
VCT experience |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Good |
477 |
(12) |
175 |
(37) |
470 |
(8) |
145 |
(31) |
| Poor |
78 |
(2) |
22 |
(28) |
154 |
(3) |
45 |
(29) |
| None |
3, 327 |
(86) |
552 |
(17) |
4, 946 |
(89) |
706 |
(14) |
|
HIV status |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| HIV negative |
3, 680 |
(95) |
687 |
(19) |
5, 156 |
(93) |
806 |
(16) |
| HIV positive |
192 |
(5) |
60 |
(31) |
389 |
(7) |
87 |
(22) |
|
Age years |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 15-24 |
1, 698 |
(44) |
233 |
(14) |
1, 929 |
(35) |
299 |
(16) |
| 25-34 |
764 |
(20) |
223 |
(29) |
1, 409 |
(25) |
304 |
(22) |
| 35-44 |
521 |
(13) |
136 |
(26) |
860 |
(15) |
170 |
(20) |
| 45-54 |
378 |
(10) |
88 |
(23) |
584 |
(10) |
89 |
(15) |
| 55+ |
516 |
(13) |
69 |
(13) |
776 |
(14) |
33 |
(4) |
|
Education level |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| None |
704 |
(18) |
97 |
(14) |
2, 152 |
(39) |
245 |
(11) |
| Primary 1-4 |
490 |
(13) |
76 |
(16) |
478 |
(9) |
78 |
(16) |
| Primary 5-7 |
2, 096 |
(54) |
423 |
(20) |
2, 509 |
(45) |
476 |
(19) |
| Secondary |
592 |
(15) |
153 |
(26) |
431 |
(8) |
97 |
(23) |
|
Residence |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Rural |
2, 249 |
(60) |
450 |
(20) |
3, 340 |
(62) |
510 |
(15) |
| Roadside |
799 |
(21) |
152 |
(19) |
1, 607 |
(20) |
161 |
(15) |
| Trading centre |
701 |
(19) |
124 |
(18) |
962 |
(18) |
186 |
(19) |
|
Marital status |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Ever married |
2, 143 |
(65) |
499 |
(23) |
4, 429 |
(90) |
752 |
(17) |
| Never married | 1, 140 | (35) | 214 | (19) | 510 | (10) | 105 | (21) |
1All percentages in this table are column percentages for each variable, except the first row of the table, which gives the percentage of all respondents (i.e. 41% of all respondents were male, 19% of males used VCT).