Table 1.

Characteristics of study participants

Variable	HIV negative (n=115)	HIV positive (n=122)	P-value
Age (years)*	35.49±7.63	36.35±8.31	0.219
Range	(15–54)	(15–53)
Age group (years)**
<30	11 (9.6%)	13 (10.7%)	0.683
30–39	48 (41.7%)	51 (41.8%)	0.840
40–49	36 (31.3%)	41 (33.6%)	0.569
50–59	20 (17.4%)	17 (13.9%)	0.622
Sex**
Male	47 (40.9%)	35 (28.7%)	0.185
Female	68 (59.1%)	87 (71.3%)	0.127
Education**
None	4 (3.5%)	8 (6.5%)	0.388
Primary	5 (4.4%)	19 (15.6%)	0.004
Secondary	25 (21.7%)	54 (44.3%)	0.001
Tertiary	81 (70.4%)	41 (33.6%)	<0.001
Employment**
Full-time	104 (90.5%)	110 (90.2%)	0.682
Part-time	2 (1.7%)	5 (4.1%)	0.453
Unemployed	9 (7.8%)	7 (5.7%)	0.617
Monthly income in Naira**
<40,000	57 (49.6%)	100 (82.0%)	0.014
40,000–80,000	20 (17.4%)	8 (6.5%)	0.023
>80,000	38 (33.0%)	14 (11.5%)	0.001
Marital status**
Single	26 (22.6%)	16 (13.1%)	0.123
Married	75 (65.2%)	77 (63.1%)	0.871
Separated	2 (1.7%)	4 (3.3%)	0.414
Divorced	3 (2.6%)	6 (4.9%)	0.508
Widowed	7 (6.2%)	14 (11.5%)	0.127
Remarried	2 (1.7%)	5 (4.1%)	0.453
Religion**
Christian	113 (98.3%)	115 (94.3%)	0.894
Muslim	2 (1.7%)	7 (5.7%)	0.096

Note:

^*Mean ± standard deviation

^**proportion.

Abbreviation: HIV, human immunodeficiency virus.