Table 2. Characteristics of clients testing through Aurum HCT sites from 1 January 2009 to 31 June 2012 (column percentages do not include missing).
| Variable | Total | Fixed HCT | Fixed HCT | Mobile HCT | Mobile HCT |
| All HCT sites | clinic-based | stand-alone | Urban area | rural area | |
| (118,358) | (18,597) | (28,937) | (38,840) | (31,984) | |
| N (%)* | N (%)* | N (%)* | N (%)* | N (%)* | |
| Age group, years | |||||
| <24 | 32,490 (30) | 4,375 (29) | 7,501 (28) | 9,781 (26) | 10,833 (36) |
| 24–34 | 38,710 (35) | 6,150 (40) | 10,426 (40) | 13,418 (35) | 8,716 (29) |
| 35–45 | 18,918 (17) | 2,543 (17) | 4,419 (17) | 7,340 (19) | 4,616 (15) |
| >45 | 19,880(18) | 2,165 (14) | 3,939 (15) | 7,573 (20) | 6,203 (20) |
| Median (IQR) | 29 (22–40) | 29 (23–38) | 29 (23–38) | 31 (24–42) | 28 (21–41) |
| Missing† | 8,360 (7) | 3,364 (18) | 2,652 (9) | 728 (2) | 1,616 (5) |
| Sex | |||||
| Men | 53,291 (47) | 8,367 (50) | 12,372 (46) | 19,706 (52) | 12,846 (41) |
| Women | 59,438 (53) | 8,176 (49) | 14,651 (54) | 18,443 (48) | 18,168 (58) |
| Missing† | 5,629 (5) | 2,054 (11) | 1,914 (7) | 691 (2) | 970 (3) |
| Employment ** | |||||
| Unemployed | 16,454 (40) | 2,649 (45) | 2,746 (33) | 6,362 (40) | 4,697 (45) |
| Part- time | 2,354 (6) | 347 (6) | 607 (7) | 690 (4) | 710 (7) |
| Full-time | 14,421 (36) | 1,980 (34) | 3,277 (40) | 6,431 (40) | 2,733 (26) |
| Students | 7,203 (18) | 881 (15) | 1,583 (19) | 2,439 (15) | 2,300 (22) |
| Missing† | 5,874 (13) | 2,454 (30) | 1,390 (15) | 1,082 (6) | 948 (8) |
| Prior HIV test | |||||
| Yes | 69,790 (59) | 11,809 (64) | 20,798 (72) | 24,626 (63) | 12,557 (39) |
| No | 48,350 (41) | 6,760 (36) | 8,079 (28) | 14,122 (36) | 19,389 (61) |
| Missing† | 218 (0.2) | 28 (0.2) | 60 (0.2) | 92 (0.2) | 38 (0.1) |
| Prior positive | 1,432 (2) | 299 (3) | 446 (2) | 571 (2) | 116 (1) |
| Prior negative | 68,358 (98) | 11,510 (97) | 20,352 (98) | 24,055 (98) | 12,441 (99) |
| Perceived risk *** | |||||
| Yes | 14,756 (54) | 3,213(56) | 4,608 (73) | 4,812 (50) | 2,123 (36) |
| No | 12,719 (46) | 2,505 (44) | 1,732 (27) | 4,717 (49) | 3,765 (64) |
| Missing† | 3,520 (11) | 1,243 (18) | 1,104 (15) | 727 (7) | 446 (7) |
| Calendar year | |||||
| 2009 | 15,191 (13) | 5,150 (27) | 3,227 (11) | 3,746 (10) | 3,068 (10) |
| 2010 | 22,497 (19) | 4,409 (24) | 5,706 (20) | 8,791 (23) | 4,041 (13) |
| 2011 | 52,862 (45) | 7,753 (42) | 11,372 (40) | 19,191 (49) | 14,546 (45) |
| 2012 | 27,358 (23) | 1,285 (7) | 8,632 (29) | 7,112 (18) | 10,329 (32) |
| TB type symptoms (any of CFSW) | |||||
| No | 113,798 (96) | 17,885 (96) | 27,477 (95) | 37,400 (96) | 31,036 (97) |
| Yes | 4,560 (4) | 712 (4) | 1,460 (5) | 1,440 (4) | 948 (3) |
*Percentage excludes missing data and are based on available data for the variable.
†
Category represents proportion of missing data.
**Employment data available from 30/09/2010–30/09/2011.N = 46,306 (49% of total).
***Risk perception data available from 01/01/2009–30/08/2010. N = 30,995 (26% of total).