Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of HIV+ and HIV– individuals of the matched study population

Variables	HIV+ (170)		HIV– (170)		Total (340)		p-value
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Gender							1.00a
Male	85	50.0	85	50.0	170	50.0	–
Age group							0.50*
9–19 years	5	2.9	6	3.5	11	3.2	0.61*
20–39 years	70	41.2	82	48.2	152	44.7	0.23*
40–59 years	83	48.8	72	42.4	155	45.6	0.12*
60–74 years	12	7.1	10	5.9	22	6.5	0.88*
District							0.96*
Mbulu	62	36.5	69	40.6	131	38.5	0.44*
Iramba	82	48.2	73	42.9	155	45.6	0.33*
Hanang	18	10.6	19	11.2	37	10.9	0.86*
Babati	8	4.7	9	5.3	17	5.0	0.80*
Tribe							0.30
Iraqw	66	38.8	79	46.5	145	42.6	0.15
Nyiramba	64	37.6	57	33.5	121	35.6	0.43
Nyisanzu	13	7.6	16	9.4	29	8.5	0.56
Other tribes	27	15.9	18	10.6	45	13.2	0.15
Marital status							0.10
Married	130	76.5	143	84.1	273	80.3	0.08
Single	37	21.8	24	14.1	61	17.9	0.07
Divorced	3	1.8	3	1.8	6	1.8	1.00
Education							0.01
School not attended	37	21.8	18	10.6	55	16.2	–
School attended	133	78.2	152	89.4	285	83.8	–
Occupation							0.02
Peasant	149	87.6	155	91.2	304	89.4	0.53
Housewife	6	3.5	0	0.0	6	1.8	0.01
Business man/woman	3	1.8	0	0.0	3	0.9	0.08
Medical occupation	1	0.6	5	2.9	6	1.8	0.10
Student	6	3.5	1	0.6	7	2.1	0.06
Other	5	2.9	9	5.3	14	4.1	0.28

HIV human immunodeficiency virus

*The factors gender, age group, and district were considered for matching between HIV+ and HIV–