Table 1.

Summary of baseline characteristics of N=3,596 HIV-infected individuals enrolled in the Botswana Combination Prevention Project from 30 communities in Botswana.

Characteristic (total n with data)	N (%)
Gender (n=3,596)
Male	962 (27%)
Female	2,634 (73%)
Age, in years (n=3,596)
16 to 19 years	47 (1%)
20 to 29 years	460 (13%)
30 to 39 years	1,222 (34%)
40 to 49 years	1,069 (30%)
50 to 59 years	631 (18%)
60 years and older	167 (5%)
Median (Q1, Q3)a	40 (33, 48)
Relationship status (n=3,593)
Single or never married	2,799 (78%)
Married	539 (15%)
Widowed, divorced or separated	255 (7%)
Education (n=3,572)
Non-formal	531 (15%)
Primary	1,072 (30%)
Junior secondary	1,412 (40%)
Senior secondary	311 (9%)
Higher than senior secondary	246 (7%)
Employment status (n=3,594)
Employed	1,173 (33%)
Unemployed and looking for work	1,766 (49%)
Unemployed but not looking for workb	655 (18%)
Monthly income (n=3,572)c
None	1,999 (56%)
<$96 per month	647 (18%)
$96 to $477 per month	795 (22%)
>$447 per month	131 (4%)
Time spent away from community, past year (n=3,594)
None	1,838 (51%)
Less than 1 week	736 (20%)
1 to 2 weeks	303 (8%)
3 to 4 weeks	325 (9%)
5 to 12 weeks	296 (8%)
More than 12 weeks	96 (3%)

^a25^th and 75^th percentiles.

^bUnemployed and not looking for work includes participants reporting housewife, student and retired as the primary reason for unemployment.

^cBotswana pula (BWP) were converted to US dollars (USD) based on a rate of BWP10·49 per USD$1.