Table 2.
Baseline sociodemographic characteristics for PLH receiving HIV treatment in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
| Characteristic | Comparison group, N = 408 n (%)/mean (SD) |
Intervention, N = 416 n (%)/mean (SD) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of residence | |||
| Kinondoni | 387 (95.3) | 412 (99.8) | |
| Ilala | 10 (2.5) | 1 (0.24) | 0.08971 |
| Temeke | 9 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 92 (23.0) | 116 (28.0) | 0.03012 |
| Female | 316 (77.0) | 300 (72.0) | |
| Mean age | 37 (9.1) | 46 (9.7) | <0.00012 |
| Age groups in years | <0.00012 | ||
| <30 | 30 (11.3) | 30 (7.2) | |
| ≥30 | 236 (88.7) | 386 (92.8) | |
| Marital statusa | |||
| Lives with partner (married or cohabiting) | 208 (52.0) | 205 (49.2) | 0.30002 |
| Single (never married or widowed) | 192 (48.0) | 203 (48.7) | |
| Employment status | |||
| Employed | 142 (34.8) | 148 (35.6) | |
| Self-employed | 166 (40.7) | 156 (37.5) | 0.65102 |
| House wife/house husband | 35 (8.6) | 45 (10.8) | |
| Unemployed | 65 (15.9) | 67 (16.1) | |
1p value obtained from Fisher’s exact test
2p value was obtained from Chi Square test
aA total of eight participants from the comparison group and eight from the intervention with missing data were omitted