Table 1. Sociodemographic information.
| Variable | Rural | Urban | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIV+ | HIV− | p-Valuea | HIV+ | HIV− | p-Valueb | |||||
| n | % | N | % | n | % | n | % | |||
| Gender | ||||||||||
| RHP 91, RHN 451 UHP 168, UHN 247 | ||||||||||
| Male | 25 | 32.6 | 88 | 19.5 | 0.09 | 37 | 22.0 | 62 | 25.1 | 0.47 |
| Female | 66 | 72.5 | 363 | 80.5 | 131 | 78.0 | 185 | 74.9 | ||
| Marital status | ||||||||||
| RHP 89, RHN 451 UHP 162, UHN 244 | ||||||||||
| Child | 1 | 1.12 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Never married | 32 | 36.0 | 80 | 17.7 | 70 | 43.2 | 69 | 28.3 | ||
| Married/traditional marriage | 9 | 10.1 | 168 | 37.3 | 0.0001* | 31 | 19.1 | 89 | 36.5 | 0.0002* |
| Living with partner | 17 | 19.1 | 54 | 12.0 | 23 | 14.2 | 18 | 7.4 | ||
| Widowed | 15 | 16.9 | 86 | 19.1 | 23 | 14.2 | 35 | 14.3 | ||
| Separated | 11 | 12.4 | 43 | 9.5 | 6 | 3.7 | 12 | 4.9 | ||
| Divorced | 4 | 4.5 | 17 | 3.8 | 8 | 4.9 | 21 | 8.6 | ||
| Other | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Level of education | ||||||||||
| RHP 90, RHN 439; UHP 169, UHN244 | ||||||||||
| None | 16 | 17.8 | 123 | 28.0 | 20 | 11.8 | 54 | 22.1 | ||
| Primary school | 34 | 37.8 | 134 | 30.5 | 62 | 36.7 | 87 | 35.7 | ||
| Gr. 8–10 | 21 | 23.3 | 117 | 26.7 | 0.12 | 43 | 25.4 | 56 | 23.0 | 0.14 |
| Gr. 11–12 | 18 | 20.0 | 59 | 13.4 | 37 | 21.9 | 44 | 18.0 | ||
| Tertiary education | 1 | 1.1 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.8 | ||
| Employment status | ||||||||||
| RHP 93, RHN 466; UHP 172, UHN 251 | ||||||||||
| Housewife by choice | 1 | 1.1 | 14 | 3.0 | 1 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.8 | ||
| Unemployed | 27 | 29.0 | 107 | 22.9 | 0.21 | 108 | 62.8 | 124 | 49.4 | 0.007* |
| Self-employed | 2 | 2.2 | 7 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.6 | 3 | 1.2 | ||
| Full-time wage earner (receives a salary) | 5 | 5.4 | 37 | 8.0 | 7 | 4.1 | 14 | 5.6 | ||
| Part-time/piece job | 58 | 62.4 | 301 | 64.6 | 55 | 32.0 | 108 | 43.0 | ||
| Not applicable, for example, deceased | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Notes: RHP = rural, HIV-positive; RHN = rural, HIV-negative; UHP = urban, HIV-positive; UHN = urban, HIV-negative.
a p-Value for difference between HIV-positive and HIV-negative rural participants using chi-squared or Fisher's exact test, as appropriate.
b p-Value for difference between HIV-positive and HIV-negative urban participants using chi-squared or Fisher's exact test, as appropriate.
*Statistically significant difference.