TABLE 1.
Demographic characteristics of the participants.
| Demographic variable | Representations | n |
|---|---|---|
| Age representation (in years) | Average | 41 |
| Range | 18–63 | |
| Mode | 38 | |
| Age distribution (in years) | 10–19 | 1 |
| 20–29 | 2 | |
| 30–39 | 7 | |
| 40–49 | 3 | |
| 50–59 | 3 | |
| 60–69 | 2 | |
| Gender | Male | 5 |
| Female | 13 | |
| Level of education | No formal education | 4 |
| Primary school | 4 | |
| Attempted high school | 9 | |
| Completed high school | 1 | |
| Marital status | Single | 13 |
| Married | 2 | |
| Divorced | 1 | |
| Widow or widower | 2 | |
| Parental status | Participants who had children | 10 |
| Participants who had no children | 8 | |
| Employment status | Employed | 4 |
| Not employed | 14 | |
| Racial distribution | Black people | 6 |
| Mixed-race people | 12 | |
| White people | - | |
| Duration of time on antiretroviral treatment | Between 6 months and 1 year | 12 |
| Greater than 1 year but less than 2 years | 4 | |
| Greater than 2 years | 2 |