Table 1.

Socio-demographic profile of the study population.

Demographic data		HIV infected n = 371 (71.8%)	HIV uninfected n = 146 (28.2%)	Total n = 517 (100%)
Sex	Male	134 (34.9%)	51 (36.1%)	185 (35.8%)
	Female	237 (65.1%)	95 (63.9%)	332 (64.2%)
Age	Children ≤ 14 years	5 (1.3%)	15 (10.3%)	20 (3.9%)
	Adults	366 (98.7%)	131 (89.7%)	497 (96.1%)
Education	Illiterate	17 (4.6%)	19 (13.0%)	36 (7.0%)
	Primary school	243 (65.5%)	77 (52.7%)	320 (61.9%)
	Secondary school	86 (23.2%)	28 (19.2%)	114 (22.1%)
	Pre-University	18 (4.9%)	16 (11.0%)	34 (6.6%)
	University	7 (1.9%)	6 (4.1%)	13 (2.5%)
Water source
	Tap	362 (97.6%)	141 (96.6%)	503 (97.3%)
	Mineral	5 (1.3%)	1 (0.7%)	6 (1.2%)
	Well	4 (1.1%)	4 (2.7%)	8 (1.5%)
Wash hands after:
Defecation	Yes	369 (99.5%)	146 (100.0%)	515 (99.6%)
	No	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)
Contact with people	Yes	369 (95.5%)	143 (97.9%)	512 (99.0%)
	No	2 (0.5%)	3 (2.1%)	5 (1.0%)
Contact with animals	Yes	370 (99.7%)	146 (100.0%)	516 (99.8%)
	No	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)
Animals at home	Yes	181 (48.8%)	77 (52.7%)	258 (49.9%)
	No	190 (51.2%)	69 (47.3%)	259 (50.1%)