Table 3.
Characteristics of individuals (15+) who needed AT: Frequencies
| Botswana | Swaziland | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | |
| Total N | 486 | 100.0 | 332 | 100.0 |
| AT access (Dependent variable) | ||||
| Received AT | 272 | 56.0 | 104 | 31.3 |
| Did not receive AT | 214 | 44.0 | 222 | 66.9 |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.8 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 216 | 44.4 | 180 | 54.2 |
| Male | 263 | 54.1 | 152 | 45.8 |
| Missing | 7 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Locality | ||||
| Urban/City | 311 | 64.0 | 89 | 26.8 |
| Rural | 174 | 35.8 | 243 | 73.2 |
| Missing | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Received a formal primary education | ||||
| Received | 289 | 59.5 | 113 | 34.0 |
| Did not receive | 188 | 38.7 | 132 | 39.8 |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 87 | 26.2 |
| Employed or receiving social grant a | ||||
| Yes | 217 | 44.7 | 74 | 22.3 |
| No | 267 | 54.9 | 256 | 77.1 |
| Missing | 2 | 0.4 | 2 | 0.6 |
| Difficulty in: a | ||||
| Seeing | 169 | 34.8 | 73 | 22.0 |
| Hearing | 99 | 20.4 | 62 | 18.7 |
| Walking/climbing steps | 324 | 66.7 | 216 | 65.1 |
| Remembering/concentrating | 111 | 22.8 | 121 | 36.4 |
| Self-care | 214 | 44.0 | 119 | 35.8 |
| Communicating | 98 | 20.2 | 87 | 26.2 |
aSee Additional file for description of explanatory variables