Table 1.

Sociodemographic Characteristics of FG Participants (n= 34) Compared to All Intervention Participants (n=215)

	Focus Group Participants (subgroup of all intervention participants)				All Intervention Participants
	Mean	n/(SD)	Min	Max	Control (Mean)	Fixed Target (Mean)	Flexible Target (Mean)
Socio-demographic information
Female (%)	61.8	21	0	1	50.7	53.52	57.97
Age (years)	19.4	−2.9	17	24	19.04	19.55	19.25
Married (%)	20.6	7	0	1	25.35	29.58	40.58
Literacy (%)
read easily	56.3	19.1	0	1	69.01	69.01	63.77
write easily	62.5	21.3	0	1	77.46	77.46	65.22
Education (%)
Completed primary	97.1	33	0	1	100	100	98.55
Completed secondary	55.9	19	0	1	77.46	77.46	65.22
Housing (%)
Self-rated house as “poor”	52.9	18	0	1	43.66	49.3	37.68
Has electricity	76.5	28	0	1	78.87	88.73	81.16
Has piped water	47.1	16	0	1	53.52	59.15	50.72
Text-related information
Owns Phone (%)	64.7	22	0	1	71	73	71
Text messages sent in past 24 hours	4	−8.3	0	30
Text messages received in past 24 hours	6.6	−14.8	0	66
Adherence (%)
Self-reported	82.5	−19.9	30	100	83.85	80.21	85.77
Measured using MEMS cap	76.7	−33.9	0	100
Percentage of participants from each intervention group
Flexible Target	52.9	18	0	1
Fixed Target	47.1	16	0	1

NOTE: Self-reported adherence is the share of doses taken as prescribed in the past month, as reported by the participant also during the baseline survey. Adherence at randomization refers to the average electronically-measured adherence taken one month before SATA started.