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. 2019 Jul 9;22(7):e25336. doi: 10.1002/jia2.25336

Table 1.

Participant characteristics at baseline

Age (med, IQR) 28 (24 to 32)
Education
No formal 79/960 (8.2%)
Primary/junior 437/960 (45.5%)
Secondary 423/960 (44.1%)
Vocational 8/960 (0.8%)
Tertiary 13/960 (1.4%)
Monthly income, USDa , b
No income 5/955 (0.5%)
<$30 190/955 (19.9%)
$30‐$60 332/955 (34.8%)
$60‐$125 328/955 (34.4%)
>$125 99/955 (10.4%)
Timing of last HIV test
0 to 3 months 3/960 (0.3%)
>3 to 6 months 351/960 (36.6%)
>6 to 12 months 280/960 (19.3%)
>12 to 24 months 156/960 (16.3%)
>24 months 114/960 (11.9%)
Never tested 56/960 (5.9%)
Of 10 clients, # think are HIV‐positive (med, IQR) 7 (5 to 9)
Price for vaginal sex, USDa (mean, SD)
With a condom $3.24 ($3.31)
Without a condom $9.94 ($11.46)
Number of clients/average night (mean, SD) 5.9 (3.8)
Consistent condom use with clientsc 569/957 (59.5%)
Tested for HIV, since the start of the studyd , e
1 month 759/925 (82.0%)
4 months 812/861 (94.3%)

Med, median; IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation.

aPrice categories in US dollars (USD); October 10th, 2016 exchange rate (1 USD = 3363.85 Ugandan Shillings); bvariations in denominators attributable to participants choosing not to respond to particular questions; cdefined as not using a condom with at least one client on an average working night; dall characteristics and behaviours measured at baseline with the exception of testing for HIV since the start of the study; eloss to follow‐up was 4% (35/960) at one month and 10% (99/960) at four months.