Table 2.

Literacy and Duration of Residence in the City in HIV− Female Sex Workers and Single Mothers in Lusaka and Ndola, Zambia (n = 1,165)

	Lusaka									Ndola
	FSW				p-valueaHIV+ vs. HIV−	SM		p-valueaHIV− FSW vs. SM	p-valueaacross groups	FSW				p-valueaHIV+ vs. HIV−	SM		p-valueaHIV− FSW vs. SM	p-valueaacross groups
	HIV+ (n = 55)		HIV− (n = 202)			HIV− (n = 170)				HIV+ (n = 39)		HIV− (n = 353)			HIV− (n = 346)
	n or mean	% or SD	n or mean	% or SD		n or mean	% or SD			n or mean	% or SD	n or mean	% or SD		n or mean	% or SD
Years living in Lusaka/Ndola	22.7	12.2	18.2	9.7	.0147	16.9	8.7	.1761	.0007	23.8	11.6	16.8	9.0	.0007	17.6	8.5	.2401	<.0001
Literacy
Understands Nyanja
Easily	51	94%	187	93%	.7719	165	97%	.0561	.1622	18	46%	99	28%	.0197	52	15%	<.0001	<.0001
With difficulty/not at all	3	6%	15	7%		5	3%			21	54%	253	72%		294	85%
Reads Nyanja
Easily	7	13%	57	28%	.0185	55	32%	.3864	.0184	7	18%	20	6%	.0113	0	0%	<.0001	<.0001
With difficulty/not at all	48	87%	145	72%		115	68%			32	82%	332	94%		346	100%
Understands Bemba
Easily	39	71%	140	69%	.8188	130	76%	.1229	.2958	39	100%	343	97%	.6078	336	97%	.7867	.5580
With difficulty/not at all	16	29%	62	31%		40	24%			0	0%	9	3%		10	3%
Reads Bemba
Easily	9	16%	41	20%	.5136	23	14%	.0849	.2224	17	44%	126	36%	.3376	202	58%	<.0001	<.0001
With difficulty/not at all	46	84%	161	80%		147	86%			22	56%	226	64%		144	42%
Understands English
Easily	19	35%	108	53%	.0128	109	64%	.0379	.0005	12	31%	99	28%	.7364	43	12%	<.0001	<.0001
With difficulty/not at all	36	65%	94	47%		61	36%			27	69%	252	72%		303	88%
Reads English
Easily	16	29%	103	51%	.0039	95	56%	.3462	.0024	9	23%	69	20%	.6126	18	5%	<.0001	<.0001
With difficulty/not at all	39	71%	99	49%		75	44%			30	77%	282	80%		328	95%

^aTwo-tailed t-test and one-way ANOVA for continuous variables, chi-square test for categorical variables with cell counts ≥5, Fisher's exact test for categorical variables with 20% of expected cell counts <5.