Table 1.
Sample characteristics (n = 644) disaggregated and compared by gender.
| Variable | Total N (%) |
Men (n=271) N (%) |
Women (n=373) N (%) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prior HIV testing | ||||
| No | 154 (23.9) | l00 (36.9) | 54 (14.5) | <0.01 |
| Yes | 490 (76.1) | 171 (63.1) | 319 (85.5) | |
| HIV test within the last 12 months | ||||
| No | 397 (61.7) | 193 (71.2) | 169 (45.3) | <0.01 |
| Yes | 247 (38.3) | 78 (28.8) | 204 (54.7) | |
| HIV status | ||||
| Negative | 558 (90.9) | 234 (91.4) | 324 (90.5) | 0.70 |
| Positive | 56 (9.12) | 22 (8.6) | 34 (9.5) | |
| Age (years) | ||||
| 18–25 | 132 (20.5) | 45 (16.6) | 87 (23.3) | <0.01 |
| 26–35 | 189 (29.4) | 67 (24.7) | 122 (32.7) | |
| 36–45 | 184 (28.6) | 93 (34.3) | 91 (24.4) | |
| 45+ | 139 (21.6) | 66 (24.4) | 73 (19.6) | |
| Education | ||||
| No education | 116 (18.0) | 39 (14.4) | 77 (20.6) | 0.12 |
| Primary | 454 (70.5) | 199 (73.4) | 255 (68.4) | |
| Secondary or above | 74 (11.5) | 33 (12.2) | 41 (11.0) | |
| Employment | ||||
| Self-employed | 551 (85.6) | 239 (88.2) | 312 (83.6) | <0.01 |
| Employed (salaried) | 37 (5.8) | 22 (8.1) | 12 (4.0) | |
| Not employed | 56 (8.7) | 10 (3.7) | 46 (12.3) | |
| Have a main sexual partner | ||||
| Yes | 356 (64.6) | 158 (66.7) | 198 (63.1) | |
| No | 195 (35.4) | 79 (33.3) | 116 (36.4) | 0.38 |
| Have heard about ART | ||||
| No | 211 (32.8) | 89 (32.8) | 211(32.7) | 0.52 |
| Yes | 433 (67.2) | 182 (67.2) | 251 (67.2) | |
| Condom use in past six months | ||||
| Never | 405 (73.4) | 162 (68.4) | 243 (77.9) | 0.04 |
| Sometimes | 102 (18.6) | 52 (21.9) | 50 (16.0) | |
| Always | 42 (7.6) | 23 (9.7) | 19 (6.1) |
ART: antiretroviral therapy.