Table 1.
Characteristics of intervention arm patients in Kenya and South Africa
| Variablesa | Categories | Intervention arm | Intervention arm | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya (SLATE I) | South Africa (SLATE II) | ||||
| (N = 240) | (N = 296) | ||||
| Period of enrolment | July 13, 2017‐April 27, 2018 | March 14‐Sept 18, 2018 | |||
| % | Number | % | Number | ||
| Sex | Female | 59% | 142 | 64% | 189 |
| Age | Median (IQR) | 36 (29, 44) | 35 (29, 41) | ||
| Location of current residence | Town (urban) | 15% | 35 | 10% | 31 |
| Peri‐urban | 28% | 66 | 90% | 265 | |
| Rural home or village | 58% | 139 | 0% | 0 | |
| Marital status | Single | 20% | 49 | 58% | 172 |
| Married or long‐term partner | 49% | 118 | 32% | 94 | |
| Divorced, separated, or widowed | 30% | 73 | 10% | 30 | |
| Current house is primary residence | Yes | 64% | 154 | 43% | 128 |
| Number other persons in house | Median (IQR) | 3 (2, 5) | 1 (1, 3) | ||
| Usual activity when wellb | Formal employment | 8% | 18 | 23% | 69 |
| Informal sector work | 67% | 161 | 24% | 70 | |
| Unemployed, looking for work | 5% | 12 | 47% | 138 | |
| Unpaid domestic work | 15% | 36 | 1% | 3 | |
| Studying or training | 1% | 3 | 1% | 4 | |
| Other | 4% | 9 | 4% | 12 | |
| Transport mode to clinic today (multiple choices possible) | Minibus or taxi | 49% | 118 | 37% | 110 |
| Walking | 19% | 46 | 54% | 161 | |
| Private car | 5% | 11 | 8% | 25 | |
| Motorbike | 57% | 137 | 0% | 0 | |
| Paid to travel to clinic today | Yes | 86% | 206 | 46% | 136 |
| Travel cost one way, if any cost | Median (IQR) | $0.69 (0.49‐0.98) | $0.73 (0.57‐0.89) | ||
| Travel time one way (min) | Median (IQR) | 30 (20, 50) | 15 (10, 30) | ||
a
Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number. Travel costs are reported in 2018 US dollars based on 101.8 KES/$ and 12.3 ZAR/$ (the average exchange rates for 2018, January to June 2018 reported in the International Monetary Fund Financial Statistics 7
b
For the variable “usual activity when well,” one observation is missing for Kenya.