Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of individuals who participated in pre- and post- HIVST questionnaires
| Pre-test participants | Post-test participants | X2 p value to compare samples | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 1149 | N = 817 | ||||
| Demographic characteristics | n/N | % | n/N | % | |
| Region | 0.011 | ||||
| Dakar | 539/1125 | 47.9 | 437/813 | 53.7 | |
| Ziguinchor | 586/1125 | 52.1 | 376/813 | 46.3 | |
| Age | 0.947 | ||||
| 18–24 | 286/1130 | 25.3 | 207/803 | 25.8 | |
| 25–30 | 370/1130 | 32.7 | 265/803 | 33.0 | |
| 31+ | 474/1130 | 42.0 | 331/803 | 41.2 | |
| Sex at birth | 0.226 | ||||
| Female | 607/1148 | 52.9 | 454/816 | 55.6 | |
| Male | 541/1148 | 47.1 | 362/816 | 44.4 | |
| Key populationsa | |||||
| Key population (any) | 0.451 | ||||
| Yes | 370/1149 | 32.2 | 250/817 | 30.6 | |
| No | 779/1149 | 67.8 | 567/817 | 69.4 | |
| Sex worker (all genders) | 0.841 | ||||
| Yes | 204/1085 | 18.8 | 148/772 | 19.2 | |
| No | 881/1085 | 81.2 | 624/772 | 80.8 | |
| Female sex worker | 0.772 | ||||
| Yes | 155/1085 | 14.3 | 114/772 | 14.8 | |
| No | 994/1085 | 85.7 | 658/772 | 85.2 | |
| Male sex worker | 0.877 | ||||
| Yes | 48/1085 | 4.4 | 33/772 | 4.3 | |
| No | 1101/1085 | 95.6 | 739/772 | 95.7 | |
| Men who have sex with men | 0.417 | ||||
| Yes | 174/1149 | 15.1 | 113/817 | 13.8 | |
| No | 975/1149 | 84.9 | 704/817 | 86.2 | |
| People who inject drugs | 0.230 | ||||
| Yes | 42/1131 | 3.7 | 22/807 | 2.7 | |
| No | 1089/1131 | 96.3 | 785/807 | 97.3 | |
| Transgender women | 0.800 | ||||
| Yes | 20/1148 | 1.7 | 13/816 | 1.6 | |
| No | 1128/1148 | 98.3 | 803/816 | 98.4 | |
| HIV testing history | |||||
| Recent testing for HIV | 0.435 | ||||
| Never | 536/1144 | 46.9 | 358/814 | 44.0 | |
| Yes, but not in the last 12 months | 308/1144 | 26.9 | 227/814 | 27.9 | |
| Yes, within the last 12 months | 300/1144 | 26.2 | 229/814 | 28.1 | |
| First time testers | 0.208 | ||||
| Yes | 536/1144 | 46.9 | 358/814 | 44.0 | |
| No | 608/1144 | 53.1 | 456/814 | 56.0 | |
aNot mutually exclusive