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. 2019 Oct 22;14(10):e0224102. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0224102

Table 1. Respondents’ social and demographic characteristics.

Characteristics All cases Received HIV test results p-value
(n = 6,654) No (n = 308) Yes (n = 6,346)
N (%) N (%) N (%)
Sex 0.221
 Male 2430 (36.5) 99 (32.1) 2331 (36.7)
 Female 4224 (63.5) 209 (67.9) 4015 (63.3)
Age group (in years) 0.251
 15–24 2171 (32.6) 116 (37.5) 2056 (32.4)
 25–29 1149 (17.3) 44 (14.2) 1106 (17.4)
 30–34 929 (14.0) 32 (10.4) 897 (14.1)
 35–39 834 (12.5) 40 (13.1) 794 (12.5)
 40+ 1571 (23.6) 77 (24.9) 1494 (23.5)
Education <0.001
 No formal education 1097 (16.5) 82 (26.6) 1015 (16.0)
 Primary 3258 (49.0) 181 (58.9) 3077 (48.5)
 Secondary or higher 2299 (34.6) 45 (14.5) 2254 (35.5)
Marital status 0.044
 Never married 1052 (15.8) 33 (10.6) 1019 (16.1)
 Currently married 4623 (69.5) 233 (75.7) 4390 (69.2)
 Formerly married 979 (14.7) 42 (13.7) 937 (14.8)
Residence <0.001
 Urban 3002 (45.1) 78 (25.3) 2924 (46.1)
 Rural 3652 (54.9) 230 (74.7) 3422 (53.9)
Primary language <0.001
 Portuguese 941 (14.1) 16 (5.2) 925 (14.6)
 Other 5698 (85.6) 292 (94.8) 5406 (85.2)
 Missing 15 (0.2) 0 (0.0) 15 (0.2)
Employed in the last 12 months 0.299
 No 2491 (37.4) 130 (42.2) 2361 (37.2)
 Yes 4163 (62.6) 178 (57.8) 3985 (62.8)
Occupation 0.006
 Unemployed 2491 (37.4) 130 (42.2) 2361 (37.2)
 Professional 423.4 (6.4) 12 (3.7) 412 (6.5)
 Sales 1144 (17.2) 38 (12.2) 1106 (17.4)
 Agriculture 1257 (18.9) 86 (27.9) 1171 (18.5)
 Manual work 1322 (19.9) 43 (13.9) 1279 (20.2)
 Missing 17 (0.3) 0 (0.0) 17 (0.3)
Wealth index <0.001
 Poorest 854 (12.8) 60 (19.6) 793 (12.5)
 Poor 962 (14.5) 82 (26.5) 880 (13.9)
 Middle 1123 (16.9) 67 (21.7) 1056 (16.7)
 Richer 1539 (23.1) 46 (15.0) 1493 (23.5)
 Richest 2176 (32.7) 53 (17.3) 2123 (33.5)