Table 1.
Characteristics of a community-based sample of Ugandan adults enrolled in a study of exposure to common media forms regarding KS awareness and early detection, overall and by media form.
| Characteristic | Comics | Video | Radio vignettes | All |
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| (n = 140) | (n = 140) | (n = 140) | (N = 420) | |
| Age, in years∗ | 29 (23 to 38) | 30 (25 to 40) | 31 (25 to 40) | 30 (24 to 39) |
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| Female gender | 50% | 51% | 50% | 50% |
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| Residence | ||||
| Urban | 56% | 57% | 56% | 56% |
| Rural | 44% | 43% | 44% | 44% |
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| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 56% | 51% | 59% | 55% |
| Widowed | 4.0% | 4.0% | 6.0% | 5.0% |
| Divorced | 17% | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| Never married | 23% | 27% | 19% | 23% |
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| Education level | ||||
| None/Primary | 51% | 50% | 49% | 50% |
| Lower secondary | 33% | 33% | 31% | 33% |
| Higher secondary/tertiary | 16% | 17% | 20% | 17% |
| Literacy† | 64% | 66% | 71% | 67% |
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| Annual income, in US dollars∗‡ | 833 (500 to 1667) | 833 (417 to 1500) | 1000 (483 to 1583) | 833 (500 to 1667) |
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| HIV-infected, via self-report | 3.6% | 6.5% | 6.5% | 5.5% |
∗Median (interquartile range). †Participants were considered literate if they were able to read three sentences in grade 5-level writing in the language of their choice. ‡Exchange rate: 1 US dollar = 3600 Uganda shillings.