Table 1.

Comparison of HIPSS participants newly diagnosed HIV-positive with linkage to care data and those who did not participate in the linkage to care survey

	(1)	(2)	(difference)
	Completed linkage survey N=183	Did not participate in linkage survey N=109	p-value†
	% (n)	% (n)
Demographics & SES
Female	67 (123)	61 (66)	0.249
Age			0.153
15–24	26 (48)	35 (38)
25–34	42 (77)	41 (45)
35–44	22 (40)	20 (22)
45–49	10 (18)	4 (4)
Black African	100 (183)	99 (108)	0.194
Married (or living together as if married)	21 (39)	9 (10)	0.007
In an on-going partnership	88 (161)	88 (96)	0.981
Education
Less than secondary	7 (12)	6 (7)	0.964
Secondary school incomplete	55 (101)	53 (58)	0.742
Grade 12 completed	38 (70)	40 (44)	0.720
Always lived in the community	51 (93)	54 (59)	0.617
No personal monthly income	56 (102)	57 (62)	0.849
Household monthly income <R2000‡	39 (71)	42 (46)	0.566
Household ran out of money for food in past year	45 (83)	52 (55)	0.251
Health
Any TB symptoms in past 2 weeks	8 (15)	5 (5)	0.238
CD4 count <200 cells/μL	15 (27)	15 (16)	0.986
Drinks alcohol	36 (65)	39 (42)	0.605
Depressed (occasionally/always)	16 (29)	22 (24)	0.186
Psychosocial
Perceived no/low risk of HIV infection	36 (65)	32 (35)	0.553
Aware that ART is available at clinics	92 (169)	95 (103)	0.483
Agrees AIDS is worst disease you could get	50 (91)	48 (52)	0.738
Not afraid of contracting HIV due to ART	42 (76)	40 (44)	0.845
Know someone who died of AIDS	32 (58)	32 (33)	0.909
Perceived stigma	10 (18)	8 (9)	0.652
Stigmatising attitudes (any)^	62 (114)	56 (61)	0.286

Notes: Totals may not sum 100% due to rounding to the nearest integer.

N refers to total sample size. n refers to the size of the subset of the sample

^†p-value derived from chi-squared tests.

^‡R2000 was equivalent to approximately US$129 on 1 January, 2016.

^{^}A binary variable was created to identify individuals who agreed to any of the items measuring stigmatising attitudes