Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of the 38 focus group discussion participants
| Demographic characteristic | |
|---|---|
| Median age in years (IQR) | 26 (23–30) |
| Gender, n (%) | |
| Male | 19 (50) |
| Female | 18 (47) |
| Transgender | 1 (3) |
| Sexual Orientation, n (%) | |
| Heterosexual | 32 (84) |
| Men who have sex with men | 5 (13) |
| Bisexual | 1 (3) |
| Marital Status, n (%) | |
| Married (legal or traditional) or living as married | 1 (3) |
| Single/widowed | 37 (97) |
| Highest education completed, n (%) | |
| Undergraduate degree | 5 (13) |
| High School | 30 (79) |
| Primary school | 1 (3) |
| No schooling | 2 (5) |
| Monthly household income, n (%) | |
| Less than R1000 | 11 (29) |
| R1000 - R5000 | 22 (58) |
| R5000 - R10,000 | 4 (11) |
| More than R10,000 | 1 (3) |
| Source of income in last 3 months, n (%)* | |
| Job/self-employed | 15 (39) |
| Parents | 14 (37) |
| Hustling | 13 (34) |
| Sex partner | 12 (22) |
| Social grants | 8 (21) |
| Friends/relatives | 6 (16) |
| Begging | 1 (3) |
| *multiple responses permitted; percentage is of total number of respondents. | |
| Housing type, n (%) | |
| Formal housing (brick house, townhouse, flat/apartment) | 30 (79) |
| Hostel | 1 (3) |
| Shack | 7 (18) |
| Perception of personal HIV risk, n (%) | |
| High risk | 6 (16) |
| Moderate risk | 14 (37) |
| Low risk | 12 (32) |
| No risk | 5 (13) |
| I don’t know | 1 (3) |
| Perception of partner HIV risk, n (%) | |
| High risk | 6 (16) |
| Moderate risk | 9 (24) |
| Low risk | 13 (34) |
| No risk | 3 (8) |
| I don’t know | 7 (18) |