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. 2021 Jul;111(7):1309–1317. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306274

TABLE 1—

Sociodemographic Characteristics of Participants at Baseline: Botswana, Africa, 2017

Baseline Characteristic Full Sample (n = 84), No. (%) or Mean ±SD Female (n = 43), No. (%) or Mean ±SD Male (n = 41), No. (%) or Mean ±SD
Interview method
 Individual interviews 46 (54.8) 23 (53.4) 23 (56.1)
 Focus group participant 38 (45.2) 20 (46.6) 18 (43.9)
HIV status
 Living with HIV 45 (53.6) 24 (55.8) 21 (51.2)
 HIV status unknown 39 (46.4) 19 (44.2) 20 (48.8)
Age, y 41.8 ±13.1 42.2 ±12.5 41.4 ±14.1
Education
 < 7 y (< Form 1) 17 (20.2) 7 (16.3) 10 (24.4)
 ≥ 7 y (≥ Form 1) 54 (64.3) 29 (67.4) 25 (61.0)
 Unknown 13 (15.5) 7 (16.3) 6 (14.6)
Employment
 Unemployed 29 (34.5) 20 (46.5) 9 (22.0)
 Employed or self-employed 43 (51.2) 14 (32.6) 29 (70.7)
 Retired 1 (1.2) 0 (‒) 1 (2.4)
 Unknown 11 (13.1) 9 (20.9) 2 (4.9)
Relationship status
 Married or cohabitating 21 (25.0) 8 (18.6) 13 (31.7)
 Single 43 (51.2) 24 (55.8) 19 (46.4)
 Single with partner 12 (14.3) 6 (14.0) 6 (14.6)
 Unknown 8 (9.5) 5 (11.6) 3 (7.3)
Children, no. 2.2 ±1.0 2.2 ±1.1 2.2 ±1.0