Table 2.

Sociodemographic characteristics of Nigerian youth (N=504)

	DCETest (N=270) n (%)	DCEKits (N=234) n (%)	p value
Median age (IQR), years	21 (19-23)	21 (20-23)	0.15
Mean age (SD), years	20·7 (2·4)	21·0 (2·1)	0.13
Male gender	104 (39)	87 (37)	0.79
Ethnicity			0.74
- Igbo	31 (11)	34 (15)
- Yoruba	201 (74)	170 (73)
- Other	38 (14)	29 (12)
Education level			0.02
- Primary education or below	17 (6)	2 (1)
- Secondary education	169 (63)	142 (61)
- Polytechnic or National certificate of education	30 (11)	34 (15)
- Tertiary education	51 (19)	53 (23)
- Other	2 (1)	3 (1)
Employment status			0.41
- Student	187 (69)	162 (69)
- Full-time	10 (4)	4 (2)
- Part-time	9 (3)	6 (3)
- Self-employed	23 (9)	15 (6)
- Unemployed	7 (3)	7 (3)
Living with:			0.88
- Spouse	8 (3)	5 (2)
- Parents	164 (61)	126 (54)
- Relatives	21 (8)	23 (10)
- Boy/girlfriend	2 (1)	2 (1)
- Friend	22 (8)	24 (10)
- Alone	19 (7)	14 (6)
- Other	2 (1)	1 (0)
Sexual identity			0.29
- Heterosexual	262 (97)	227 (97)
- Gay or other	2 (1)	3 (1)
Sexually active in the last 6 months	42 (16)	42 (18)	0.47
Ever tested for HIV	134 (50)	135 (58)	0.06
Location of last HIV testing*			0.47
- Private hospital	11 (8)	13 (10)
- Public/government hospital	47 (35)	36 (27)
- Community health centre	16 (12)	20 (15)
- Not-for-profit organizations	8 (6)	5 (4)
- Sexual health clinic	2 (1)	1 (1)
- Awareness events	36 (27)	32 (24)
- Pharmacy/Chemist	1 (1)	2 (1)
- Self-testing	2 (1)	8 (6)
Self-perception that is likely or very likely to be infected with HIV	17 (6)	17 (7)	0.59
Heard of HIV self-testing	87 (32)	101 (43)	0.01

IQR = interquartile range, SD = standard deviation

Numerators may not add up to the full sample size due to missing data.

^*The denominator is among those who ever tested (N=134 for DCETest; N=135 for DCEKits)