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. 2021 Sep 3;37(9):666–675. doi: 10.1089/aid.2020.0233

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics (n = 410)

  Crude (sample statistics)
RDS population estimate
n % % (BCI)a Homophily
Age, median (IQR) 28 (24–33)    
 18–24 122/410 29.8 37.7 (3.0–45.5) 0.14
 25–34 205/410 50.0 43.9 (37.0–50.7) 0.15
 35+ 83/410 20.2 18.4 (12.7–24.1) 0.15
Education
 Grade 1–7 50/410 12.2 12.2 (8.0–16.4) 0.04
 Grade 8–11 300/410 73.2 72.4 (66.6–78.1) 0.08
 Grade 12 and higher 60/410 14.6 15.4 (10.7–20.2) 0.05
Dependents
 None 150/410 36.6 35.8 (28.9–42.7) 0.12
 One or more 260/410 63.4 64.2 (57.3–71.1) 0.07
Income monthly, median, SD (IQR) 2,100, 3,297 (1,680–3,780)    
 Under ZAR2100 151/410 36.8 37.8 (31.1–44.4) 0.13
 Over ZAR2100 259/410 63.2 62.2 (55.6–68.9) 0.15
HIV statusb,c
 Unknown HIV+ 43/401 10.7 (8.0–14.2)    
 Known HIV+ 214/401 53.4 (48.4–58.2)    
 HIV 144/401 35.9 (31.3–40.7)    
PHQ-9 depression categories,d median, SD (range) 4, 6.29 (0–27)    
 Minimal (0–4) 218/410 53.2 55.9 (49.0–62.8) 0.11
 Mild (5–9) 69/410 16.8 15.6 (11.0–20.1) 0.08
 Moderate (10–14) 74/410 18.0 16.5 (11.3–21.7) 0.06
 Moderately Severe (15–19) 38/410 9.3 8.8 (5.3–12.4) 0.05
 Severe (20–27) 11/410 2.7 3.3 (0.1–6.6) -0.03
Depressive symptomse
 Minimal to mild (0–9) 287/410 70.0 71.2 (64.7–77.5) 0.04
 Moderate to severe (10–27) 123/410 30.0 28.8 (22.4–35.2) 0.06
a

Bootstrapped confidence interval = 1,000 reps.

b

RDS extrapolation to population was not possible, as there were too many missing values.

c

HIV status derived from HIV test result and self-report of HIV status before this HIV test.

d

Missing value imputed for participants using mean.

e

Classification of depressive symptoms used for analysis (PHQ-9 cut-off >9).

IQR, interquartile range; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire-9; RDS, respondent-driven sampling; SD, standard deviation.