Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of study sample (n = 272).
| Variable | Entire Sample (n = 272) | |
|---|---|---|
| n | % | |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 135 | 49.6 |
| Female | 137 | 50.4 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| African | 161 | 59.2 |
| Indian | 25 | 9.2 |
| Mixed/Other | 84 | 30.9 |
| Non-responder | 2 | 0.7 |
| Marital status | ||
| Married | 28 | 10.3 |
| Single | 179 | 65.8 |
| Common law/Other | 65 | 23.9 |
| Education level | ||
| Primary school or below | 41 | 15.1 |
| Secondary school | 172 | 63.2 |
| University or above | 58 | 21.3 |
| Non-responder | 1 | 0.4 |
| Employment status | ||
| Employed | 137 | 50.4 |
| Unemployed | 107 | 39.3 |
| Other | 28 | 10.3 |
| Sexual orientation | ||
| Heterosexual | 192 | 70.6 |
| Non-heterosexual | 68 | 25.0 |
| Non-responder | 12 | 4.4 |
| Previous or current exposure to COVID-19 disease | ||
| No | 249 | 91.5 |
| Yes | 19 | 7.0 |
| Non-responder | 4 | 1.5 |
| Family/friends contracting COVID-19 | ||
| No | 202 | 74.3 |
| Yes | 70 | 25.7 |
| Existing chronic diseases | ||
| No | 195 | 71.7 |
| Yes | 73 | 26.8 |
| Non-responder | 4 | 1.5 |
| Self-rated health status | ||
| Poor health | 55 | 20.2 |
| Good health | 217 | 79.8 |
| Confidence in the COVID-19 vaccine | ||
| Not confident | 139 | 51.1 |
| Confident | 129 | 47.4 |
| Non-responder | 4 | 1.5 |
| Viral suppression | ||
| Not suppressed | 39 | 14.3 |
| Suppressed | 229 | 84.2 |
| COVID-19 vaccination intention | ||
| Do not intend to get vaccinated | 106 | 39.0 |
| Intend to get vaccinated | 163 | 59.9 |
| Non-responder | 3 | 1.1 |
| Mean ± SD | ||
| Age (years) | 41.7 ± 13.0 | |
| Length of time since HIV diagnosis and initiation on ART (years) | 8.73 ± 6.02 | |