Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of participants disaggregated by knowledge of HIV status on the day of recruitment into the Linkage to Care study in uThukela district between December 2017 - June 2018
| Variable | Total (N = 5,637) | Knows HIV status (KHS) (N = 5,341) | Doesn’t know HIV status (DKHS) (N = 296) | ||||||||
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| Nationality | 5,572 | 98.8 | 97.8–99.4 | 5,279 | 98.8 | 97.8–99.4 | 293 | 99.0 | 97.2–99.6 | 0.3 | 0.78 |
| South African citizen | 51 | 0.9 | 0.4–2.2 | 49 | 0.9 | 0.4–2.2 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.1–3.7 | ||
| Other SADC | 8 | 0.1 | 0.07–0.3 | 7 | 0.1 | 0.1–0.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.1–1.5 | ||
| Other African | 4 | 0.1 | 0.02–0.2 | 4 | 0.1 | 0.02–0.23 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Other outside Africa | 2 | 0 | 0.01–0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0.01–0.15 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| None | |||||||||||
| Facility type | 3,772 | 66.9 | 58.1–74.7 | 3,558 | 66.6 | 57.8–74.4 | 214 | 72.3 | 38.6–91.6 | 1.9 | 0.17 |
| Clinics | 870 | 15.4 | 9.4–24.4 | 860 | 16.1 | 9.9–25.2 | 10 | 3.4 | 0.6–16.7 | ||
| Gateway | 300 | 5.3 | 2.6–10.6 | 296 | 5.5 | 2.6–11.3 | 4 | 1.4 | 0.1–11.9 | ||
| Hospital | 695 | 12.3 | 9.8–15.4 | 627 | 11.7 | 9.6–14.3 | 68 | 23.0 | 6.1–57.6 | ||
| Mobile clinic | |||||||||||
| Sex | 1,716 | 30.4 | 27.4–33.7 | 1,648 | 30.9 | 27.9–33.9 | 68 | 23.0 | 16.4–31.3 | 4.8 | 0.05 |
| Male | 3,921 | 69.6 | 66.3–72.6 | 3,693 | 69.1 | 66.1–72.1 | 228 | 77.0 | 68.7–83.7 | ||
| Female | |||||||||||
| Ethnicity | 5,619 | 99.7 | 99.2–99.9 | 5,325 | 99.7 | 99.2–99.9 | 294 | 99.3 | 95.0–99.9 | 0.9 | 0.44 |
| Black African | 12 | 0.2 | 0.07–0.6 | 10 | 0.2 | 0.1–0.6 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.1–5.1 | ||
| Colored/Mixed ancestry | 1 | 0.02 | 0.002–0.2 | 1 | 0.02 | 0.002–0.2 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| White | 5 | 0.1 | 0.04–0.2 | 5 | 0.1 | 0.04–0.2 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Indian/Asian | |||||||||||
| Education level | 107/5,566 | 1.9 | 1.4–2.7 | 102 | 1.9 | 1.4–2.7 | 5 | 1.7 | 0.6–5.1 | 0.2 | 0.84 |
| No education | 336/5,566 | 6.0 | 5.0–7.3 | 315 | 6.0 | 5.0–7.2 | 21 | 7.3 | 3.7–13.8 | ||
| Primary education | 2,866/5,566 | 51.5 | 47.8–55.2 | 2,717 | 51.5 | 47.6–55.3 | 149 | 51.7 | 44.6–58.8 | ||
| High school education | 2,257/5,566 | 40.5 | 36.5–44.7 | 2,144 | 40.6 | 36.4–45.0 | 113 | 39.2 | 31.5–47.6 | ||
| Tertiary education | |||||||||||
| Age, median (IQR) | 5,627 | 28 | 23–35 | 5,333 | 28 | 23–35 | 294 | 26 | 22–33 | −2.6* | 0.01 |
| Age categories | 1,943/5,627 | 34.5 | 29.8–39.6 | 1,824 | 34.2 | 29.4–39.4 | 119 | 40.5 | 33.2–48.2 | 1.2 | 0.32 |
| 18–24 years | 1,310/5,627 | 23.3 | 21.7–25.0 | 1,243 | 23.3 | 21.7–25.0 | 67 | 22.8 | 18.8–27.4 | ||
| 25–29 years | 916/5,627 | 16.3 | 14.2–18.6 | 875 | 16.4 | 14.3–18.8 | 41 | 13.9 | 9.9–19.4 | ||
| 30–34 years | 1,029/5,627 | 18.3 | 15.7–21.2 | 984 | 18.5 | 15.9–21.3 | 45 | 15.3 | 10.1–22.6 | ||
| 35–49 years | 429/5,627 | 7.6 | 6.0–9.6 | 407 | 7.6 | 6.0–9.7 | 22 | 7.5 | 4.5–12.1 | ||
| 50 + years | |||||||||||
| Marital status | 475/5,517 | 8.6 | 6.7–11.0 | 447 | 8.5 | 6.6–11.0 | 28 | 9.8 | 5.5–16.9 | 1.5 | 0.24 |
| Married (living together) | 178/5,517 | 3.2 | 2.2–4.7 | 161 | 3.1 | 2.1–4.5 | 17 | 6.0 | 3.8–9.3 | ||
| Married (living separately) | 724/5,517 | 13.1 | 9.8–17.3 | 690 | 13.2 | 9.8–17.6 | 34 | 11.9 | 8.9–15.8 | ||
| Cohabiting | 3,479/5,517 | 63.1 | 56.9–68.8 | 3,305 | 63.2 | 56.8–69.1 | 174 | 61.1 | 54.9–66.9 | ||
| Dating | 661/5,517 | 12.0 | 8.7–16.2 | 629 | 12.0 | 8.7–16.4 | 32 | 11.2 | 6.3–19.1 | ||
| Single | |||||||||||
| Access to US$14 in emergencies | 3,412/5,525 | 61.8 | 53.2–67.8 | 3,238 | 61.8 | 55.2–67.9 | 174 | 61.3 | 52.8–69.1 | 0.02 | 0.89 |
| Very/somewhat difficult | 2,113/5,525 | 38.2 | 32.2–44.7 | 2,003 | 38.2 | 32.1–44.8 | 110 | 38.7 | 30.9–47.2 | ||
| Fairly/very easy | |||||||||||
| Received child support grant | 2,537/5,511 | 46.0 | 42.0–50.1 | 2,396 | 45.8 | 42.0–49.7 | 141 | 50.0 | 34.6–65.4 | 0.3 | 0.56 |
p-value of ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant
p-values derived using Mann Whitney U-test for continuous data
p-values derived using Pearson’s Chi-squared test considered the one stage cluster design
proportions (%) for the columns reported as n/N (except if data is missing - denominator added in the n column) and the associated 95% CI
IQR – Interquartile range; CI – Confidence Interval; US$ – United States of American Dollar; DKHS – Don’t know HIV status; KHS – Knows HIV status
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z value reported