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Table 2 Characteristics of testers by gender

From: Client characteristics and acceptability of a home-based HIV counselling and testing intervention in rural South Africa

 

n

Males %

Females %

p-value

Household Size

    

<3 adult members

2763

47.7

56.9

<0.001

≥3 adult members

2312

52.3

43.1

Age group

    

14–24

1602

37.1

29.5

<0.001

25–49

1773

31.5

36.1

50–64

982

18.0

19.8

65+

729

13.3

14.7

Current marital status

    

Single

1916

55.5

31.3

<0.001

Married

2123

37.6

43.2

Co-habitating

176

3.1

3.6

Widowed

818

2.9

20.8

Divorced/Separated

53

0.8

1.1

Previous testing history

    

Tested previously

2164

23.6

49.4

<0.001

Never tested

2912

76.4

50.6

HBHCT test result

    

HIV-positive

483

7.6

10.2

0.016

HIV-negative

4602

92.4

89.8

Indeterminate

1

0.0

0.0