Who is accessing public-sector anti-retroviral treatment in the Free State, South Africa? An exploratory study of the first three years of programme implementation

Table 2 χ² test of the temporal differences in the demographic, socio-economic, geographic, and medical characteristics of patients enrolled in the Free State public-sector anti-retroviral treatment programme between 2004 and 2006 (N = 912)

		2004	2005	2006	Total	Significance
		(n = 223)	(n = 485)	(n = 204)
Sex	Male	35.8	27.6	24.6	28.9	< 0.05
	Female	64.2	72.4	75.4	71.1
Population group	Black	94.7	94.7	91.1	94.0	< 0.05
	Coloured	4.1	5.3	8.9	5.8
	White	1,2	0.0	0.0	0.2
Marital status	Married, living together	21.9	19.0	14.1	18.6	n.s.
	Unmarried, living together	7.3	10.3	10.5	9.7
	No cohabitation with partner	70.8	70.7	75.4	71.7
Education	No formal education	3.1	5.2	3.5	4.4	< 0.05
	Primary education	23.3	33.8	33.3	31.3
	Some secondary education	52.3	45.4	46.8	47.2
	Grade 12	15.5	14.0	15.2	14.6
	Tertiary education	5.7	1.6	1.2	2.5
Work for pay	No	80.8	85.4	80.7	83.4	n.s.
	Yes	19.2	14.6	19.3	16.6
Labour market participation	No	63.5	57.9	46.1	56.9	< 0.005
	Yes	36.5	42.1	53.9	43.1
Social welfare grant	No	47.7	43.2	46.2	44.8	n.s.
	Yes	52.3	56.8	53.8	55.2
Dwelling type	Formal	77.7	74.2	82.5	76.7	n.s.
	Informal/traditional	22.3	25.8	17.5	23.3
Toilet type	Flush toilet	60.1	68.7	87.1	70.4	< 0.001
	Pit latrine	30.1	20.8	11.2	21.0
	Bucket latrine	8.8	9.1	1.8	7.5
	Chemical toilet	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.7
	None	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.4
Toilet site	Inside dwelling	28	31.5	49.4	34.3	< 0.001
	On-site/in yard	69.4	63.5	49.4	62.0
	Off-site/outside yard	2.6	4.9	1.2	3.7
Moved for ART	No	98.4	99.0	99.4	98.9	n.s.
	Yes	1.6	1.0	0.6	1.1
Previous ART	No	88.6	94.0	97.0	93.4	< 0.005
	Yes	11.4	6.0	3.0	6.6

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