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Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents

From: To test or not to test: A cross-sectional survey of the psychosocial determinants of self-testing for cholesterol, glucose, and HIV

Characteristics

Cholesterol

Glucose

HIV

  

Testers

Non-testers

Testers

Non-testers

Testers

Non-testers

N

150

183

185

179

107

174

Age

Mean

37.9

41.3

42.0

29.3 (738.3

29.3 (729.3

29.3 (732.1

 

(SD)

(14.6)

(13.6)

(13.1)

(13.5)

(7.5)

(12.5)

 

(range)

(15-82)

(12-94)

(15-79)

(15-81)

(19-61)

(15-70)

Gender

Male

36.7%

40.4%

27.6%

29.6%

26.2%

37.4%

 

(N)

(55)

(74)

(51)

(738(53)

(28)

(65)

 

Female

63.3%

59.6%

72.4%

70.4%

73.8%

62.6%

 

(N)

(95)

(109)

(134)

(126)

(79)

(109)

Level of education a

Low

13.3%

18.6%

23.2%

17.9%

7.5%

12.6%

 

Intermediate

42.7%

35.5%

45.4%

33.5%

38.3%

49.4%

 

High

44.0%

45.9%

31.4%

48.6%

54.2%

37.9%

Type of self-test used

Home test

35.0%

 

33%

 

6.5%

 
 

Street-corner test

51.3%

 

17.3%

 

6.5%

 
 

Direct-access laboratory test

9.3%

 

15.1%

 

64.0%

 
 

Home-collect test

1.2%

 

0.5%

 

1.9%

 
 

Different

3.2%

 

34.1%

 

21.1%

 
  1. a Low = primary and secondary school, Intermediate = intermediate vocational education, high = higher vocational education and university