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Table 1 Characteristics of people met by HBHCT lay counsellors

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

 

n

Testers %

Non-testers %

p-value

Household Size

    

<3 adult members

3599

54.4

50.4

0.004

≥3 adult members

3136

45.6

49.6

Gender

    

Male

1896

26.3

33.5

<0.001

Female

4861

73.7

66.5

Age group

    

14–24

1985

31.5

24.5

<0.001

25–49

2538

34.9

48.9

50–64

1229

19.3

15.8

65+

898

14.3

10.8

Current marital status

    

Single

1916

37.7

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Married

2123

41.7

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Co-habitating

176

3.5

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Widowed

818

16.1

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Divorced/Separated

53

1.0

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Previous testing history

    

Tested previously

2164

42.6

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Never tested

2912

57.4

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HBHCT test result

    

HIV-positive

483

9.5

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HIV-negative

4602

90.5

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Indeterminate

1

0.0

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