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Table 1 Social demographic characteristics of respondents

From: Home-based HIV counseling and testing: Client experiences and perceptions in Eastern Uganda

Characteristic

HBHCT users*

HBHCT non-users

 

Total N= 281

Total %

Total N=19

Total %

Age (1 missing value)t

Under 20

26

9.3%

2

10.5%

20-24

48

17.1%

2

10.5%

25-29

48

17.1%

5

26.3%

30-34

50

17.8%

4

21.1%

35-39

27

9.6%

3

15.8%

40-44

31

11.0%

0

0%

Over 45

50

17.8%

3

15.8%

Missing value

1

0,4%

  

Gender

Female

182

64.8%

7

36.8%

Male

99

35.2%

12

63.2%

Religion

Catholic

148

52.7%

13

68.4%

Muslim

9

3.2%

1

5.3%

Pentecostal

30

10.7%

1

5.3%

Protestant/Church of Uganda

94

33.5%

4

21.1%

Education

No formal education/incomplete primary

163

58%

11

57.9%

Primary

35

12,5%

0

0%

Secondary/vocational

69

2,6%

7

36,8%

Post secondary or higher

9

3.2%

0

0%

Missing value

5

1.8%

1

5.3%

Marital status

Never married

60

21.4%

8

42.1%

Married or cohabiting

183

65.1%

9

47.4%

Divorced/separated

15

5.3%

1

5.3%

Widowed

23

8.2%

1

5.3%

Type of work**

Agriculture

142

50.5%

12

63.2%

Homemaker/housewife

59

21.0%

2

10.5%

Commerce/trade

51

18.1%

1

5.3%

Student

24

8.5%

2

10.5%

Professional/employed

27

9.6%

1

5.3%

Skilled/semi-skilled

20

7.1%

2

10.5%

Unskilled

18

6.4%

2

10.5%

Unemployed

5

1.8%

2

10.5%

Fishing

1

0.4%

-

-

Other

12

4.3%

-

-

HIV status

Negative

262

95.6%

  

Positive

12

4.4%

  

Unknown

  

19

100%

  1. *HBHCT users are those who tested through HBHCT.
  2. P** Some respondents were engaged in more than one type of work.