Table 1 Baseline characteristics and VCT use by sex 1
Variable | Males | Females | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Used VCT | Total | Used VCT | |||||
N | (%) | n | (%) | N | (%) | n | (%) | |
All | 3, 886 | (41) | 749 | (19) | 5, 575 | (59) | 896 | (16) |
HIV knowledge | ||||||||
Good | 2, 695 | (69) | 597 | (22) | 2, 708 | (49) | 556 | (21) |
Fair | 926 | (24) | 132 | (14) | 2, 169 | (39) | 284 | (13) |
Poor | 265 | (7) | 20 | (8) | 698 | (13) | 56 | (8) |
ART knowledge | ||||||||
Good | 613 | (16) | 153 | (25) | 585 | (10) | 132 | (23) |
Fair | 2, 361 | (61) | 488 | (21) | 2, 880 | (52) | 543 | (19) |
Poor | 912 | (23) | 108 | (12) | 2, 110 | (38) | 221 | (10) |
Experience | ||||||||
Yes | 1, 970 | (51) | 460 | (23) | 2, 494 | (45) | 537 | (22) |
No | 1, 916 | (49) | 289 | (15) | 3, 081 | (55) | 359 | (12) |
VCT experience | ||||||||
Good | 477 | (12) | 175 | (37) | 470 | (8) | 145 | (31) |
Poor | 78 | (2) | 22 | (28) | 154 | (3) | 45 | (29) |
None | 3, 327 | (86) | 552 | (17) | 4, 946 | (89) | 706 | (14) |
HIV status | ||||||||
HIV negative | 3, 680 | (95) | 687 | (19) | 5, 156 | (93) | 806 | (16) |
HIV positive | 192 | (5) | 60 | (31) | 389 | (7) | 87 | (22) |
Age years | ||||||||
15-24 | 1, 698 | (44) | 233 | (14) | 1, 929 | (35) | 299 | (16) |
25-34 | 764 | (20) | 223 | (29) | 1, 409 | (25) | 304 | (22) |
35-44 | 521 | (13) | 136 | (26) | 860 | (15) | 170 | (20) |
45-54 | 378 | (10) | 88 | (23) | 584 | (10) | 89 | (15) |
55+ | 516 | (13) | 69 | (13) | 776 | (14) | 33 | (4) |
Education level | ||||||||
None | 704 | (18) | 97 | (14) | 2, 152 | (39) | 245 | (11) |
Primary 1-4 | 490 | (13) | 76 | (16) | 478 | (9) | 78 | (16) |
Primary 5-7 | 2, 096 | (54) | 423 | (20) | 2, 509 | (45) | 476 | (19) |
Secondary | 592 | (15) | 153 | (26) | 431 | (8) | 97 | (23) |
Residence | ||||||||
Rural | 2, 249 | (60) | 450 | (20) | 3, 340 | (62) | 510 | (15) |
Roadside | 799 | (21) | 152 | (19) | 1, 607 | (20) | 161 | (15) |
Trading centre | 701 | (19) | 124 | (18) | 962 | (18) | 186 | (19) |
Marital status | ||||||||
Ever married | 2, 143 | (65) | 499 | (23) | 4, 429 | (90) | 752 | (17) |
Never married | 1, 140 | (35) | 214 | (19) | 510 | (10) | 105 | (21) |