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Table 1 Summary of survey participant characteristics, by urbanrural status and total

From: A cross-sectional study describing motivations and barriers to voluntary medical male circumcision in Lesotho

Socio-demographic characteristics

Maseru urban clinics (Carewell, Apex) N = 73

Non-maseru rural clinics (Ntsekhe, Mokhotlong) N = 88

Total N = 161

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Age

   

  Mean (SD)

26.2 (7.6)

22.6 (6.2)

24.2 (7.0)

  Min, Max

18, 48

18, 49

18, 49

Marital status*

   

  Never married

47 (64.4)

73 (83.0)

120 (74.5)

  Married

25 (34.3)

15 (17.1)

40 (24.8)

  Cohabitating

1 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.6)

  Village of residence

   

  Urban

66 (90.4)

53 (60.2)

119 (73.9)

  Rural

7 (9.6)

35 (39.8)

42 (26.1)

Religion

   

  Roman Catholic

44 (60.3)

36 (40.9)

80 (49.7)

  Lesotho Evangelical

6 (8.2)

18 (20.5)

24 (14.9)

  Anglican

8 (11.0)

12 (13.6)

20 (12.4)

   Pentecostal

9 (12.3)

8 (9.1)

17 (10.6)

  Other Christian

2 (2.7)

6 (6.8)

8 (5.0)

  Other

2 (2.7)

4 (4.6)

6 (3.7)

  None

2 (2.7)

3 (3.4)

5 (3.1)

  Missing

 

1 (1.1)

1 (0.6)

Highest education completed

   

  None

2 (2.7)

1 (1.1)

3 (1.9)

  Primary

16 (21.9)

30 (34.1)

46 (28.6)

  Secondary

17 (23.3)

25 (28.4)

42 (26.1)

  High school

27 (37.0)

26 (29.6)

53 (32.9)

  Tertiary

11 (15.1)

6 (6.8)

17 (10.6)

Employment status

   

  Student

26 (35.6)

49 (55.7)

75 (46.6)

  Unemployed

8 (11.0)

15 (17.1)

23 (14.3)

  Self-employed

6 (8.2)

4 (4.6)

10 (6.2)

  Employed, part-time

7 (9.6)

2 (2.3)

9 (5.6)

  Employed, full-time

26 (35.6)

18 (20.5)

44 (27.3)

Number of sexual partners in the past three months

   

  Mean (SD)

1.2 (1.0)

0.7 (0.8)

0.9 (0.9)

  Min, Max

0, 4

0, 3

0, 4

  None

19 (26.4)

41 (46.6)

60 (37.3)

  1

34 (47.2)

33 (37.5)

67 (41.6)

  2

11 (15.3)

12 (13.6)

23 (14.3)

  3+

8 (11.1)

2 (2.3)

10 (6.2)

  Missing

1

0

1 (0.6)

  1. Proportion in table may not add up to 100.0% because of rounding; *no participants were divorced, separated, or widowed.