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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics for index groups and the general workforce

From: Do the socioeconomic impacts of antiretroviral therapy vary by gender? A longitudinal study of Kenyan agricultural worker employment outcomes

 

Men

Women

 

General Workforce/1

Index Group

General Workforce

Index Group

Number

1691

41

794

56

Age in years/2

38.5

38.4

40.6

40.5

Years of Work Experience/2

9.8

9.0

10.5

9.9

CD4 count for initiating ART

    

   Mean

 

144

 

183

   Median

 

145

 

187

   IQR

 

68–224

 

105–270

  1. /1 The general workforce is defined as all permanently employed tea pluckers assigned to the same work gangs as workers in the index group who were hired at least 24 months before the index worker in their gang initiated ART.
  2. /2 Age and work experience were evaluated as of the month and year that the index worker in each gang initiated ART.