Characteristics | Sample | Sub-sample A | Sub-sample B | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 457) | (n = 224) | (n = 233) | ||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Demographic characteristics | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Age in yearsc | M = 36.09 | SD = 10.95 | M = 37.09 | SD = 11.11 | M = 35.16 | SD = 10.74 |
 Genderb |  |  |  |  |  |  |
  Male | 414 | 91 | 197 | 89 | 217 | 93 |
  Female | 40 | 9 | 24 | 11 | 16 | 7 |
 Race/ethnicityb |  |  |  |  |  |  |
  ‘Others’ | 185 | 41 | 91 | 41 | 94 | 41 |
  ‘Black’ African’ | 270 | 59 | 132 | 59 | 138 | 59 |
 Level of educationa |  |  |  |  |  |  |
  Primary or less | 121 | 26 | 65 | 29 | 56 | 24 |
  Secondary | 245 | 54 | 110 | 49 | 135 | 59 |
  Tertiary or higher | 91 | 20 | 49 | 22 | 42 | 18 |
 Nature of employmenta,d |  |  |  |  |  |  |
  Permanent | 271 | 61 | 146 | 68 | 125 | 55 |
  Temporary/Contract | 152 | 34 | 65 | 30 | 87 | 38 |
  Casual | 21 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 7 |
 Languagea |  |  |  |  |  |  |
  English | 197 | 43 | 92 | 41 | 105 | 45 |
  Afrikaans | 67 | 15 | 35 | 16 | 32 | 14 |
  isiXhosa | 193 | 42 | 97 | 43 | 96 | 41 |
HIV/AIDS-related characteristics | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Tested for HIVb | 339 | 74 | 167 | 75 | 172 | 74 |
 HIV + b | 31 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 10 |
Behavioural characteristics | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
AIDS-related knowledge c | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
Knowledge score (Range 0–11) | 7.93 | 2.85 | 7.96 | 2.96 | 7.90 | 2.76 |
AIDS-related stigma c | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
Stigma score (Range 0–9) | 1.69 | 1.80 | 1.70 | 1.86 | 1.68 | 1.74 |