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Table 2 Socio-demographics of HIV-infected Lesotho migrants by location

From: Access to HIV care and treatment for migrants between Lesotho and South Africa: a mixed methods study

Characteristic

All N (col %)

Urban N (col %)

Rural N (col %)

P-value*

Patients

524

315

209

 

Sex

   

0.047

 Men

150 (28.6)

101 (32.0)

49 (23.4)

 

 Women

344 (65.7)

199 (63.2)

145 (69.4)

 

 Unknown

30 (5.7)

15 (4.8)

15 (7.2)

 

Age (years)

   

0.585

 18–25

38 (7.3)

20 (6.3)

18 (8.6)

 

 26–35

173 (33.0)

105 (33.3)

68 (32.5)

 

 36–45

202 (38.6)

121 (38.4)

81 (38.8)

 

 46–55

71 (13.5)

42 (13.3)

29 (13.9)

 

 55+

17 (3.2)

13 (4.1)

4 (1.9)

 

 Unknown

23 (4.4)

14 (4.4)

9 (4.3)

 

Occupation

   

< 0.001

 Domestic worker

240 (45.8)

117 (37.1)

123 (58.9)

 

 Construction worker

87 (16.6)

60 (19.0)

27 (12.9)

 

 Textile worker

52 (9.9)

43 (13.7)

9 (4.3)

 

 Farmer

24 (4.6)

19 (6.0)

5 (2.4)

 

 Miner

23 (4.4)

9 (2.9)

14 (6.7)

 

 Health-care professional

2 (0.4)

2 (0.6)

0 (0.0)

 

 Student

6 (1.1)

3 (1.0)

3 (1.4)

 

 Other occupation

49 (9.4)

32 (10.2)

17 (8.1)

 

 Unknown

41 (7.8)

30 (9.5)

11 (5.3)

 
  1. *P-value excludes unknown