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Table 3 Socio-demographics of HIV-infected Lesotho migrants by defaulting status

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

Characteristic

All N

Defaulted N (row %)

Not defaulted N (row%)

P-value**

All patients*

517

126

391

 

Location

   

0.011

 Rural

206

38 (18.4)

168 (81.6)

 

 Urban

311

88 (28.3)

223 (71.7)

 

District

   

< 0.001

 Leribe

181

34 (18.8)

147 (81.2)

 

 Mafeteng

123

49 (39.8)

74 (60.2)

 

 Maseru

213

43 (20.2)

170 (79.8)

 

Sex

   

0.567

 Men

148

35 (23.6)

113 (76.4)

 

 Women

341

89 (26.1)

252 (73.9)

 

 Unknown

28

2 (7.1)

26 (92.9)

 

Age (years)

   

0.081

 18–25

37

3 (8.1)

34 (91.9)

 

 26–35

172

45 (26.2)

127 (73.8)

 

 36–45

200

53 (26.5)

147 (73.5)

 

 46–55

70

19 (27.1)

51 (72.9)

 

 55+

17

2 (11.8)

15 (88.2)

 

 Unknown

21

4 (19.0)

17 (81.0)

 

Occupation

   

0.322

 Domestic worker

238

67 (28.1)

171 (71.9)

 

 Construction worker

85

21 (24.7)

64 (75.3)

 

 Textile worker

52

15 (28.8)

37 (71.2)

 

 Farmer

23

5 (21.7)

18 (78.3)

 

 Miner

23

4 (17.4)

19 (82.6)

 

 Health-care professional

2

2 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

 

 Student

6

1 (16.7)

5 (83.3)

 

 Other occupation

49

9 (18.4)

40 (81.6)

 

 Unknown

39

2 (5.1)

37 (94.9)

 
  1. *7 had no default status, ** P-value excludes unknown