Table 1 Demographic characteristics of 926 HIV-positive women who participated in reliability and validity testing of the Simplified Medication Adherence Questionnaire (SMAQ) by study group

Age, mean (SD)

32(6)

34(6)

34(5)

34(6)

 1) No school

33%

16%

29%

17%

 2) Adult education

5%

5%

7%

8%

 3) Primary (1–4 grades)

17%

20%

22%

17%

 4) Primary (5–8 grades)

34%

39%

29%

40%

 5) Secondary (9–10 grades)

6%

13%

11%

17%

 6) Preparatory (11–12 grades)

5%

6%

1%

2%

 7) Technical/vocational certificate

0

0.5%

0

0

 8) University degree/associate degree

0.5%

0.5%

0

0

 1) Married

40%

26%

33%

31%

 2) Not Married

60%

74%

67%

69%

Income per week in US$, mean (SD)^a

3(7)

4(7)

5(6)

6(6)

N

192

210

256

268