Table 2 Demographic characteristics of the 38 focus group discussion participants
Demographic characteristic | |
|---|---|
Median age in years (IQR) | 26 (23–30) |
Gender, n (%) | |
Male | 19 (50) |
Female | 18 (47) |
Transgender | 1 (3) |
Sexual Orientation, n (%) | |
Heterosexual | 32 (84) |
Men who have sex with men | 5 (13) |
Bisexual | 1 (3) |
Marital Status, n (%) | |
Married (legal or traditional) or living as married | 1 (3) |
Single/widowed | 37 (97) |
Highest education completed, n (%) | |
Undergraduate degree | 5 (13) |
High School | 30 (79) |
Primary school | 1 (3) |
No schooling | 2 (5) |
Monthly household income, n (%) | |
Less than R1000 | 11 (29) |
R1000 - R5000 | 22 (58) |
R5000 - R10,000 | 4 (11) |
More than R10,000 | 1 (3) |
Source of income in last 3 months, n (%)* | |
Job/self-employed | 15 (39) |
Parents | 14 (37) |
Hustling | 13 (34) |
Sex partner | 12 (22) |
Social grants | 8 (21) |
Friends/relatives | 6 (16) |
Begging | 1 (3) |
*multiple responses permitted; percentage is of total number of respondents. | |
Housing type, n (%) | |
Formal housing (brick house, townhouse, flat/apartment) | 30 (79) |
Hostel | 1 (3) |
Shack | 7 (18) |
Perception of personal HIV risk, n (%) | |
High risk | 6 (16) |
Moderate risk | 14 (37) |
Low risk | 12 (32) |
No risk | 5 (13) |
I don’t know | 1 (3) |
Perception of partner HIV risk, n (%) | |
High risk | 6 (16) |
Moderate risk | 9 (24) |
Low risk | 13 (34) |
No risk | 3 (8) |
I don’t know | 7 (18) |