Table 1 Weighted summary statistics of study variables (N = 13,616)

Total sample

13,616 (100)

13,145 (96.54)

471 (3.46)

HIV screening

p ≤ 0.001

 No

3926 (28.83)

99.66

0.34

 Yes

9689 (71.17)

95.28

4.72

Age (M = 27.80, SD = 9.44)

p ≤ 0.001

 15–24

5726 (42.06)

98.94

1.06

 25–34

4398 (32.30)

96.15

3.85

 35–44

2588 (19.01)

93.78

6.22

 45+

903 (6.63)

91.11

8.89

Education

p ≤ 0.001

 None

2778 (20.41)

99.27

0.73

 Primary

3630 (26.66)

97.09

2.91

 Secondary

6158 (45.23)

96.01

3.99

 Higher

1049 (7.70)

90.52

9.48

Marital Status

p ≤ 0.001

 Never

4692 (34.46)

98.11

1.89

 Currently married

7748 (56.91)

95.82

4.18

 Previously married

1175 (8.63)

95.01

4.99

Household wealth

p ≤ 0.001

 Poorest

2239 (16.44)

99.59

0.41

 Poorer

2502 (18.37)

98.28

1.72

 Middle

2696 (19.80)

97.77

2.23

 Richer

2939 (21.58)

96.55

3.45

 Richest

3241 (23.80)

92.05

7.95

Rural-Urban residence

p ≤ 0.001

 Urban

7538 (55.36)

94.91

5.09

 Rural

6078 (44.64)

98.56

1.44

Region of residence

p ≤ 0.001

 Adamawa

630 (4.62)

98.90

1.10

 Centre (without Yaounde)

1350 (9.91)

98.24

1.76

 Douala

1675 (12.30)

92.46

7.54

 East

848 (6.23)

96.96

3.04

 Far-North

2009 (14.76)

99.95

0.05

 Littoral (without Douala)

507 (3.72)

96.72

3.28

 North

1720 (12.64)

99.51

0.49

 North-West

882 (6.48)

90.65

9.35

 West

1442 (10.59)

95.46

4.54

 South

723 (5.31)

98.36

1.64

 South-West

306 (2.25)

94.56

5.44

 Yaounde

1522 (11.18)

94.38

5.62