From: Socio-economic differences in the uptake of HIV testing and associated factors in South Africa
Variable | Total | Low SES | High SES | ||||
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N | Tested | n | Tested | n | Tested | p-value | |
Overall | 21,075 | 75.4 | 8504 | 73.8 | 12,571 | 76.7 | < 0.001 |
Age categories | |||||||
15–19 years | 2762 | 41.9 | 1242 | 42.0 | 1520 | 41.9 | 0.958 |
20–24 years | 2578 | 74.1 | 1209 | 73.2 | 1369 | 75.1 | 0.271 |
25–49 years | 9715 | 85.2 | 4021 | 83.0 | 5694 | 87.1 | < 0.001 |
50+ years | 6020 | 69.9 | 2032 | 68.2 | 3988 | 70.9 | 0.031 |
Sex of respondent | |||||||
Male | 8812 | 71.2 | 3556 | 67.3 | 5256 | 74.2 | < 0.001 |
Female | 12,263 | 79.4 | 4948 | 79.8 | 7315 | 79.0 | 0.283 |
Race | |||||||
Black African | 13,747 | 76.7 | 7551 | 74.0 | 6196 | 79.7 | < 0.001 |
White | 1509 | 69.7 | 24 | 64.5 | 1485 | 69.8 | 0.575 |
Coloured | 3805 | 74.1 | 875 | 71.6 | 2930 | 74.7 | 0.067 |
Indian/A | 2014 | 63.9 | 54 | 62.7 | 1960 | 64.0 | 0.844 |
Current marital status | |||||||
Married | 6758 | 81.5 | 1751 | 80.5 | 5007 | 81.9 | 0.194 |
Not married | 14,312 | 72.9 | 6752 | 72.2 | 7560 | 73.7 | 0.044 |
Highest level of education obtained | |||||||
No education/primary | 3278 | 71.9 | 1874 | 72.6 | 1404 | 70.7 | 0.232 |
Secondary | 10,263 | 80.4 | 3889 | 81.0 | 6374 | 80.0 | 0.216 |
Tertiary | 2276 | 86.1 | 201 | 89.1 | 2075 | 85.7 | 0.185 |
Employment status | |||||||
Unemployed | 13,432 | 70.7 | 6053 | 71.0 | 7379 | 70.5 | 0.526 |
Employed | 7352 | 84.0 | 2355 | 81.3 | 4997 | 85.5 | < 0.001 |
Locality type | |||||||
Urban areas | 13,810 | 77.5 | 3202 | 78.7 | 10,608 | 77.0 | 0.044 |
Rural informal areas | 4909 | 70.5 | 3650 | 69.3 | 1259 | 74.7 | < 0.001 |
Rural formal areas | 2356 | 71.1 | 1652 | 69.4 | 704 | 74.0 | 0.025 |