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Table 1 Recruitment site and socio-demographic characteristics of participants by migrant status (Total N = 150)

From: Migrant men and HIV care engagement in Johannesburg, South Africa

 

Internal migrants (N = 60)

International migrants

(N = 33)

Non-migrants (N = 57)

*p-value

**p-value

Age

Median (IQR, range)

38 (32,46; 20,62)

40 (30,42; 21,73)

30 (25,35; 19,62)

0.0001

0.0012

Recruitment site

N (column %)

   

0.000

0.000

 Homeless shelter

30 (50.0)

9 (27.3)

23 (40.4)

  

 Taxi rank

5 (8.3)

0 (0)

19 (33.3)

  

 Factories

19 (31.7)

6 (18.2)

2 (3.5)

  

 Public parks

5 (8.3)

2 (6.1)

11 (19.3)

  

 Building materials establishments

1 (1.7)

16 (48.5)

2 (3.5)

  

Province or country of origin

N (column %)

     
 

Limpopo 22 (36.7)

KwaZulu-Natal 10 (16.7)

Eastern Cape 8 (13.3)

Free State 7 (11.7)

Mpumalanga 7 (11.7)

North West 3 (5.0)

Western Cape 2 (3.3)

Northern Cape 1 (1.7)

Zimbabwe 25 (75.8)

Mozambique 4 (12.1)

Ghana 1 (3.0)

Lesotho 1 (3.0)

No response 2 (6.1)

N/A

N/A

N/A

Education

N (column %)

   

1.000

0.020

 Primary

4 (6.7)

4 (12.1)

3 (5.3)

  

 Secondary

50 (83.3)

20 (60.6)

48 (84.2)

  

 University

4 (6.7)

2 (6.1)

4 (7.0)

  

 Vocational

2 (3.3)

7 (21.2)

2 (3.5)

  

Relationship

N (column %)

   

0.943

0.123

 Living with partner

13 (21.7)

14 (42.4)

13 (22.8)

  

 Not living with partner

24 (40.0)

12 (36.4)

24 (42.1)

  

 No relationship

23 (38.3)

7 (21.2)

20 (35.1)

  

Employment

N (column %)

   

0.246

0.056

 Student

2 (3.3)

0 (0)

2 (3.5)

  

 Employed

4 (6.7)

0 (0)

5 (8.8)

  

 Piece work

2 (3.3)

6 (18.2)

2 (3.5)

  

 Self-employed

 Unemployed

3 (5.0)

49 (81.7)

10 (30.3)

17 (51.5)

10 (17.5)

37 (64.9)

  

Retired

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (1.8)

  

Duration of time in Gauteng

N (column %)

   

0.000

0.000

  < 1 year

11 (18.3)

3 (9.1)

3 (5.3)

  

 1–2 years

5 (8.3)

3 (9.1)

0 (0)

  

 3–10 years

15 (25.0)

14 (42.4)

4 (7.0)

  

  > 10 years

29 (48.3)

13 (39.4)

50 (87.7)

  

Lived outside Gauteng in past two years

N (column %)

     

 Yes

 No

11 (18.3)

49 (81.7)

4 (12.1)

29 (87.9)

5 (8.8)

52 (91.2)

0.180

0.720

Reason for coming to Gauteng in past two years

(Total N = 18)

N (column %)

   

0.628

0.320

 Work

5 (45.5)

3 (75.0)

2 (67.7)

  

 Education

2 (18.2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

  

 Family reason

4 (36.4)

1 (25.0)

1 (33.3)

  

Residency status (Total N = 147)

N (column %)

   

1.000

0.000

 Permanent resident/citizen

58 (98.3)

2 (6.3)

56 (100.0)

  

 Asylum seeker with or without documentation

1 (1.7)

25 (78.1)

0 (0)

  

 Temporary or long-term visa

0

5 (15.6)

0 (0)

  
  1. *P value for Kruskal–Wallis test (age) or Fisher's exact test (all other variables) comparing internal migrants to non-migrants
  2. **P value for Kruskal–Wallis test (age) or Fisher's exact test (all other variables) comparing international migrants to non-migrants