|  | Drinking status at baseline | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Overall (n = 2056) | Lifetime abstainers (n = 902) | Past drinkers (n = 547) | Current*, non-hazardous drinkers (prior 3 months) (n = 352) | Current*, hazardous drinkers (prior 3 months) (n = 189) |
 | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Male | 879 (42.8) | 351 (38.9) | 222 (40.6) | 165 (46.9) | 108 (57.1) |
Female | 1177 (57.3) | 551 (61.1) | 325 (59.4) | 187 (53.1) | 81 (42.9) |
Age (overall median: 30; IQR: 25–38) |  |  |  |  |  |
18–25 | 580 (28.2) | 321 (35.6) | 130 (23.8) | 86 (24.4) | 26 (13.8) |
26–35 | 852 (41.4) | 353 (39.1) | 212 (38.8) | 162 (46.0) | 94 (49.7) |
>35 | 624 (30.4) | 228 (25.3) | 205 (37.5) | 104 (29.6) | 69 (36.5) |
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Primary education or less | 1043 (50.8) | 439 (48.7) | 278 (50.9) | 191 (54.3) | 102 (54.0) |
More than primary education | 1011 (49.2) | 462 (51.3) | 268 (49.1) | 161 (45.7) | 87 (46.0) |
Occupation | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Laborer | 668 (32.5) | 285 (31.6) | 186 (34.0) | 119 (33.8) | 54 (28.6) |
Business/Sales/Technical | 901 (43.8) | 388 (43.1) | 240 (43.9) | 151 (42.9) | 91 (48.2) |
Other | 486 (23.7) | 228 (25.3) | 121 (22.1) | 82 (23.3) | 44 (23.3) |
Religion | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Protestant | 629 (30.6) | 217 (24.1) | 161 (29.4) | 135 (38.4) | 88 (46.6) |
Catholic | 651 (31.7) | 198 (22.0) | 176 (32.2) | 169 (48.0) | 76 (40.2) |
Moslem | 398 (19.4) | 283 (31.4) | 64 (11.7) | 30 (8.5) | 17 (9.0) |
Saved/Pentecostal/Other | 378 (18.4) | 204 (22.6) | 146 (26.7) | 18 (5.1) | 8 (4.2) |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Married | 866 (42.1) | 370 (41.0) | 212 (38.8) | 159 (45.2) | 92 (48.7) |
Married in the past | 656 (31.9) | 248 (27.5) | 208 (38.1) | 116 (33.0) | 65 (34.4) |
Never married | 533 (25.9) | 284 (31.5) | 126 (23.1) | 77 (21.9) | 32 (16.9) |
Household wealth | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Low | 921 (45.0) | 411 (45.7) | 246 (45.2) | 144 (40.9) | 96 (50.8) |
Medium | 807 (39.4) | 346 (38.4) | 207 (38.1) | 155 (44.0) | 72 (38.1) |
High | 321 (15.7) | 143 (15.9) | 91 (16.7) | 53 (15.1) | 21 (11.1) |
How often do household members go hungry? | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Sometimes/Often (>2 times/month) | 295 (14.6) | 103 (11.6) | 108 (20.1) | 30 (8.6) | 34 (18.7) |
Seldom (1–2 times/month) | 200 (9.9) | 66 (7.5) | 61 (11.4) | 39 (11.2) | 28 (15.4) |
Never | 1522 (75.5) | 717 (80.9) | 368 (68.5) | 280 (80.2) | 120 (65.9) |
Social support | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Strong support | 274 (13.9) | 107 (12.2) | 81 (15.8) | 36 (10.4) | 35 (19.7) |
Moderate support | 1311 (66.7) | 628 (71.9) | 325 (63.4) | 254 (73.6) | 86 (48.3) |
Poor support | 380 (19.3) | 139 (15.9) | 107 (20.9) | 55 (15.9) | 57 (32.0) |
Recruitment site | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Inpatient wards | 400 (19.5) | 181 (20.1) | 106 (19.4) | 72 (20.5) | 33 (17.5) |
Outpatient clinics | 1395 (67.9) | 608 (67.4) | 378 (69.1) | 222 (63.1) | 138 (73.0) |
Emergency/casualty wards | 261 (12.7) | 113 (12.5) | 63 (11.5) | 58 (16.5) | 18 (9.5) |
Reasons for HIV testing (illness > planning > other) |  |  |  |  |  |
AIDS symptoms/concern about current illness | 652 (31.7) | 241 (26.7) | 201 (36.8) | 117 (33.2) | 70 (37.0) |
Just wanted to know/plan for future | 1312 (63.8) | 624 (69.2) | 320 (58.5) | 225 (63.9) | 105 (55.6) |
Other | 92 (4.5) | 37 (4.1) | 26 (4.8) | 10 (2.8) | 14 (7.4) |
Any household members consumed alcohol, past 3Â months | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
None | 1671 (82.0) | 805 (89.4) | 439 (81.5) | 276 (79.5) | 108 (57.8) |
Any | 367 (18.0) | 95 (10.6) | 100 (15.6) | 71 (20.5) | 79 (42.3) |
Last time consumed alcohol | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Never | 902 (43.9) | 902 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
>5Â years ago | 191 (9.3) | 0 (0.0) | 191 (34.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
1–5 years ago | 141 (6.9) | 0 (0.0) | 141 (25.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
3 months – 1 year ago | 215 (10.5) | 0 (0.0) | 215 (39.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Prior 3Â months | 607 (29.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 352 (100.0) | 189 (100.0) |
AUDIT-C at baseline (median (IQR)) | 0 (0–1) |  |  |  |  |
HIV status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
HIV Negative | 1058 (51.5) | 529 (58.7) | 250 (45.7) | 176 (50.0) | 71 (37.6) |
HIV Positive | 998 (48.5) | 373 (41.4) | 297 (54.3) | 176 (50.0) | 118 (62.4) |
Baseline CD4 cell count among those with HIV (cells/mm 3 ) (overall median: 285; IQR: 132–463) |  |  |  |  |  |
<200 | 359 (36.1) | 139 (37.3) | 122 (41.4) | 53 (30.1) | 35 (29.9) |
200–349 | 233 (23.4) | 85 (22.8) | 66 (22.4) | 44 (25.0) | 29 (24.8) |
350–499 | 202 (20.3) | 74 (19.8) | 60 (20.3) | 34 (19.3) | 26 (22.2) |
> = 500 | 200 (20.1) | 75 (20.1) | 47 (15.9) | 45 (25.6) | 27 (23.1) |