Table 1 Sociodemographic and sexual risk factors characteristics of participants by condition at baseline (n = 128)
Condition N(%) Median(IQR) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
All participants | Experimental (n = 58) | SOC+ (n = 70) | p-value | |
Age | 35.00 (11.00) | 37.00 (14.00) | 34.00 (10.00) | 0.402a |
Educational attainment | ||||
None | 8 (6.3%) | 4 (6.9%) | 4 (5.7%) | |
Primary School | 58 (45.3%) | 30 (51.7%) | 28 (40.0%) | |
Secondary School | 55 (43.0%) | 21 (36.2%) | 34 (48.6%) | |
College/University | 7 (5.5%) | 3 (5.2%) | 4 (5.7%) | 0.514b |
Employment status | ||||
Work full time | 23 (18.0%) | 6 (10.3%) | 17 (24.3%) | |
Work part time | 7 (5.5%) | 4 (6.9%) | 3 (4.3%) | |
Not working | 89 (69.5%) | 43 (74.1%) | 46 (65.7%) | |
Volunteering | 9 (7.0%) | 5 (8.6%) | 4 (5.7%) | 0.206b |
Monthly income (Zambian Kwacha) | ||||
Less 500 (less than 65 USD) | 16 (12.5%) | 9 (15.5%) | 7 (10.0%) | |
500 to 1000 (~ 65–130 USD) | 82 (64.1%) | 32 (55.2%) | 50 (71.4%) | |
1000 to 2000 (130–260 USD) | 28 (21.9%) | 16 (27.6%) | 12 (17.1%) | |
More than 5000 (> 260 USD) | 2 (1.6%) | 1 (1.7%) | 1 (1.4%) | 0.242b |
Marital status | ||||
Single | 25 (19.5%) | 10 (17.2%) | 15 (21.4%) | |
Stable relationship | 93 (72.7%) | 39 (67.2%) | 54 (77.1%) | |
Unstable relationship | 10 (7.8%) | 9 (15.5%) | 1 (1.4%) | 0.013 b |
Children | ||||
No | 4 (3.1%) | 1 (1.7%) | 3 (4.3%) | |
Yes | 124 (96.9%) | 57 (98.3%) | 67 (95.7%) | 0.626b |
Treatment of STIs in the past year (n = 30 women with STIs) | ||||
No | 7 (23.3%) | 5 (41.7%) | 2 (11.1%) | |
Yes | 23 (76.7%) | 7 (58.3%) | 16 (88.9%) | 0.084b |
Partner status | ||||
Unknown | 42 (32.8%) | 19 (32.8%) | 23 (32.9%) | |
Positive | 86 (67.2%) | 39 (67.2%) | 47 (67.1%) | > 0.999 |
Disclosure of HIV status to partner | ||||
No | 10 (7.8%) | 4 (6.9%) | 6 (8.6%) | |
Yes | 118 (92.2%) | 54 (93.1%) | 64 (91.4%) | > 0.999b |
Sex in exchange for compensation | ||||
Never in the past month | 115 (89.8%) | 52 (89.7%) | 63 (90.0%) | |
Sometimes | 12 (9.4%) | 6 (10.3%) | 6 (8.6%) | |
All the time | 1 (0.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (1.4%) | 0.874b |
Number of partners in the prior 3 months | 1.00 (0.00) | 1.00 (0.00) | 1.00 (0.00) | 0.608a |
Condom use in the past month | ||||
100% of the time | 4 (4.3%) | 1 (2.3%) | 3 (5.9%) | |
Less than 100% of the time | 90 (95.7%) | 42 (97.7%) | 48 (94.1%) | 0.395b |
Time since diagnosis | ||||
Less than a year ago | 12 (9.4%) | 5 (8.6%) | 7 (10.0%) | |
Between one and 5 years ago | 75 (58.6%) | 37 (63.8%) | 38 (54.3%) | |
Between 5 and 10 years ago | 33 (25.8%) | 14 (24.1%) | 19 (27.1%) | |
More than 10 years ago | 8 (6.3%) | 2 (3.4%) | 6 (8.6%) | 0.573b |
CD4 cells per milliliter | ||||
Less than 100 | 7 (5.5%) | 2 (3.4%) | 5 (7.1%) | |
100 to 500 | 49 (38.3%) | 23 (39.7%) | 26 (37.1%) | |
More than 500 | 50 (39.1%) | 21 (36.2%) | 29 (41.4%) | |
I do not know | 22 (17.2%) | 12 (20.7%) | 10 (14.3%) | 0.623a |