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Table 1 Baseline socio-demographic and behavioural characteristics of screened and enrolled participants

From: A randomized trial to assess retention rates using mobile phone reminders versus physical contact tracing in a potential HIV vaccine efficacy population of fishing communities around Lake Victoria, Uganda

 

Screened

Enrolled

Enrolled No. (%)

Not enrolled No. (%)

P value

Phone Arm No. (%)

Physical Arm

P value

All Participants

661 (75.2)

218 (24.8)

 

330 (49.9)

331 (50.1)

 

Socio-demographics

Sex

 Male

403 (78.7)

109 (21.3)

 

199 (49.4)

204 (50.6)

 

 Female

258 (70.3)

109 (29.7)

0.004

131 (50.8)

127 (49.2)

0.726

Age at enrolment (years)

 15–19

49 (75.4)

16 (24.6)

 

26 (53.1)

23 (46.9)

 

 20–24

175 (77.8)

50 (22.2)

 

88 (50.3)

87 (49.7)

 

 25–34

320 (74.8)

108 (25.2)

 

159 (49.7)

161 (50.3)

 

 35–49

117 (73.1)

43 (26.9)

0.749

57 (48.7)

60 (51.3)

0.964

Highest education level

 None

34 (69.4)

15 (30.6)

 

21 (61.8)

13 (38.2)

 

 Primary

379 (74.5)

130 (25.5)

 

187 (49.3)

192 (50.7)

 

 Secondary

230 (77.2)

68 (22.8)

 

117 (50.9)

113 (49.1)

 

 Post-secondary

18 (78.3)

5 (21.7)

0.619

5 (27.8)

13 (72.2)

0.134

Religion

 Catholic

256 (71.5)

102 (28.5)

 

120 (46.9)

136 (53.1)

 

 Protestant/Anglican

170 (74.6)

58 (25.4)

 

78 (45.9)

92 (54.1)

 

 Muslim

146 (82.9)

130 (17.1)

 

81 (55.5)

65 (44.5)

 

 Pentecostal/Adventist

89 (76.1)

28 (23.9)

0.035

51 (57.3)

38 (42.7)

0.122

Ethnicity/tribe

 Baganda

325 (75.4)

105 (24.6)

 

167 (51.4)

158 (48.6)

 

 Non-Baganda

336 (75.0)

112 (25.0)

0.938

163 (48.5)

173 (51.5)

0.460

Occupation

 Fishing/Fishing relateda

270 (75.0)

90 (25.0)

 

139 (51.5)

131 (48.5)

 

 Shop/Market

46 (71.2)

18 (28.1)

 

19 (41.3)

27 (58.7)

 

 Bar/Lodge/Restaurant

70 (72.2)

27 (27.8)

 

25 (35.7)

45 (64.3)

 

 Farming

73 (78.5)

20 (21.5)

 

39 (53.4)

34 (46.6)

 

 Housewife

66 (82.5)

14 (17.5)

 

42 (63.6)

24 (36.4)

 

 Othersb

136 (73.5)

49 (26.5)

0.553

66 (48.5)

70 (51.5)

0.026

Community location

 Mainland

353 (73.1)

130 (26.9)

 

179 (50.7)

174 (49.3)

 

 Island

308 (77.8)

88 (22.2)

0.109

151 (49.0)

157 (51.0)

0.666

Duration in community at enrolment (years)

 Less than 2

85 (72.7)

32 (27.3)

 

39 (45.9)

46 (54.1)

 

 2–4

259 (76.6)

79 (23.4)

 

129 (49.8)

130 (50.2)

 

 5–10

192 (74.1)

67 (25.9)

 

101 (52.6)

91 (47.4)

 

 More than 10

125 (75.8)

41 (24.2)

0.810

61 (48.8)

64 (51.2)

0.760

Marital status

 Not married

209 (69.7)

91 (30.3)

 

103 (49.3)

106 (50.7)

 

 Married monogamous

325 (78.1)

91 (21.9)

 

161 (49.5)

164 (50.5)

 

 Married polygamous

127 (77.9)

36 (22.1)

0.024

66 (52.0)

61 (48.0)

0.875

  1. aFishing, fishmongers, fish processing, boat maker/owner, bConstruction/Mechanic/Government/Clerical