Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants peer HIV testing history
Profile of participants n(%) | HIV testing history n(%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Last test 12 months or more n = 534 (20.4%) | Last test less than 12 months n = 1 003 (38.4%) | Never tested before n = 1 078 (41.2%) | P-value (Pearson’s Chi-squared test) | ||
Country | < 0.001 | ||||
Côte d’Ivoire | 1 390 (53.2%) | 636 (45.8%) | 308 (22.2%) | 446 (32.1%) | |
Mali | 984 (37.6%) | 278 (28.3%) | 148 (15.0%) | 558 (56.7%) | |
Senegal | 241 (9.2%) | 89 (36.9%) | 78 (32.4%) | 74 (30.7%) | |
Age group | < 0.001 | ||||
24 years or less | 1 164 (44.5%) | 379 (32.6%) | 148 (12.7%) | 637 (54.7%) | |
25–34 years | 1 063 (40.7%) | 464 (43.7%) | 260 (24.5%) | 339 (31.9%) | |
35 years or more | 388 (14.8%) | 160 (41.2%) | 126 (32.5%) | 102 (26.3%) | |
Sex & Distribution channel | < 0.001 | ||||
Man / FSW-based channels | 620 (23.7%) | 214 (34.5%) | 145 (23.4%) | 261 (42.1%) | |
Woman / FSW-based channels | 685 (26.2%) | 260 (38.0%) | 161 (23.5%) | 264 (38.5%) | |
Man / MSM-based channels | 997 (38.1%) | 405 (40.6%) | 139 (13.9%) | 453 (45.4%) | |
Woman / MSM-based channels | 103 (3.9%) | 48 (46.6%) | 22 (21.4%) | 33 (32.0%) | |
Man / other delivery channels | 137 (5.2%) | 47 (34.3%) | 45 (32.8%) | 45 (32.8%) | |
Woman / other delivery channels | 73 (2.8%) | 29 (39.7%) | 22 (30.1%) | 22 (30.1%) | |
Marital status | 0.013 | ||||
Single | 1 761 (67.3%) | 696 (39.5%) | 332 (18.9%) | 733 (41.6%) | |
Divorced / separated / widowed | 97 (3.7%) | 37 (38.1%) | 29 (29.9%) | 31 (32.0%) | |
Living with partner / married | 757 (28.9%) | 270 (35.7%) | 173 (22.9%) | 314 (41.5%) | |
Educational level | < 0.001 | ||||
None / primary | 503 (19.2%) | 168 (33.4%) | 96 (19.1%) | 239 (47.5%) | |
Secondary | 1 432 (54.8%) | 499 (34.8%) | 291 (20.3%) | 642 (44.8%) | |
Higher | 680 (26.0%) | 336 (49.4%) | 147 (21.6%) | 197 (29.0%) | |
Financially, would you say that | < 0.001 | ||||
You are comfortable | 449 (17.2%) | 201 (44.8%) | 57 (12.7%) | 191 (42.5%) | |
Your income is enough | 783 (29.9%) | 304 (38.8%) | 183 (23.4%) | 296 (37.8%) | |
You are poor | 1 173 (44.9%) | 434 (37.0%) | 254 (21.7%) | 485 (41.3%) | |
You are very poor | 210 (8.0%) | 64 (30.5%) | 40 (19.0%) | 106 (50.5%) | |