Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample by HIV status
HIV- (n = 450) | HIV + (n = 90) | p-Value* | Overall (n = 540) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | 0.685 | |||
Females | 298 (66.2%) | 57 (63.3%) | 355 (65.7%) | |
Males | 152 (33.8%) | 33 (36.7%) | 185 (34.3%) | |
Age (years) | 0.515 | |||
Mean (sd) | 20.2 (1.9) | 20.4 (2.1) | 20.2 (2.0) | |
School | 0.026 | |||
None | 8 (1.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | 8 (1.5%) | |
Primary | 54 (12.0%) | 20 (22.2%) | 74 (13.7%) | |
Secondary | 329 (73.1%) | 64 (71.1%) | 393 (72.8%) | |
University | 59 (13.1%) | 6 (6.7%) | 65 (12.0%) | |
Job | 0.002 | |||
Workers | 29 (6.4%) | 16 (17.8%) | 45 (8.3%) | |
Unemployed/ temporary job | 183 (40.7%) | 38 (42.2%) | 221 (40.9%) | |
Student | 238 (52.9%) | 36 (40.0%) | 274 (50.7%) | |
District | 0.843 | |||
Rural | 44 (9.8%) | 10 (11.1%) | 54 (10.0%) | |
Suburban | 300 (66.7%) | 61 (67.8%) | 361 (66.9%) | |
Urban | 106 (23.6%) | 19 (21.1%) | 125 (23.1%) | |
Religion | 0.318 | |||
Protestant/Anglican | 241 (53.6%) | 44 (48.9%) | 285 (52.8%) | |
Catholic | 99 (22.0%) | 26 (28.9%) | 125 (23.1%) | |
None | 76 (16.9%) | 14 (15.6%) | 90 (16.7%) | |
Muslim | 22 (4.9%) | 6 (6.7%) | 28 (5.2%) | |
Zione/Sião | 12 (2.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 12 (2.2%) | |
Housemates | 0.737 | |||
0–3 | 149 (33.1%) | 26 (28.9%) | 175 (32.4%) | |
4–5 | 151 (33.6%) | 32 (35.6%) | 183 (33.9%) | |
> 6 | 150 (33.3%) | 32 (35.6%) | 182 (33.7%) | |
Rooms | 0.607 | |||
1 | 81 (18.0%) | 21 (23.3%) | 102 (18.9%) | |
2 | 137 (30.4%) | 26 (28.9%) | 163 (30.2%) | |
3 | 155 (34.4%) | 31 (34.4%) | 186 (34.4%) | |
> 3 | 77 (17.1%) | 12 (13.3%) | 89 (16.5%) | |
Children | 0.205 | |||
None | 340 (75.6%) | 75 (83.3%) | 415 (76.9%) | |
1 | 100 (22.2%) | 15 (16.7%) | 115 (21.3%) | |
2 | 10 (2.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 10 (1.9%) | |
Comorbidities | 0.553 | |||
No | 431 (95.8%) | 88 (97.8%) | 519 (96.1%) | |
Yes | 19 (4.2%) | 2 (2.2%) | 21 (3.9%) |