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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents

From: Practicing provider-initiated HIV testing in high prevalence settings: consent concerns and missed preventive opportunities

Characteristics

Malindi N = 1847

Mbarali N = 1992

Kapiri Mposhi N = 1850

Residence

Urban

 

Rural

 

Urban

 

Rural

 

Urban

 

Rural

 
 

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

Age

            

   15-19

10.9

(68)

15.5

(187)

12.4

(116)

7.6

(80)

12.1

(111)

11.7

(109)

   20-24

23.9

(149)

16.1

(194)

18.7

(175)

18.4

(195)

18.1

(166)

15.5

(144)

   25-29

21.2

(132)

16.8

(203)

19.9

(186)

20.9

(221)

20.0

(184)

19.5

(182)

   30-39

30.3

(184)

30.6

(369)

32.2

(301)

36.3

(384)

33.2

(302)

32.4

(302)

   40-49

13.8

(88)

21.0

(253)

16.8

(157)

16.7

(177)

16.2

(148)

20.8

(194)

Sex

            

   Male

50.6

(318)

50.3

(613)

49.9

(467)

48.9

(517)

43.4

(399)

45.1

(420)

   Female

49.4

(310)

49.7

(606)

50.1

(468)

51.1

(540)

56.6

(520)

54.9

(511)

Marital status

            

   Single

28.8

(180)

20.8

(252)

16.8

(157)

10.2

(108)

20.6

(189)

14.9

(139)

   Ever Married

63.1

(394)

74.2

(899)

83.1

(777)

89.6

(947)

70.6

(647)

75.5

(703)

Yrs of Educ

            

   0 yrs

7.8

(49)

29.8

(363)

10.9

(102)

10.8

(114)

3.9

(36)

7.5

(70)

   1-4 yrs

11.9

(75)

15.6

(190)

7.2

(67)

6.5

(69)

7.3

(67)

19.1

(178)

   5-8 yrs

32.2

(202)

38.2

(466)

72.3

(676)

76.2

(805)

44.0

(404)

50.8

(473)

   9-10 yrs

14.6

(92)

9.0

(110)

4.2

(39)

2.0

(21)

23.4

(215)

15.7

(146)

   >11yrs

33.4

(210)

7.4

(90)

5.5

(51)

4.5

(48)

21.4

(197)

6.9

(64)

  1. *Differences were calculated using Pearson chi square test