Table 1 Baseline characteristics of I-Care participants based on availability of follow-up survey data

Age (years)

0.335

 Median (Q1, Q3)

34.0 (27.0, 42.0)

32.5 (26.0, 39.0)

34.0 (27.0, 41.0)

Gender

0.013

 Male

252 (37.3%)

40 (51.9%)

292 (38.8%)

 Female

423 (62.7%)

37 (48.1%)

460 (61.2%)

Education

0.066

 Primary or less

122 (18.2%)

21 (28.0%)

143 (19.1%)

 Some secondary

301 (44.8%)

34 (45.3%)

335 (44.8%)

 Secondary or higher

249 (37.1%)

20 (26.7%)

269 (36.0%)

Relationship status

0.472

 Married/cohabitating

223 (33.0%)

31 (40.8%)

254 (33.8%)

 Partnered, not living together

177 (26.2%)

15 (19.7%)

192 (25.6%)

 Single, never married

228 (33.8%)

24 (31.6%)

252 (33.6%)

 Single, separated or widowed

47 (7.0%)

6 (7.9%)

53 (7.1%)

Pregnant at diagnosis

0.543

 No

266 (62.9%)

22 (57.9%)

288 (62.5%)

 Yes

157 (37.1%)

16 (42.1%)

173 (37.5%)

Employment

0.524

 Full time

163 (24.1%)

24 (31.6%)

187 (24.9%)

 Part time

82 (12.1%)

7 (9.2%)

89 (11.9%)

 Self-employed, student, other

79 (11.7%)

8 (10.5%)

87 (11.6%)

 Unemployed

351 (52.0%)

37 (48.7%)

388 (51.7%)

South African citizen or permanent resident

0.096

 No

94 (13.9%)

16 (21.1%)

110 (14.6%)

 Yes

581 (86.1%)

60 (78.9%)

641 (85.4%)

Past year location

0.197

 < 1 month away from home

540 (80.0%)

56 (73.7%)

596 (79.4%)

 ≥ 1 month away from home

135 (20.0%)

20 (26.3%)

155 (20.6%)

Closest facility is usual source of care

0.065

 No

29 (4.3%)

0 (0.0%)

29 (3.9%)

 Yes

646 (95.7%)

76 (100.0%)

722 (96.1%)

Newly diagnosed (<1 month) with HIV

0.002

 No

250 (37.0%)

15 (19.5%)

265 (35.2%)

 Yes

425 (63.0%)

62 (80.5%)

487 (64.8%)

Ever on ART

0.027

 No

429 (63.6%)

58 (76.3%)

487 (64.8%)

 Yes

246 (36.4%)

18 (23.7%)

264 (35.2%)

 No

56 (8.3%)

27 (35.1%)

83 (11.0%)

<0.001

 Yes

619 (91.7%)

50 (64.9%)

669 (89.0%)