Table 1 Characteristics of study participants (N = 842)

Age (years)

18–29

10(8.3%)

7 (5.2%)

7 (1.5%)

24 (3.3%)

30–39

30 (24.8%)

15 (11.1%)

56 (11.8%)

101 (13.8%)

40–59

74(61.1%)

103 (76.3%)

381 (80.2%)

558 (76.3%)

60+

7 (5.8%)

10 (7.4%)

31 (6.5%)

48 (6.6%)

Sex

Male

41 (28.1%)

56 (33.7%)

157 (29.6%)

254 (30.2%)

Female

105 (71.9%)

110 (66.3%)

373 (70.4%)

588 (69.8%)

Period in HIV care (years)

< 10

90 (65.2%)

71 (43.3%)

208 (39.7%)

369 (44.7%)

≥10

48 (34.8%)

93 (56.7%)

316 (60.3%)

457 (55.3%)

Period in DSDM (years)

< 3 years

98 (68.1%)

25 (15.1%)

16 (3.0%)

139 (16.6%)

≥3 years

46 (38.9%)

141 (84.9%)

513(97.0%)

700 (83.4%)

Distance (km) to health facility

< 10

41 (59.4%)

48 (64.9%)

229 (75.1%)

318 (71.0%)

≥10 km

28 (40.6%)

26 (35.1%)

76 (24.9%)

130 (29.0%)

Employment status

Unemployed

44 (31.2%)

47 (28.3%)

62 (11.7%)

15,318.3%)

Employed

97 (68.8%)

119 (71.7%)

468 (88.3%)

684 (81.7%)

Average daily income

< $1.9

111 (78.7%)

139 (16.3%)

466 (87.9%)

720 85.5%)

> $1.9

30 (21.3%)

27 (83.7%)

64(12.1%)

122 (14.5%)

Education

None

18 (12.8%)

12 (7.2%)

69 (13.0%)

99 (11.8%)

Primary

51 (36.2%)

111 (66.9%)

322 (60.8%)

486 (57.7%)

Secondary

60 (42.6%)

38 (22.9%)

177 (22.1%)

218 (25.9%)

Tertiary

12 (8.5%)

5 (3.0%)

22 (4.1%)

39 (4.6%)

Marital status

Married

92 (65.3%)

109 (65.7%)

297 (56.1%)

498 (59.5%)

Single

49 (34.7%)

57 (34.3%)

233 (43.9%)

339 (40.5%)

Drinking alcohol

Never

94 (66.7%)

133 (80.1%)

516 (97.4%)

745 (88.8%)

At least once a week

47 (33.3%)

33 (19.9%)

14 (2.6%)

94 (11.2%)

Friend/relative at ART delivery point

No

81 (57.5%)

97 (58.4%)

206 (38.9%)

387 (46.0%)

Yes

60 (42.5%)

69 (91.6%)

324 (61.1%)

455 (54.0%)