Table 2 Demographic characteristics of participants disaggregated by linkage to HIV care within three months of follow-up, uThukela District, KwaZulu-Natal, 2019
Variable | Total (N = 343) | Not linked in care (N = 51) | Linked in care (N = 292) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | 95% CI | N | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | F-value | p-value | |
Nationality | |||||||||||
South African citizen Other SADC Other African | 336 6 1 | 98.0 1.7 0.3 | 95.6–99.1 0.7–4.6 0.0-2.5 | 51 0 0 | 15.2 0 0 | 11.4–20.0 - - | 285 6 1 | 84.8 100 100 | 80.9–88.6 - - | 0.5 | 0.58 |
Facility type | |||||||||||
Clinics Gateway Hospital Mobile clinic | 235 64 38 6 | 68.5 18.7 11.1 1.7 | 56.7–78.3 12.7–26.7 4.6–24.2 0.2–13.4 | 46 5 0 0 | 19.6 7.8 0 0 | 14.7–25.6 4.5–13.2 - - | 189 59 38 6 | 80.4 92.2 100 100 | 74.4–85.3 86.8–95.5 - - | 1.5 | < 0.01 |
Ethnicity | |||||||||||
Black African Colored/Mixed ancestry | 342 1 | 99.7 0.3 | 97.6–99.9 0.0-2.4 | 51 0 | 14.9 0 | 11.2–19.6 - | 291 1 | 85.1 100 | 80.4–88.8 - | 0.6 | 0.73 |
Education level | |||||||||||
No education Primary education Secondary education Post matriculation | 8 19 204 108 | 2.4 5.6 60.2 31.9 | 0.9–5.8 3.6–8.7 53.3–66.6 25.2–39.4 | 1 2 34 13 | 12.5 10.5 16.7 12.0 | 1.6–55.3 2.4–35.8 12.6–21.7 5.9–23.1 | 7 17 170 95 | 87.5 89.5 83.3 88.0 | 44.7–98.4 64.2–97.6 78.3–87.4 76.9–94.1 | 0.5 | 0.61 |
Age, median (IQR) | 343 | 33 | 29–40 | 51 | 33 | 29–38 | 292 | 33 | 29–40 | -0.4 | 0.68 * |
Age categories | |||||||||||
18–24 years 25–29 years 30–34 years 35–49 years 50 + years | 32 69 92 126 24 | 9.3 20.1 26.8 36.7 7.0 | 6.2–13.9 14.6–27.0 20.9–33.7 29.6–44.5 3.5–13.4 | 6 9 17 17 2 | 18.8 13.0 18.5 13.5 8.3 | 17.1–36.4 6.1–23.3 11.1–27.9 8.1–20.7 1.0–27.0 | 26 60 75 109 22 | 81.3 87.0 81.5 86.5 91.7 | 67.5–90.0 75.0-93.7 72.7–88.0 81.1–90.5 71.3–98.0 | 0.9 | 0.46 |
Marital status | |||||||||||
Married (living together) Married (living separately) Cohabiting Dating Single | 32 6 69 189 47 | 9.3 1.7 20.1 55.1 13.7 | 5.7–15.3 0.7–3.9 16.5–25.5 51.2–62.1 7.9–15.0 | 3 1 12 30 5 | 9.4 16.7 17.4 15.9 10.6 | 2.7–27.5 4.4–46.4 8.8–31.5 10.9–24.1 3.5–23.1 | 29 5 57 159 42 | 90.6 83.3 82.6 84.1 89.4 | 72.5–97.3 53.6–95.6 68.5–91.2 75.9–89.9 76.9–96.5 | 0.7 | 0.56 |