Table 3 Demographic characteristics of participants disaggregated by whether they were retained in care after 12 months of follow-up, uThukela District, KwaZulu-Natal, 2019
Variable | Total (n = 292) | Retained in care (n = 132) | Not retained in care (n = 160) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | 95% CI | N | % | 95% CI | N | % | 95% CI | F-value | p-value+ | |
Nationality | |||||||||||
South African citizen Other SADC Other African | 285 6 1 | 97.6 2.1 0.3 | 94.8–98.9 0.8–5.4 0.0-2.9 | 130 2 0 | 45.6 33.3 0 | 32.9–58.9 8.3–73.5 - | 155 4 1 | 54.4 66.7 100 | 41.1–67.1 26.5–91.7 - | 1.2 | 0.56 |
Facility type | |||||||||||
Clinic Gateway Hospital Mobile clinic | 189 59 38 6 | 64.7 20.2 13.0 2.1 | 52.4–75.4 14.0-28.2 5.5–27.7 0.2–15.4 | 80 24 25 3 | 42.3 40.7 65.8 50.0 | 27.5–58.7 15.5–72.0 50.8–78.2 50.0–50.0 | 109 35 13 3 | 57.7 59.3 34.2 50.0 | 41.3–72.5 45.7–71.9 21.9–49.2 50.0–50.0 | 1.2 | 0.04 |
Education level | |||||||||||
No education Primary education Secondary education Tertiary | 7 17 170 95 | 2.4 5.9 58.8 32.9 | 0.9–6.3 3.6–9.5 51.0-66.2 25.8–40.8 | 4 6 73 48 | 57.1 35.3 42.9 50.5 | 30.6–80.2 14.1–64.6 29.0-58.1 37.4–63.6 | 3 11 97 47 | 42.9 64.7 57.1 49.5 | 19.9–69.4 35.5–86.0 41.9–71.0 36.4–62.7 | 1.0 | 0.40 |
Age in years | 292 | 33.0 | 29.0–40.0 | 132 | 34.0 | 28.0–41.0 | 160 | 33.0 | 29–40 | 0.1 | 0.92 * |
Age categories | |||||||||||
18–24 years 25–29 years 30–34 years 35–49 years 50 + years | 26 60 75 109 22 | 8.9 20.5 25.7 37.3 7.5 | 5.9–12.1 16.3–25.1 21.7–31.2 32.6–43.1 4.5–10.1 | 13 27 33 48 11 | 50.0 45.0 44.0 44.0 50.0 | 24.3–75.7 28.3–63.0 26.3–63.4 30.0-59.5 30.4–69.6 | 13 33 42 61 11 | 50.0 55.0 56.0 56.0 50.0 | 24.3–75.7 37.0-71.7 36.6–73.7 40.5–70.3 30.4–69.6 | 0.1 | 0.94 |
Marital status | |||||||||||
Married (living together) Married (living separately) Cohabiting Dating Single | 29 5 57 159 34 | 10.2 1.8 20.1 56.0 12.0 | 6.5–15.6 0.7–4.6 14.2–27.6 50.5–61.4 7.2–19.3 | 13 4 29 92 18 | 44.8 80.0 50.9 57.9 52.9 | 20.0-72.6 39.1–96.2 34.4–67.2 44.2–70.2 33.9–71.2 | 16 1 28 67 16 | 55.2 20.0 49.1 42.1 47.1 | 27.4–80.1 3.9–61.0 32.8–65.6 29.8–55.6 27.8–66.2 | 0.9 | 0.44 |