Characteristics of household survey respondents
HIVST intervention, N (%) | SOC, N (%) | |
Baseline | ||
Total | 2433 | 2446 |
Self-reported HIV positive status (n=1056) | 42 (8.4) | 44 (8.3) |
Ever tested for HIV† | 1971 (82.2) | 1918 (83.2) |
Tested for HIV within past 12 months‡ | 1496 (63.3) | 1457 (64.1) |
Endline | ||
Total households | 1224 | 1206 |
Household characteristics | ||
Assets index (no (%))§ | ||
Lowest | 345 (31.0) | 397 (36.9) |
Second | 386 (34.7) | 367 (30.9) |
Highest | 392 (34.2) | 359 (32.2) |
Individual characteristics | 2528 | 2477 |
Age (mean (SD)) | 32.7 (14.1) | 33.8 (14.8) |
Age group (no (%)) | ||
16–19 years | 354 (14.0) | 363 (14.6) |
20–24 years | 567 (22.4) | 475 (19.2) |
25–29 years | 439 (17.4) | 404 (16.3) |
30–39 years | 507 (20.1) | 527 (21.3) |
40–49 years | 315 (12.5) | 321 (13.0) |
50–59 years | 193 (7.6) | 217 (8.8) |
60+ years | 153 (6.0) | 170 (6.9) |
Male (no/%) | 1048 (41.5) | 970 (39.2) |
Marital status (no/%)¶ | ||
Married or living as married | 1376 (54.5) | 1383 (56.0) |
Never married | 866 (34.3) | 806 (32.6) |
Widowed/separated/divorced | 282 (11. 2) | 281 (11.4) |
Education (no/%)** | ||
No or primary education | 1275 (50.5) | 1207 (48.8) |
Secondary incomplete | 836 (33.1) | 832 (33.6) |
Completed secondary or higher | 416 (16.5) | 437 (17.6) |
*HIV status asked of 20% subsample only (n=511 in intervention areas and n=545 in comparison areas); 28 respondents declined to respond.
†Ever tested information missing for 176 respondents.
‡Tested in past 12 months; information missing for 243 respondents.
§Assets missing for 244 households and 442 respondents.
¶Marital status missing for 11 respondents.
**Education missing for two respondents.
HIVST, HIV self-testing; SOC, standard of care.