Table 1

Characteristics of household survey respondents

HIVST intervention, N (%)SOC, N (%)
Baseline
Total24332446
 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 households12241206
Household characteristics
Assets index (no (%))§
 Lowest345 (31.0)397 (36.9)
 Second386 (34.7)367 (30.9)
 Highest392 (34.2)359 (32.2)
Individual characteristics25282477
Age (mean (SD))32.7 (14.1)33.8 (14.8)
Age group (no (%))
 16–19 years354 (14.0)363 (14.6)
 20–24 years567 (22.4)475 (19.2)
 25–29 years439 (17.4)404 (16.3)
 30–39 years507 (20.1)527 (21.3)
 40–49 years315 (12.5)321 (13.0)
 50–59 years193 (7.6)217 (8.8)
 60+ years153 (6.0)170 (6.9)
Male (no/%)1048 (41.5)970 (39.2)
Marital status (no/%)¶
 Married or living as married1376 (54.5)1383 (56.0)
 Never married866 (34.3)806 (32.6)
 Widowed/separated/divorced282 (11. 2)281 (11.4)
Education (no/%)**
 No or primary education1275 (50.5)1207 (48.8)
 Secondary incomplete836 (33.1)832 (33.6)
 Completed secondary or higher416 (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.