Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics between responders and HIV non-responders (15–49 years), 2003–2004
From: High potential of escalating HIV transmission in a low prevalence setting in rural Tanzania
Responders | Non-responders | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | Total N (%) | Men N (%) | Women N (%) | Total N (%) | Men N (%) | Women N (%) |
Total | 1698 | 764 | 934 | 253 | 116 | 137 |
Area | ||||||
Remote | 730 (43.0) | 361 (47.2) | 369 (39.5) | 97 (38.3) | 45 (38.8) | 52 (38.0) |
Rural | 968 (57.0) | 403 (52.8) | 565 (59.5) | 156 (61.7) | 71 (61.2) | 85 (62.0) |
Village | ||||||
Haydom | 385 (22.7) | 156 (20.4) | 229 (24.5) | 43 (17.0) | 18 (15.5) | 25 (18.3) |
Muslur | 259 (15.3) | 124 (16.2) | 135 (14.5) | 23 (9.0) | 10 (8.6) | 13 (9.5) |
Basotu | 236 (13.9) | 117 (15.3) | 119 (12.7) | 49 (19.4) | 27 (23.9) | 22 (16.1) |
Dangayda | 169 (10.0) | 83 (10.9) | 86 (9.2) | 29 (11.5) | 16 (13.8) | 13 (9.5) |
Mwanga | 302 (17.8) | 154 (20.2) | 148 (15.9) | 45 (17.8) | 19 (16.4) | 26 (19.0) |
Nduguti | 347 (20.3) | 130 (17.0) | 217 (23.2) | 64 (25.3) | 26 (22.4) | 38 (27.6) |
Age group (years) | ||||||
15–19 | 262 (15.4) | 113 (14.8) | 149 (16.0) | 38 (15.0) | 17 (14.7) | 21 (15.3) |
20–24 | 363 (21.4) | 155 (20.3) | 208 (22.3) | 58 (22.9) | 28 (24.1) | 30 (21.9) |
25–29 | 359 (21.1) | 149 (19.5) | 210 (22.5) | 59 (23.3) | 26 (22.4) | 33 (24.1) |
30–34 | 270 (15.9) | 127 (16.6) | 143 (15.3) | 46 (18.2) | 22 (19.0) | 24 (17.5) |
35–39 | 198 (11.7) | 93 (12.2) | 105 (11.2) | 24 (9.5) | 11 (9.5) | 13 (9.5) |
40–49 | 246 (14.7) | 127 (16.6) | 119 (12.7) | 28 (11.1) | 12 (10.3) | 16 (11.7) |
Marital status | ||||||
Single | 476 (28.0) | 264 (34.6) | 212 (22.7) | 86 (34.0) | 47 (40.5) | 39 (28.5) |
Married/Engaged/Cohabit | 1156 (68.1) | 479 (62.7) | 677 (72.5) | 159 (62.9) | 67 (57.8) | 92 (67.2) |
Separated/Divorced/Widowed | 66 (3.9) | 21 (2.8) | 45 (4.8) | 8 (3.2) | 2 (1.7) | 6 (4.4) |
Education | ||||||
None | 165 (9.7) | 58 (7.6) | 107 (11.5) | 18 (7.1) | 3 (2.6) | 15 (11.0) |
1 < 7 years | 258 (15.2) | 105 (13.8) | 153 (16.4) | 30 (11.9) | 13 (11.2) | 17 (12.4) |
≥7 years | 1212 (71.4) | 573 (75.0) | 639 (68.4) | 192 (75.9) | 94 (81.0) | 98 (71.5) |
Student* | 63 (3.7) | 28 (3.7) | 35 (3.8) | 13 (5.1) | 6 (5.2) | 7 (5.1) |
Income | ||||||
None | 92 (5.4) | 57 (7.5) | 35 (3.8) | 106 (41.9) | 52 (44.8) | 54 (39.4) |
Employed | 254 (15.0) | 121 (15.8) | 133 (14.2) | 11 (4.4) | 6 (5.2) | 5 (3.7) |
Farmer/Cattle/Petty | 1352 (79.6) | 586 (76.7) | 766 (82.0) | 136 (53.8) | 58 (50.0) | 78 (56.9) |
Duration of stay | ||||||
< 1 year | 218 (12.8) | 88 (11.5) | 129 (13.8) | 31 (12.3) | 17 (14.7) | 14 (10.2) |
≥1 year | 1480 (87.2) | 676 (88.5) | 805 (86.2) | 222 (87.8) | 99 (85.3) | 123 (89.8) |