Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants stratified by HIV status and treatment allocation
| Â | HIV Negative | Â | HIV Positive | Â | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Control n = 495 | Intervention n = 354 | Total n = 849 | X2 P-value | Control n = 28 | Intervention n = 24 | Total n = 52 | X2 P-value |
Age (mean±) | 24.4 ± 0.6 | 23.5 ± 0.5 | 24.5 ± 0.4 |  | 22.4 ± 0.4 | 22.5 ± 0.5 | 22.9 ± 0.4 |  |
Age | ||||||||
  < 20 | 109(22.0) | 53(15.0) | 162(19.1) | 0.06 | 6(22.7) | 4(13.6) | 10(19.2) | 0.90 |
 21–30 | 290(58.6) | 220(62.0) | 510(60.1) |  | 18(63.7) | 16(68.2) | 34(65.4) |  |
  > 31 | 96(19.4) | 81(22.9) | 177(20.8) |  | 4(13.6) | 4(18.2) | 8(15.4) |  |
Education | ||||||||
 Less than Primary | 79(16.0) | 54(15.2) | 133(15.6) | 0.07 | 6(23.1) | 3(13.6) | 9(17.3) | 0.80 |
 Primary | 241(48.7) | 115(32.5) | 356(41.9) |  | 8(26.9) | 9(36.4) | 17(32.7) |  |
 Secondary | 124(25.0) | 130(36.9) | 254(30.0) |  | 11(38.5) | 10(40.9) | 21(40.4) |  |
 College/University | 51(10.3) | 55(15.4) | 106(12.5) |  | 3(11.5) | 2(9.1) | 5(9.6) |  |
Parity | ||||||||
 0 | 49(9.9) | 35(9.8) | 84(9.9) | 0.91 | 6(21.4) | 6(25.0) | 12(23.1) | 0.53 |
 1–3 | 262(52.9) | 188(53.2) | 450(53.0) |  | 15(53.6) | 14(58.3) | 29(55.8) |  |
 4–6 | 156(31.5) | 111(31.4) | 267(31.4) |  | 4(14.3) | 4(16.7) | 8(15.4) |  |
 7+ | 28(5.6) | 20(5.6) | 48(5.7) |  | 3(10.7) | 0.(0.00) | 3(5.8) |  |
Source of livelihood | ||||||||
 Own business | 66(13.3) | 49(13.8) | 115(13.5) | 0.06 | 3(11.5) | 5(22.7) | 8(15.3) | 0.63 |
 From spouse | 188(37.9) | 140(39.5) | 328(38.6) |  | 10(34.6) | 11(45.5) | 21(41.1) |  |
 HH head | 63(12.7) | 45(12.7) | 108(12.7) |  | 6(19.2) | 2(9.1) | 8(15.3) |  |
 Farming | 90(18.2) | 61(17.2) | 151(17.9) |  | 4(15.4) | 4(13.6) | 8(15.3) |  |
 Formal | 29(5.8) | 22(6.2) | 51(6.0) |  | 1(3.9) | 0(0.0) | 1(1.8) |  |
 Casual | 59(11.9) | 37(10.6) | 96(11.3) |  | 4(15.4) | 2(9.1) | 6(11.2) |  |
Marital status | ||||||||
 Separated/Divorced/Widowed | 119(24.0) | 66(18.6) | 185(21.7) | 0.06 | 5(19.2) | 3(13.6) | 8(15.4) | 0.61 |
 Married | 376 (76.0) | 288(81.4) | 664(78.3) |  | 23(80.8) | 21(86.4) | 44(84.6) |  |