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Table 3 Characteristics of the household respondents

From: Community views about routine HIV testing and antiretroviral treatment in Botswana: signs of progress from a cross sectional study

  

Total sample

Males

Females

Characteristic

Level

Weighted %

Fraction

Weighted %

Fraction

Weighted %

Fraction

Sex

Female

65.4

993/1512

    

Age

Mean age

34.65 yr

1527

35.13 yr

517

34.63 yr

986

Marital status

Single

57.4

875/1533

57.6

292/518

58.0

575/993

 

Cohabiting

18.4

290/1533

19.2

103/518

17.7

179/993

 

Married

16.5

252/1533

17.8

94/518

15.2

150/993

 

Separated, divorced, widowed

7.7

116/1533

5.3

29/518

9.15

87/993

Education

None and up to primary

42.2

661/1529

39.4

210/517

43.5

438/988

 

Junior secondary and above

57.8

868/1529

60.6

307/517

56.5

550/988

Employment

Unemployed

52.9

815/1526

40.6

213/518

60.0

590/984

 

Pensioner

2.3

36/1526

2.6

14/518

2.2

22/984

 

Student

6.0

93/1526

7.3

38/518

5.2

52/984

 

Some type of work

38.8

582/1526

49.6

253/518

33.0

320/984

  1. The denominator numbers indicate the number of respondents who gave information for each characteristic, out of the total respondents and for males and females separately. Of the total 1536 respondents, sex was recorded for 1512: 993 women and 519 men.
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