Sexual risk taking among patients on antiretroviral therapy in an urban informal settlement in Kenya: a cross-sectional survey

Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patients at the ART clinic in the Kibera informal settlement

Characteristics	N (515)	All (%)	Men (%)	Women (%)
Women	348	67.6
Men	167	32.4
Age (mean ± sd)		37.3 (±8.1)	40.1 (±7.9)	36.0 (±7.9)
Religion
Christian	467	90.6	88.6	91.6
Muslim	18	3.5	3.0	3.7
Other	30	5.8	8.4	4.6
Time in Kibera
0-2 years	35	9.5	5.4	11.7
2-5 years	72	19.5	18.6	20.0
More than 5 years	262	71.0	76.0	68.3
Income level below 10,000 KES**	341	91.1	86.1	95.6
Time since first testing positive
0-6 months	67	13.0	9.6	14.7
7-12 months	73	14.2	21.6	10.7
1-2 years	122	23.7	26.3	22.5
More than 2 years	252	48.9	42.5	52.2
Time on ART
1-6 months	134	27.0	22.8	29.0
7-12 months	99	20.0	25.9	17.1
13-18 months	44	8.9	10.5	8.1
19-24 months	55	11.1	13.0	10.2
2 years >	146	31.1	27.8	35.6
Disclosed HIV status	446	86.6	87.4	86.2
Sex partners in the past 6 months
0 partners	193	37.5	24.6	43.7
1 partner	273	53.0	58.7	50.3
2 or more partners	49	9.5	16.8	6.0
Married	253	49.2	24.0	63.7
Employment status
Unemployed	229	44.5	56.9	38.5
Employed	160	31.1
Casual labour	126	24.1
Educational status
Primary school	262	50.9	41.9	55.2
Secondary school or more	217	42.1	55.1	35.9
No formal education	36	7.0	3.0	8.9
Age < 40	335	65.0	52.1	71.3
Consistent condom use*
Yes	264	71.7	81.8	65.3
No	104	28.3	18.2	34.7

*A total of 147 (28.5%) did not answer the condom question: of those, 123 were women (35% of total number of women) and 24 were men (14% of total number of men). X² test's p value <0.0001.
**10,000 Kenya shillings (KES) are approximately equal to US$125