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

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

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
  1. *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.
  2. **10,000 Kenya shillings (KES) are approximately equal to US$125