Socio-economic differences in the uptake of HIV testing and associated factors in South Africa

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Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics and HIV testing by socio-economic status (SES) among youth and adults 15 years and older, South Africa 2017

Variable	Total		Low SES		High SES
	N	Tested	n	Tested	n	Tested	p-value
Overall	21,075	75.4	8504	73.8	12,571	76.7	< 0.001
Age categories
15–19 years	2762	41.9	1242	42.0	1520	41.9	0.958
20–24 years	2578	74.1	1209	73.2	1369	75.1	0.271
25–49 years	9715	85.2	4021	83.0	5694	87.1	< 0.001
50+ years	6020	69.9	2032	68.2	3988	70.9	0.031
Sex of respondent
Male	8812	71.2	3556	67.3	5256	74.2	< 0.001
Female	12,263	79.4	4948	79.8	7315	79.0	0.283
Race
Black African	13,747	76.7	7551	74.0	6196	79.7	< 0.001
White	1509	69.7	24	64.5	1485	69.8	0.575
Coloured	3805	74.1	875	71.6	2930	74.7	0.067
Indian/A	2014	63.9	54	62.7	1960	64.0	0.844
Current marital status
Married	6758	81.5	1751	80.5	5007	81.9	0.194
Not married	14,312	72.9	6752	72.2	7560	73.7	0.044
Highest level of education obtained
No education/primary	3278	71.9	1874	72.6	1404	70.7	0.232
Secondary	10,263	80.4	3889	81.0	6374	80.0	0.216
Tertiary	2276	86.1	201	89.1	2075	85.7	0.185
Employment status
Unemployed	13,432	70.7	6053	71.0	7379	70.5	0.526
Employed	7352	84.0	2355	81.3	4997	85.5	< 0.001
Locality type
Urban areas	13,810	77.5	3202	78.7	10,608	77.0	0.044
Rural informal areas	4909	70.5	3650	69.3	1259	74.7	< 0.001
Rural formal areas	2356	71.1	1652	69.4	704	74.0	0.025

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