Table 1 Characteristics of interview participants
From: Social networks, mobility, and HIV risk among women in the fishing communities of Lake Victoria
Variables | MRC/UVRI and LSHTM | UVRI-IAVI | MITU | KEMRI | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
KII | IDI | KII | IDI | KII | IDI | KII | IDI | N = 96 | |||||
Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | ||||||
Sex | |||||||||||||
Male | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Female | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 84 |
Age (years) | |||||||||||||
18–24 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
25–34 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25 |
35+ | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 59 |
Education | |||||||||||||
None | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | * | –* | –* | 6 |
Primary | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 13 | –* | –* | –* | 41 |
Secondary | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | –* | –* | –* | 24 |
Tertiary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –* | –* | –* | 1 |
Occupation | |||||||||||||
Fish related activities | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 35 |
Trader | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 |
Sex/bar worker | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
Other | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 27 |
Marital status | |||||||||||||
Married/cohabiting | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 45 |
Separated/single | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 43 |
Widowed | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 |