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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants

From: Validation of a Swahili version of the World Health Organization 5-item well-being index among adults living with HIV and epilepsy in rural coastal Kenya

Variable

Controls n (%)

Epilepsy n (%)

HIV n (%)

p-value

Gender

 Male

30(36.1)

29(46.0)

18(21.4)

0.006

 Female

53(63.9)

34(54.0)

66(78.6)

 

Education level

 Primary complete

49(59.0)

8(12.7)

16(19.0)

 

 Primary incomplete

26(31.3)

40(63.5)

47(56.0)

< 0.001

 No education

8(9.6)

15(23.8)

21(25.0)

 

Occupation

 Informal

43(51.8)

27(42.9)

65(77.4)

 

 Formal

5(6.0)

0(0.0)

1(1.2)

< 0.001

 Unemployed

35(42.2)

36(57.1)

18(21.4)

 

Marital status

 Never married

20(24.1)

53(84.1)

8(9.5)

< 0.001

 Married

59(71.1)

7(11.1)

47(56.0)

 

 Separated

3(3.6)

1(1.6)

5(6.0)

 

 Divorced

1(1.2)

1(1.6)

6(7.1)

 

 Widowed

0(0)

1(1.6)

18(21.4)