Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of adolescents (aged 10–19 years*) living with HIV (aged 10–19 years), South Africa 2017
From: Past and current status of adolescents living with HIV in South Africa, 2005–2017
Variables | N | % |
|---|---|---|
Population group | ||
Black African | 394 | 95.4 |
White | 4 | 3.4 |
Coloured | 9 | 1.2 |
Indian/Asian | 0 | 0 |
School attendance* | ||
Yes | 133 | 79.1 |
No | 30 | 20.9 |
Employment status** | ||
Unemployed | 232 | 99.3 |
Employed | 6 | 0.7 |
Locality type | ||
Urban | 148 | 53.2 |
Rural informal (tribal areas) | 210 | 42.5 |
Rural formal (farms) | 49 | 4.3 |
Province | ||
KwaZulu-Natal | 180 | 27.0 |
Gauteng | 36 | 18.5 |
Eastern Cape | 27 | 12.2 |
Mpumalanga | 92 | 17.5 |
Limpopo | 16 | 6.3 |
North-West | 20 | 5.9 |
Western Cape | 11 | 7.0 |
Free State | 17 | 5.1 |
Northern Cape | 8 | 0.6 |