Research Article
The Interaction between HIV and Intestinal Helminth Parasites Coinfection with Nutrition among Adults in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Table 1
Demographic and socioeconomic data of the study participants.
| Variable | (%) |
| N | 263 | Gender | | Male | 22 (8.4) | Female | 241 (91.6) | Age (years) | | 18–24 | 88 (33.5) | 25–49 | 116 (44.1) | ≥50 | 58 (22.1) | Unknown | 1 (0.4) | Marital status | | Single | 219 (83.6) | Married | 32 (12.2) | Widowed | 11 (4.2) | Education level | | None | 24 (9.2) | Primary | 52 (19.8) | Secondary | 178 (67.7) | Tertiary | 8 (3.3) | Employment | | Unemployed | 240 (91.3) | Employed | 23 (8.7) | Source of income | | No income | 8 (3.1) | Child support grant | 93 (35.5) | Pension | 39 (14.9) | Dependent | 82 (31.2) | Self-employed | 19 (7.3) | Salary | 16 (6.1) | Salary and second income | 5 (1.9) | Source of water | | Tap inside the house | 144 (54.8) | Tap outside the house | 32 (12.2) | Public tap | 66 (25.1) | Tank | 16 (6.1) | Neighbour’s tap | 4 (1.5) | Borehole | 1 (0.4) | Toilet facility | | Pit | 144 (54.8) | Flush, connected to sewage pipes | 33 (12.5) | Flush, not connected | 66 (25.1) | Mobile | 17 (6.5) | None | 3 (1.1) |
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Flush, not connected: toilets can flush; however, they dispose sewage into septic tanks and the waste is collected once in a while.
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