Table 1 Description of participant demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, overall and by knowledge of someone who died of HIV/AIDS

	Total sample (n = 4182)	Personally knows someone who died of AIDS (n = 1743)	Does not personally know someone who died of AIDS (n = 2439)	p Value
Personally knows someone who died of AIDS	42.2
Age (years)
18–29	39.6	42.7	37.4	<0.001
30–39	22.5	24.4	21.1
40–49	17.8	18.4	17.4
50+	20.3	14.5	24.2
Sex
Male	45.3	46.3	44.6	0.461
Female	54.7	53.8	55.4
Location
Rural	38.8	33.0	43.1	<0.001
Urban	61.2	67.0	65.9
Race
Black	76.7	83.9	71.5	<0.001
Coloured	11.3	9.6	12.6
White	8.7	4.2	12.0
Asian	3.3	2.4	4.0
Education
None	6.7	4.9	8.1	<0.001
Grade 1–7	19.7	16.4	22.0
Grade 8–11	35.2	35.1	35.2
Completed high school	23.1	26.7	20.5
Post-high school education	15.3	16.9	14.2
Currently employed
No	68.9	69.3	68.7	0.757
Yes	31.1	30.7	31.3
Household income (South African rand)
0 (none)	13.6	12.7	14.2	0.226
1–5000	30.4	32.6	28.8
5001–25 000	15.7	14.7	16.4
25 000–100 000	19.5	19.9	17.2
100 001+	20.8	20.0	21.4
Assets owned by household
0–5	39.1	34.0	42.8	<0.001
6–12	38.2	45.0	33.2
13–17	22.7	21.0	23.9
Ever tested for HIV
No	78.5	73.2	82.5	<0.001
Yes	21.5	26.8	17.6
Recent life events
None	34.6	26.9	40.2	<0.001
1–2	40.0	41.2	39.1
3–4	17.6	21.3	14.9
5 or more	7.9	10.7	5.8
Traumatic life events
None	26.9	20.9	31.2	<0.001
1–2	49.7	49.4	49.9
3–4	10.7	13.2	8.8
5 or more	12.8	16.5	10.0