Table 1 Distribution of socio-demographic variables
Total sample | HIV patients | Non-HIV patients | p* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 1395) | (n = 696) | (n = 699) | ||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
Age | ||||||||
<=40 | 803 | 57.6 | 422 | 60.6 | 381 | 54.5 | 0.048 | |
41-60 | 502 | 36.0 | 236 | 33.9 | 266 | 38.1 | ||
> = 61 | 90 | 6.5 | 38 | 5.5 | 52 | 7.4 | ||
Gender | ||||||||
Female | 549 | 39.4 | 270 | 38.8 | 279 | 39.9 | 0.709 | |
Male | 846 | 60.6 | 426 | 61.2 | 420 | 60.1 | ||
Ethnic group | ||||||||
Han | 1094 | 78.4 | 504 | 72.4 | 590 | 84.4 | <0.001 | |
Other | 301 | 21.6 | 192 | 27.6 | 109 | 15.6 | ||
Religious affiliation | ||||||||
No | 1149 | 82.4 | 522 | 75.0 | 627 | 89.7 | <0.001 | |
Yes | 246 | 17.6 | 174 | 25.0 | 72 | 10.3 | ||
Place of residence | ||||||||
Rural | 758 | 54.3 | 490 | 70.4 | 268 | 38.3 | <0.001 | |
Urban | 637 | 45.7 | 206 | 29.6 | 431 | 61.7 | ||
Marriage | ||||||||
Single | 282 | 20.2 | 159 | 22.8 | 123 | 17.6 | <0.001 | |
Married/Cohabiting | 935 | 67.0 | 383 | 55.0 | 552 | 79.0 | ||
Separated/Divorced/Widowed | 178 | 12.8 | 154 | 22.1 | 24 | 3.4 | ||
Family size | ||||||||
1 | 58 | 4.2 | 52 | 7.5 | 6 | 0.9 | <0.001 | |
2–4 | 1030 | 73.8 | 535 | 76.9 | 495 | 70.8 | ||
> = 5 | 307 | 22 | 109 | 15.7 | 198 | 28.3 | ||
Education | ||||||||
<=Primary school | 306 | 21.9 | 144 | 20.7 | 162 | 23.2 | <0.001 | |
Junior high school | 668 | 47.9 | 296 | 42.5 | 371 | 53.3 | ||
Senior high school | 311 | 22.3 | 158 | 22.7 | 152 | 21.8 | ||
> = University | 110 | 7.9 | 98 | 14.1 | 11 | 1.6 | ||
Occupation | ||||||||
Government-employed | 129 | 9.2 | 62 | 8.9 | 67 | 9.6 | <0.001 | |
Enterprise-employed | 499 | 35.8 | 256 | 36.8 | 243 | 34.8 | ||
Self-employed | 213 | 15.3 | 176 | 25.3 | 37 | 5.3 | ||
Unemployed | 554 | 39.7 | 202 | 29.0 | 352 | 50.4 | ||
Household income (Yuan) | ||||||||
<800 | 244 | 17.5 | 163 | 23.4 | 81 | 11.6 | <0.001 | |
801–2000 | 322 | 23.1 | 177 | 25.4 | 145 | 20.8 | ||
2001–5000 | 417 | 29.9 | 184 | 26.4 | 233 | 33.3 | ||
5001–8000 | 239 | 17.1 | 88 | 12.6 | 151 | 21.6 | ||
> = 8001 | 173 | 12.4 | 84 | 12.1 | 89 | 12.7 | ||