Social support status and associated factors among people living with HIV/AIDS in Kunming city, China

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Table 2 Multivariate linear regression analysis of social support among HIV/AIDS patients

All dimensions of social support	Associated factors	β	S.E	t	P
Objective support	Marital status	−0.061	0.135	4.505	0.000
	Monthly income	0.247	0.088	2.815	0.005
	HIV transmission route	0.291	0.101	2.878	0.004
	antiretroviral therapy	0.508	0.152	3.335	0.001
Subjective support	Sex	0.761	0.358	2.127	0.034
Subjective support	Marital status	−0.129	0.177	−0.729	0.466
Degree of utilization of social support	Age	−0.115	0.057	−2.019	0.044
	Ethnicity	0.279	0.178	1.563	0.118
	Occupation	−0.211	0.156	−1.351	0.177
	HIV transmission route	−0.117	0.056	−2.087	0.037
	antiretroviral therapy	0.179	0.086	2.079	0.038
Total score of social support	Marital status	−0.245	0.311	−0.786	0.432
	Monthly income	0.390	0.196	1.992	0.047
	antiretroviral therapy	1.013	0.353	2.872	0.004

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