Table 3 Health inequity characteristics of transgender people and women at risk of or living with HIV
Variables | Total | Women | Transgender | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 4072) | (N = 3587) | (N = 485) | ||||||
% | n | % | n | % | n | |||
Health Inequity | ||||||||
 Self-assessment of health status | Pearson chi2(4) = 83.1818 Pr = 0.000 | |||||||
  Poor | 4,0% | 161 | 4.0% | 143 | 3.7% | 18 | ||
  Fair | 16,4% | 669 | 16.9% | 607 | 12.8% | 62 | ||
  Good | 39,6% | 1612 | 41.1% | 1475 | 28.2% | 137 | ||
  Very good | 27,7% | 1127 | 26.8% | 963 | 33.8% | 164 | ||
  Excellent | 10,6% | 432 | 9.2% | 331 | 20.8% | 101 | ||
Missing | 1,7% | 71 | 1.9% | 68 | 0.6% | 3 | ||
HIV status | Pearson chi2(2) = 40.2114 Pr = 0.000 | |||||||
  HIV-negative | 39,6% | 1611 | 39.8% | 1429 | 37.5% | 182 | ||
  HIV-positive | 47,3% | 1926 | 46.1% | 1652 | 56.5% | 274 | ||
I don’t know or do not wish to answer | 11,3% | 460 | 12.4% | 443 | 3.5% | 17 | ||
Missing | 1,8% | 75 | 1.8% | 63 | 2.5% | 12 | ||
 Recency of last HIV test | Pearson chi2(2) = 67.2409 Pr = 0.000 | |||||||
  Never | 9,1% | 370 | 10,1% | 362 | 1,6% | 8 | ||
  More than 12 months | 18,8% | 766 | 19,8% | 712 | 11,1% | 54 | ||
  Less or equal to 12 months | 70.2% | 2860 | 68.3% | 2450 | 84.5% | 410 | ||
Missing | 1,9% | 76 | 1,8% | 63 | 2,7% | 13 | ||
Did COVID-19 situation affect your access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services when it was needed | Pearson chi2(1) = 79.5929 Pr = 0.000 | |||||||
  No / Not needed | 65,0% | 2646 | 67.0% | 2404 | 49.9% | 242 | ||
  Yes | 29,0% | 1180 | 26.5% | 951 | 47.2% | 229 | ||
Missing | 6,0% | 246 | 6.5% | 232 | 2.9% | 14 | ||
Did COVID-19 situation affect your access to HIV services when it was needed | Pearson chi2(4) = 185.2278 Pr = 0.000 | |||||||
  No / Not needed | 52,9% | 2154 | 56.0% | 2009 | 29.9% | 145 | ||
  Yes | 41,7% | 1698 | 38.3% | 1374 | 66.8% | 324 | ||
Missing | 5,4% | 220 | 5.7% | 204 | 3.3% | 16 | ||
Barriers to accessing SRH or HIV services | ||||||||
 Fees at the clinic or hospital | Pearson chi2(1) = 4.5588 Pr = 0.033 | |||||||
  No | 73,9% | 3011 | 73.4% | 2633 | 77.9% | 378 | ||
  Yes | 26,1% | 1061 | 26.6% | 954 | 22.1% | 107 | ||
 The additional non-official fees | Pearson chi2(1) = 28.5533 Pr = 0.000 | |||||||
  No | 94,6% | 3853 | 95.3% | 3419 | 89.5% | 434 | ||
  Yes | 5,4% | 219 | 4.7% | 168 | 10.5% | 51 | ||
 I’m worried people could discover my gender identity or sexual orientation | Pearson chi2(1) = 262.6809 Pr = 0.000 | |||||||
  No | 87,9% | 3579 | 90.9% | 3262 | 65.4% | 317 | ||
  Yes | 12,1% | 493 | 9.1% | 325 | 34.6% | 168 | ||
 Last time I was humiliated | Pearson chi2(1) = 2.1513 Pr = 0.142 | |||||||
  No | 97,1% | 3955 | 97.3% | 3489 | 96.1% | 466 | ||
  Yes | 2,9% | 117 | 2.7% | 98 | 3.9% | 19 | ||