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Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of people living with HIV on ART by HIV-acquisition risk category

From: Measuring the uptake of continuous care among people living with HIV receiving antiretroviral therapy and social determinants of the uptake of continuous care in the southwest of China: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

Total (n = 702)

HIV-acquisition risk category

p-value

Heterosexuals (n = 239)

MSM (n = 231)

PWID (n = 232)

Age (years)

 < 0.001††

 18–34

34.8

25.1

70.6

9.1

 

 35–49

46.2

43.1

24.2

71.1

 

 50 + 

19.1

31.8

5.2

19.8

 

Sex

 < 0.001

 Male

69.4

43.1

100.0

65.9

 

 Female

30.6

56.9

0.0

34.1

 

Ethnicity

0.505

 Han

83.9

85.8

81.8

84.1

 

 Other

16.1

14.2

18.2

15.9

 

Religious belief

0.107

 With

16.1

13.8

14.3

20.3

 

 Without

83.9

86.2

81.8

79.7

 

Marital status

 < 0.001

 Married

44.3

64.9

19.9

47.4

 

 Single

35.3

8.4

73.2

25.4

 

 Divorced

15.7

17.2

6.9

22.8

 

 Widowed

4.7

9.6

0.0

4.3

 

Residence

 < 0.001

 Rural

9.8

10.0

6.5

12.9

 

 Urban

75.2

78.7

81.4

65.5

 

 Suburban

15.0

11.3

12.1

21.6

 

Employment status

 < 0.001

 Unemployed

44.9

46.4

18.6

69.4

 

 Employed

55.1

53.6

81.4

30.6

 

Education level

 < 0.001

 Primary school or below

24.8

39.7

6.1

28.0

 

 Secondary school

34.9

35.1

17.7

51.7

 

 High school

17.7

15.1

21.6

16.4

 

 University or equivalent

22.6

10.0

54.5

3.9

 

Medical insurance

 < 0.001

 Uninsured

7.3

6.3

7.4

8.2

 

 NRCMI

44.3

59.0

33.8

39.7

 

 UEBMI

17.9

11.7

36.4

6.0

 

 URBMI

30.5

23.0

22.5

46.1

 

SES

0.037††

 Low

33.3

36.4

25.5

37.9

 

 Middle

33.3

31.6

37.2

31.0

 

 High

33.3

31.8

37.2

31.0

 

HIV-related stigma

44.0 (41.0, 47.0)

44.0 (41.0, 47.0)

44.0 (41.0,46.5)

45.0 (41.0, 47.2)

0.071

SSQN

1.2 (0.7, 2.0)

1.0 (0.5, 1.8)

1.7 (0.8, 2.5)

1.0 (0.5, 2.0)

 < 0.001

  1. Data are column percentage or median (IQR). MSM men who have sex with men, PWID people who inject drugs, NRCMI New Rural Cooperative Medical Insurance, UEBMI Urban Employees Basic Medical Insurance, URBMI Urban Residents Basic Medical Insurance, SES socioeconomic status. SSQN, social support questionnaire number. ††Multinomial Cochran-Armitage trend test