Table 3.
Distribution of HIV by standard of living index (SLI) quartiles in the population-based sample
| Men | Women | Men and women | ||||
| SLI quartiles* (score range) | Participants (n) | HIV-positive, n (%) | Participants (n) | HIV-positive, n (%) | Participants (n) | HIV-positive, n (%) |
| Rural | ||||||
| I (up to 16) | 1074 | 18 (1.68) | 1140 | 31 (2.72) | 2214 | 49 (2.21) |
| II (17–22) | 894 | 22 (2.46) | 872 | 11 (1.26) | 1766 | 33 (1.87) |
| III (23–29) | 745 | 9 (1.21) | 733 | 5 (0.68) | 1478 | 14 (0.95) |
| IV (30 or more) | 425 | 5 (1.18) | 433 | 3 (0.69) | 858 | 8 (0.93) |
| Missing data | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 3139 | 54 (1.72) | 3178 | 50 (1.57) | 6317 | 104 (1.65) |
| Urban | ||||||
| I (up to 16) | 490 | 29 (5.92) | 565 | 20 (3.54) | 1055 | 49 (4.64) |
| II (17–22) | 699 | 19 (2.72) | 731 | 17 (2.33) | 1430 | 36 (2.52) |
| III (23–29) | 784 | 10 (1.28) | 789 | 12 (1.52) | 1573 | 22 (1.40) |
| IV (30 or more) | 1123 | 18 (1.60) | 1119 | 12 (1.07) | 2242 | 30 (1.34) |
| Total | 3096 | 76 (2.45) | 3204 | 61 (1.90) | 6300 | 137 (2.17) |
| Rural and urban | ||||||
| I (up to 16) | 1564 | 47 (3.01) | 1705 | 51 (2.99) | 3269 | 98 (3.00) |
| II (17–22) | 1593 | 41 (2.57) | 1603 | 28 (1.75) | 3196 | 69 (2.16) |
| III (23–29) | 1529 | 19 (1.24) | 1522 | 17 (1.12) | 3051 | 36 (1.18) |
| IV (30 or more) | 1548 | 23 (1.49) | 1552 | 15 (0.97) | 3100 | 38 (1.23) |
| Missing data | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 6235 | 130 (2.09) | 6382 | 111 (1.74) | 12 617 | 241 (1.91) |
*SLI quartiles correspond to the division of score distribution for the total sample into approximately equal quarters. The sizes of quarters ranged between 3051 and 3269 as the scores were whole numbers and each quartile was defined based on the nearest corresponding score. Lower index score corresponds to lower standard of living.