Table 3. The univariate analysis of factors related to quality of life.
| PCS | MCS | TS | ||
| Mean±SD | Mean±SD | Mean±SD | ||
| 66.8±21.9 | 62.2±20.9 | 64.5±20.2 | ||
| Demographic characteristics | ||||
| Sex | Men | 67.2±21.9 | 62.7±21.0 | 64.9±20.3 |
| Women | 63.5±21.6 | 58.3±19.6 | 60.9±19.2 | |
| Ethnicity | Han | 67.4±21.8* | 62.9±20.9** | 65.1±20.1** |
| Others | 60.7±22.8 | 54.8±19.8 | 57.8±20.1 | |
| Marital status | Single | 69.7±19.8** | 64.6±20.1** | 67.2±18.6** |
| Married/cohabitation | 66.8±23.1 | 62.6±20.9 | 64.7±20.9 | |
| Divorced/widow | 59.1±23.1 | 55.5±21.7 | 57.3±21.2 | |
| Education | Primary/middle school | 63.2±23.1 | 60.2±21.3 | 61.7±21.0 |
| High school | 67.4±21.5 | 62.6±20.2 | 65.0±19.7 | |
| Junior college and over | 71.3±19.7** | 64.9±20.5* | 68.1±18.9** | |
| Job | Student/housework/unemployed | 59.4±23.9 | 57.3±21.5 | 58.4±21.5 |
| Peasant/herder/fisherman | 71.6±20.3 | 65.1±22.1 | 68.4±19.8 | |
| Informal employees | 71.7±19.7** | 65.7±19.1** | 68.7±18.3** | |
| Formal employees | 68.5±20.3 | 63.4±20.3 | 66.0±19.1 | |
| Monthly income (yuan) | < = 1000 | 59.9±22.8 | 58.2±21.4 | 59.1±21.0 |
| 1001–2000 | 69.7±19.6 | 63.5±19.8 | 66.6±18.3 | |
| >2000 | 74.9±18.8** | 67.1±19.8** | 71.0±18.2** | |
| Sexual orientation | Homosexuality | 69.7±20.3 | 63.8±20.4 | 66.7±19.2 |
| Heterosexuality | 64.9±22.9 | 60.8±21.0 | 62.8±20.9 | |
| Bisexuality | 67.2±20.2 | 62.2±21.9 | 64.7±19.7 | |
| Unknown | 61.4±24.4** | 60.4±21.1 | 60.9±21.5* | |
| Social support and network | ||||
| Living arrangement | Living with others | 66.1±22.2 | 61.6±21.3 | 63.8±20.6 |
| Alone | 68.3±21.1 | 63.6±20.0 | 65.9±19.4 | |
| Neighborhood | Very good | 70.4±20.8** | 65.9±21.1** | 68.1±19.8** |
| Good | 67.1±20.6 | 62.1±18.9 | 64.6±18.6 | |
| Fair/poor | 62.5±23.3 | 58.4±21.3 | 60.5±21.1 | |
| Family awareness of sexual orientation | Yes | 66.5±22.5 | 62.1±20.7 | 64.3±20.4 |
| No/unsure | 67.5±21.3 | 62.5±21.0 | 65.0±20.0 | |
| HIV/AIDS awareness | ||||
| Comprehensive HIV/AIDS knowledge | Yes | 68.2±21.7* | 63.3±20.7 | 65.8±20.1* |
| No | 64.6±22.1 | 60.5±21.0 | 62.6±20.3 | |
| Transmission | Injecting drug | 49.8±24.2 | 49.3±22.2 | 49.6±21.3 |
| Blood | 58.5±16.0 | 62.2±15.3 | 60.3±13.5 | |
| Heterosexual | 67.1±22.0 | 62.2±20.8 | 64.7±20.4 | |
| LGBTQ | 69.0±20.8** | 63.8±20.4** | 66.4±19.4** | |
| Disease progression | HIV infection | 69.6±21.0** | 63.8±20.2** | 66.7±19.4** |
| AIDS | 60.9±22.7 | 58.9±21.8 | 59.9±21.1 | |
| Antiretroviral therapy | Yes | 59.9±21.8 | 56.9±21.6 | 58.4±20.5 |
| No | 70.6±21.0** | 65.1±20.0** | 67.9±19.3** | |
| Behavioral factors | ||||
| Smoking | Never | 69.0±20.9* | 63.3±20.5 | 66.1±19.6* |
| Quit | 61.8±21.6 | 57.1±21.7 | 59.5±20.6 | |
| Yes | 65.0±23.1 | 61.8±21.2 | 63.4±20.8 | |
| Alcohol consumption | No | 65.8±22.9 | 60.0±22.4 | 62.9±21.4 |
| Yes | 68.1±20.7 | 65.0±18.5** | 66.6±18.5* | |
| Condom use at the last sexual behavior since HIV infection | Yes | 68.9±21.2** | 64.4±20.3** | 66.7±19.6** |
| Have no sexual behavior | 60.9±24.3 | 57.4±23.1 | 59.2±22.2 | |
| No | 61.7±20.9 | 55.4±19.4 | 58.6±19.1 | |
| Pearson r | Pearson r | Pearson r | ||
| Demographic characteristics | ||||
| Age | −0.16** | −0.12** | −0.15** | |
| Social support and network | ||||
| Perceived social support | 0.28** | 0.32** | 0.32** |
*
p<0.05;
**
p<0.01.