Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of participants with and without employment at the time of enrollment in the cohort

	Employment status at baseline				pa
	With Employment (N=376)		Without Employment (N=246)
	#	%	#	%
Age
<30 years	82	21.8	82	33.3	<0.01
30–39 years	149	39.6	103	41.9
40–49 years	104	27.7	40	16.3
50–59 years	41	10.9	21	8.5
Women	72	19.2	114	46.3	<0.01
Migrants	89	23.7	163	66.3	<0.01
Educational level
Elementary or Middle school	33	8.8	77	31.3	<0.01
Trade school	82	21.8	32	13.0
High school	75	20.0	49	19.9
College or University	181	48.1	81	32.9
Missing	5	1.3	7	2.9
Occupational grade
Managers, Craftsmen	22	5.9	-	-	-
Executive	56	14.9	-	-
Associate professionals or technicians	103	27.4	-	-
Clerks	129	34.3	-	-
Manual workers, Farmers	64	17.1	-	-
Missing	2	0.5	-	-
Job status
Self-employed	34	9.0	-	-	-
Permanent contract, public sector	86	22.9	-	-
Permanent contract, private sector	183	48.7	-	-
Temporary contract	73	19.4	-	-
Cohabiting partnership	217	57.7	126	51.2	<0.01
HIV status kept secret	80	21.3	102	41.5	<0.01
Experience of HIV-related discrimination	29	7.7	25	10.2	0.29
Clinical stage
A	337	89.6	212	86.2	0.02
B	19	5.1	8	3.3
C	19	5.1	26	10.6
CD4 cell count (/mm3)
<200	58	15.4	57	23.2	<0.01
200–349	78	20.7	66	26.8
350–499	117	31.1	55	22.4
≥500	123	32.7	68	27.6
Viral load (log10 copies/mL)
<5	293	78.6	172	70.2	0.02
≥5	80	21.5	73	29.8
HBV or HCV coinfection	9	2.4	22	8.9	<0.01
Diabetes	8	2.1	3	1.2	0.54
Hypertension	26	6.9	14	5.7	0.54
Symptoms of depressionb	119	31.6	105	42.7	<0.01

^aChi² test or Fisher’s exact test as appropriate

^bCES-D score above 17 for men and 23 for women