Table 2.
Sociodemographic information on PLHIV
| Characteristics | Male n (%) | Female n (%) | Transgender n (%) | Total n (%) |
| Age (years) | ||||
| 21–<41 | 203 (82.9) | 120 (83.3) | 8 (72.7) | 331 (82.7) |
| 41–59 | 42 (17.1) | 24 (16.7) | 3 (27.3) | 69 (17.3) |
| Risk factor for acquiring HIV | ||||
| Sexual route | 187 (76.3) | 114 (79.2) | 5 (45.5) | 306 (76.5) |
| Injecting drug | 8 (3.3) | 1 (0.7) | 5 (45.5) | 14 (3.5) |
| Blood transfusion | 13 (5.3) | 15 (10.4) | 0 | 28 (7) |
| Mother-to-child transmission | 2 (0.8) | 0 | 0 | 2 (0.5) |
| Probable unsafe injection | 14 (5.7) | 1 (0.7) | 1 (9.0) | 16 (4) |
| Unknown | 21 (8.6) | 13 (9.0) | 0 | 34 (8.5) |
| Present treatment status | ||||
| On ART | 166 (67.8) | 89 (61.8) | 7 (63.6) | 262 (65.5) |
| Not on ART | 79 (32.2) | 55 (38.2) | 4 (36.4) | 138 (34.5) |
| Education | ||||
| No education | 52 (21.3) | 62 (43.1) | 9 (81.8) | 123 (30.7) |
| Primary | 42 (17.1) | 18 (12.5) | 1 (9.1) | 61 (15.3) |
| Secondary | 128 (52.2) | 47 (32.6) | 1 (9.1) | 176 (44) |
| College and above | 23 (9.4) | 17 (11.8) | 0 | 40 (10) |
| Marital status | ||||
| Single | 39 (15.9) | 5 (3.5) | 8 (72.7) | 52 (13) |
| Married | 191 (78) | 89 (61.8) | 3 (27.3) | 283 (70.7) |
| Divorced/Separated | 3 (1.2) | 0 | 0 | 3 (0.8) |
| Widowed | 12 (4.9) | 50 (34.7) | 0 | 62 (15.5) |
| Religion | ||||
| Hindu | 208 (85.2) | 126 (87.5) | 5 (45.4) | 339 (84.8) |
| Muslim | 30 (12.3) | 13 (9.0) | 6 (54.6) | 49 (12.4) |
| Others | 6 (2.5) | 5 (3.5) | 0 | 11 (2.8) |