Table 2. Socio-economic characteristics of people living with HIV/AIDS (outpatients and inpatients) in Lao PDR.
| Outpatients | Inpatients | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SVK | STT | Total | SVK | STT | Total | |||
| n = 180 | n = 100 | p | n = 280 | n = 20 | n = 20 | p | n = 40 | |
| (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | |||
| Age (years) | 34.4 | 34.7 | 0.7 | 34.6 | 34.2 | 34.3 | 0.9 | 34.2 |
| <30 | 45 (25.0) | 29 (29.0) | 74 (26.4) | 5 (25.0) | 4 (20.0) | 9 (22.5) | ||
| 30–39 | 91 (50.5) | 46 (46.0) | 137 (48.9) | 12 (60.0) | 12 (60.0) | 24 (60.0) | ||
| ≥40 | 44 (24.4) | 25 (25.0) | 0.7 | 69 (24.6) | 3 (15.0) | 4 (20.0) | 0.8 | 7 (17.5) |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Female | 89 (49.4) | 56 (56.0) | 145 (51.8) | 9 (45.0) | 6 (30.0) | 15 (37.5) | ||
| Male | 91 (50.5) | 44 (44.0) | 0.2 | 135 (48.2) | 11 (55.0) | 14 (70.0) | 0.3 | 25 (62.5) |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| Lao Loum | 174 (96.6) | 96 (96.0) | 270 (96.4) | 18 (90.0) | 20 (100.0) | 38 (95.0) | ||
| Lao Theung | 6 (3.3) | 3 (3.0) | 9 (3.2) | 2 (10.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (5.0) | ||
| Lao Soung | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.0) | 0.4 | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.1 | 0 (0.0) |
| Residence | ||||||||
| Urban | 49 (27.2) | 56 (56.0) | 105 (37.5) | 7 (35.0) | 10 (50.0) | 17 (42.5) | ||
| Rural | 131 (72.7) | 44 (44.0) | <0.001 | 175 (62.5) | 13 (65.0) | 10 (50.0) | 0.3 | 23 (57.5) |
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Married | 111 (61.6) | 65 (65.0) | 176 (62.9) | 14 (70.0) | 13 (65.0) | 27 (67.5) | ||
| Single | 25 (13.8) | 12 (12.0) | 37 (13.2) | 1 (5.0) | 6 (30.0) | 7 (17.5) | ||
| Divorced | 17 (9.44) | 16 (16.0) | 33 (11.8) | 2 (10.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (5.0) | ||
| Widower | 27 (15.0) | 7 (7.0) | 0.1 | 34 (12.1) | 3 (15.0) | 1 (5.0) | 0.08 | 4 (10.0) |
| Household income (US$) | 131 (72.7) | 74 (74.0) | 0.8 | 205 (73.2) | 12 (60.0) | 10 (50.0) | 0.5 | 22 (55.0) |
| Capacity to pay | 56 (31.1) | 33 (33.0) | 0.007 | 89 (31.8) | 4 (20.0) | 4 (20.0) | 1 | 8 (20.0) |
| Loans for HIV | 83 (94.3) | 43 (79.6) | 0.7 | 126 (45.0) | 9 (90.0) | 6 (100.0) | 0.4 | 15 (37.5) |
| Loans US$ | 208.7 | 340.5 | 0.1 | 258.8 | 374.7 | 208.9 | 312.5 | |
| (99.7–317.6) | (201.2–479.7) | 173.4–344.2) | (9.0–740.3) | (3.8–421.6) | 0.4 | (88.1–536.9) | ||
| Sales for HIV | 75 (41.6) | 42 (42.0) | 0.9 | 117 (41.8) | 7 (35.0) | 3 (15.0) | 0.1 | 10 (25.0) |
| Sales and Loans for HIV | 41 (22.7) | 24 (24.0) | 0.4 | 65 (23.2) | 4 (20.0) | 0 (0) | 0.9 | 4 (10.0) |
| Main profession before HIV * | ||||||||
| Farmer | 50 (27.7) | 16 (16.0) | 0.1 | 66 (23.6) | 6 (30.0) | 3 (15.0) | 0.2 | 9 (22.5) |
| Migrant | 36 (20.0) | 15 (15.0) | 51 (18.2) | 6 (30.0) | 2 (10.0) | 8 (20.0) | ||
| Unemployed | 10 (5.5) | 6 (6.0) | 16 (5.7) | 1 (5.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.5) | ||
| Main current profession * | ||||||||
| Farmer | 84 (46.6) | 19 (19.0) | <0.001 | 103 (36.8) | 4 (20.0) | 4 (20.0) | 0.1 | 8 (20.0) |
| Migrant | 9 (5.0) | 4 (4.0) | 13 (4.6) | 1 (5.0) | 1 (5.0) | 2 (5.0) | ||
| Unemployed | 31 (17.2) | 19 (19.0) | 50 (17.9) | 9 (45.0) | 4 (20.0) | 13 (32.5) | ||
| Changed profession | 104 (57.7) | 65 (65.0) | 0.2 | 169 (60.4) | 8 (40.0) | 17 (85.0) | 0.003 | 25 (32.5) |
| Stopped working | 132 (73.3) | 62 (62.0) | 0.04 | 194 (69.3) | 19 (95.0) | 20 (100.0) | 0.3 | 39 (97.5) |
| Permanently stopped working | 59 (44.7) | 20 (32.2) | 0.1 | 79 (28.2) | 11 (57.8) | 12 (60.0) | 0.8 | 23 (57.5) |
| Poor | 96 (53.0) | 23 (23.0) | <0.001 | 119 (42.5) | 9 (45.0) | 4 (20.0) | 0.09 | 13 (32.5) |
Number and percentages, Mean and 95% confidence interval (95%CI), median and interquartile (IQR)
SVK: Savannakhet hospital; STT: Setthathirat hospital; Poor: < 1.25 US $ per day
* We present the results of the frequently most reported professions of the study population