Table 2.
Demographic characteristics by disclosure-related groups.
| Whole sample (n = 1254) |
Decision to disclose HIV status to children |
Decision to conceal HIV status from children |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | Yes | No | ||
| Age in years (SD) | 38.90 (8.33) | 36.66 (4.73) | 37.58 (5.92) | 37.65 (5.74) | 37.32 (6.08) |
| Gender (male) | 742 (59.2%) | 29 (49.2%) | 618 (59.3%) | 423 (61.7%) | 223 (53.6%)** |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Han | 899 (71.7%) | 34 (57.6%) | 759 (72.8%)* | 488 (71.2%) | 304 (73.1%) |
| Zhuang | 303 (24.2%) | 22 (37.3%) | 248 (23.8%) | 172 (25.1%) | 99 (23.8%) |
| Others | 51 (4.1%) | 3 (5.1%) | 35 (3.4%) | 25 (3.6%) | 13 (3.1%) |
| Any religion | 85 (6.8%) | 3 (5.2%) | 78 (7.5%) | 39 (5.7%) | 42 (10.2%)** |
| Marital status | |||||
| Currently married | 950 (78.2%) | 35 (59.4%) | 819 (81.2%) | 543 (82.1%) | 310 (76.2%) |
| Currently unmarried | 264 (21.8%) | 24 (40.6%) | 190 (18.8%)*** | 118 (17.9%) | 97 (23.8%)* |
| Residence | |||||
| Rural residence (Hukou) | 1090 (87%) | 53 (89.8%) | 913 (87.6%) | 613 (89.5%) | 353 (84.9%)* |
| Work status | |||||
| Full-time | 544 (43.6%) | 20 (34.5%) | 472 (45.4%) | 163 (39.5%) | 330 (48.2%) |
| Part-time | 429 (34.4%) | 23 (39.7%) | 380 (36.6%) | 165 (40.0%) | 237 (34.6%) |
| Do not work | 275 (22.0%) | 15 (25.9%) | 187 (18.0%) | 85 (20.6%) | 117 (17.1%)* |
| Education in years (SD) | 7.04 (2.70) | 6.86 (2.52) | 7.10 (2.63) | 7.13 (2.75) | 7.03 (2.42) |
| Household size | |||||
| No. of family members:(SD) | 4.15 (2.08) | 3.78 (1.87) | 4.11 (2.12) | 4.07 (2.16) | 4.11 (2.02) |
| No. of children | 1.92 (0.99) | 1.73 (0.83) | 1.91 (0.95) | 1.94 (0.99) | 1.83 (0.88) |
| Monthly household income | |||||
| <1000 | 694 (55.9%) | 32 (54.2%) | 582 (56.5%) | 371 (54.6%) | 242 (59.0%) |
| 1000–1999 | 366 (29.5%) | 20 (33.9%) | 287 (27.8%) | 199 (29.3%) | 108 (26.3%) |
| 2000–2999 | 119 (9.6%) | 6 (10.2%) | 106 (10.3%) | 70 (10.3%) | 43 (10.5%) |
| >3000 | 63 (5.1%) | 1 (1.7%) | 56 (5.4%) | 40 (5.9%) | 17 (4.1%) |
| HIV infection | |||||
| On ART | 960 (76.7%) | 48 (81.4%) | 822 (79.0%) | 532 (77.8%) | 338 (81.3%) |
| Duration since HIV diagnosis (monthly) | 44.39 (29.90) | 47.82 (29.00) | 45.75 (29.89) | 43.68 (28.90) | 49.40 (31.01)** |
| Infection in family (yes) | 607 (48.4%) | 28 (47.5%) | 525 (50.3%) | 336 (49%) | 216 (51.9%) |
| Infected partner (yes) | 672 (58.1%) | 26 (50%) | 562 (58.4%) | 221 (57.3%) | 367 (58.3%) |
| Most recent CD4+ cell counts | |||||
| ≤250 | 408 (34.1%) | 27 (46.6%) | 336 (34.0%) | 229 (35.2%) | 133 (33.6%) |
| 250–500 | 536 (44.8%) | 25 (43.1%) | 439 (44.4%) | 285 (43.8%) | 179 (45.2%) |
| >500 | 253 (21.1%) | 6 (10.3%) | 214 (21.6%) | 137 (21.0%) | 84 (21.2%) |
ART, antiretroviral therapy.
*
P < 0.05.
**
P < 0.01.
***
P < 0.001.