Table 2.

Regression analysis of characteristics of PLWHA on log household income per capita among PLWHA in rural China (n=816)

Characteristics	B coefficient	95% CI	p value
Gender
Female	Ref	—	—
Male	-0.004	-0.082-0.074	0.913
Age by decade, year
20-29	-0.062	-0.241-0.117	0.498
30-39	-0.069	-0.214-0.077	0.353
40-49	-0.015	-0.159-0.128	0.834
50-59	-0.063	-0.213-0.086	0.407
≥60	Ref	—	—
Education Level
Illiterate	Ref	—	—
Primary school	-0.016	-0.080-0.048	0.627
Middle school	-0.033	-0.117-0.052	0.447
Above middle school	0.023	-0.209-0.255	0.844
Marital status
Married	0.079	-0.002-0.161	0.057
Unmarried	Ref	—	—
Role of respondent in household
Household head	-0.057	-0.178-0.040	0.298
Spouse of household head	-0.104	-0.235-0.026	0.116
Other	Ref	—	—
Employment status
Still worked before and after diagnosis	0.091	0.026-0.156	0.006
Quit work after diagnosis	Ref	—	—
Clinical stage
AIDS	Ref	—	—
HIV	0.077	0.015-0.139	0.015
Household scale
1-3	Ref	—	—
4-5	-0.060	-0.129-0.008	0.085
≥6	-0.107	-0.191- -0.024	0.012
Number of PLWHA in household
1	Ref	—	—
2 or more	-0.003	-0.067-0.061	0.929
Were there other family member already infected with HIV before the respondent was diagnosed with HIV?
No	Ref	—	—
Yes, still alive	-0.002	-0.111-0.106	0.967
Yes, but died of AIDS	0.029	-0.060-0.118	0.525