Table 3.
Association between selected respondent characteristics, HIV Literacy Test (HIV-LT) and the 10 question short HIV-LT version (HIV-LT10) scores among 319 Mozambican adults on antiretroviral therapy
| Characteristic (N) | HIV-LT score | HIV-LT10 scorea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median (IQR) or correlation (ρ) | P | Median (IQR) or correlation (ρ) | P | |
| General literacy score | 0.8 | <0.0001 | 0.7 | <0.0001 |
| General numeracy score | 0.7 | <0.0001 | 0.7 | <0.0001 |
| Education | 0.7 | <0.0001 | 0.7 | <0.0001 |
| Income | <0.0001 | |||
| 0–5999 meticais (232) | 38 (13–56)b | 30 (10–50)b | 0.0001 | |
| 6000 meticais or more (87) | 56 (38–69)b | 60 (30–70)b | ||
| Job | ||||
| No job (84) | 50 (22–63)b | 0.0001 | 40 (20–60)b | 0.0042 |
| Agriculture [51] | 13 (6–38)b | 10 (0–40)b | ||
| Domestic (25) | 44 (31–56)b | 25 (10–50)b | ||
| Work outside the home (155) | 50 (25–69)b | 50 (20–70)b | ||
| Language spoken at home | ||||
| Portuguese (109) | 63 (44–75)b | 0.0001 | 60 (40–70)b | 0.0001 |
| Changane (170) | 25 (13–50)b | 20 (0–40)b | ||
| Ronga (31) | 50 (13–63)b | 45 (10–60)b | ||
| Other (9)c | 31 (13–38)b | 40 (15–60)b | ||
| 90-Day adherence to antiretroviral therapy | −0.01 | 0.79 | 0.001 | 0.99 |
| Total HIV-LT score | Non applicable | Non applicable | 0.96 | <0.0001 |
aHIV-LT10 is the 10-item version of the HIV Literacy Test
bThe HIV-LT and HIV-LT10 scores each range from 0 to 100 %
cOther languages: EChuabo and Chope