Table 4. Food production, preservation and the availability of vegetables, crops and fruit trees.
Variable | Rural | Urban | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HIV+ | HIV− | p-Valuea | HIV+ | HIV− | p-Valueb | |||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
Vegetables grown | ||||||||||
RHP 90, RHN 457; UHP 167, UHN 247 | ||||||||||
Yes | 31 | 34.4 | 207 | 45.3 | 0.06 | 67 | 40.1 | 86 | 34.8 | 0.27 |
No | 59 | 66.2 | 250 | 54.7 | 100 | 59.9 | 161 | 65.2 | ||
Type of vegetables produced | ||||||||||
RHP 31, RHN 207; UHP 67, UHN 86 | ||||||||||
Cabbage | 11 | 35.5 | 66 | 31.9 | 0.57 | 18 | 26.9 | 12 | 14.0 | 0.02* |
Carrots | 22 | 71.0 | 127 | 61.4 | 0.51 | 12 | 17.9 | 22 | 25.6 | 0.53 |
Green, leafy vegetables | 25 | 80.7 | 176 | 85.0 | 0.05 | 66 | 98.5 | 80 | 93.0 | 0.13 |
Pumpkin | 12 | 38.7 | 87 | 42.0 | 0.19 | 15 | 22.4 | 18 | 20.3 | 0.53 |
Beans | 8 | 25.8 | 84 | 40.6 | 0.02* | 15 | 22.4 | 16 | 18.6 | 0.10 |
Beetroot | 18 | 58.1 | 127 | 61.4 | 0.12 | 20 | 29.9 | 26 | 30.2 | 0.64 |
Crops grown | ||||||||||
RHP 90, RHN 457; UHP 167, UHN 247 | ||||||||||
Yes | 21 | 23.3 | 107 | 23.4 | 0.98 | 14 | 8.4 | 19 | 7.7 | 0.79 |
No | 69 | 76.7 | 350 | 76.6 | 153 | 91.6 | 228 | 92.3 | ||
Fruit trees owned | ||||||||||
RHP 90, RHN 457; UHP 167, UHN 247 | ||||||||||
Yes | 61 | 67.8 | 319 | 69.8 | 0.76 | 68 | 40.7 | 107 | 43.3 | 0.59 |
No | 29 | 32.2 | 138 | 30.2 | 99 | 59.3 | 140 | 56.7 | ||
Livestock owned | ||||||||||
RHP 90, RHN 456; UHP 167, UHN 247 | ||||||||||
Yes | 14 | 15.6 | 113 | 24.8 | 0.05 | 8 | 4.8 | 18 | 7.3 | 0.31 |
No | 76 | 84.4 | 343 | 75.2 | 159 | 95.2 | 229 | 92.7 |
Notes: RHP = rural, HIV-positive; RHN = rural, HIV-negative; UHP = urban, HIV-positive; UHN = urban, HIV-negative.
a p-value for difference between HIV-positive and HIV-negative rural participants using chi-squared or Fisher's exact test, as appropriate.
b p-value for difference between HIV-positive and HIV-negative urban participants using chi-squared or Fisher's exact test, as appropriate.
*Statistically significant difference.