Table 5.

Coping strategies, by participant group

	TB/HIV	TB-only	HIV-only
	(n = 116)	(n = 40)	(n = 298)
Grants and donations
Patients receiving government grants n (%)	1 (1%)	0	5 (2%)
Patients receiving charitable donations n (%)	0 (%)	0	4 (1%)
Asset sale
Patients selling assets n (%)	3 (3%)	0	7 (2%)
Mean value of assets sold (USD)	$11.54	–	$9.15
Loans
Patients taking loans n (%)	4 (3%)	3 (8%)	34 (11%)
Mean interest on loans (% of initial withdrawal)	27%	0%	22%
Total adopting any coping strategy	7 (6%)	3 (8%)	46 (15%)
Total adopting multiple strategies	1 (1%)	0	4 (1%)