Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of the sample
| Variables | Total number of patients using ART (%) |
Adherence to ART, n (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonadherent | Adherent | ||
| N | 2,146 | 365 (17.6) | 1713 (82.4) |
| Age, mean (SD) | 42.37 (12.47) | 40.57 (12.43) | 42.71 (12.45)** |
| 18–29 | 199 (10.1) | 48 (25.0) | 144 (75.0) |
| 30–39 | 826 (41.8) | 154 (19.1) | 651 (80.9) |
| 40–49 | 446 (22.6) | 65 (15.0) | 367 (85.0) |
| ≥50 | 506 (25.6) | 74 (15.2) | 413 (84.8) |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 1316 (61.3) | 225 (17.7) | 1049 (82.3) |
| Female | 830 (38.7) | 140 (17.4) | 664 (82.6) |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Minorities | 664 (31.0) | 83 (12.7) | 572 (87.3)*** |
| Han ethnicity | 1479 (69.0) | 282 (19.9) | 1138 (80.1) |
| Residence | |||
| Rural | 1727 (80.6) | 278 (16.6) | 1393 (83.4)* |
| Urban | 416 (19.4) | 87 (21.5) | 317 (78.5) |
| Years of formal schooling, mean (SD) | 7.01 (3.02) | 6.91 (2.98) | 7.02 (3.01) |
|
Monthly household income (in Chinese currency, Renminbi yuan) |
|||
| < 1000 | 1107 (52.0) | 169 (15.8) | 900 (84.2) |
| 1000–1999 | 653 (30.7) | 112 (17.6) | 523 (82.4) |
| 2000–2999 | 237 (11.1) | 51 (22.3) | 178 (77.7) |
| ≥ 3000 | 131 (6.2) | 27 (20.9) | 102 (79.1) |
Note:
*
p<0.05;
**
p<0.01;
***
p<0.001.