Table 3.
Correlates of suicidality
| Variables | Suicidality | Statistics | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n%) | No (n%) | Total | X2 | p | |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 38 (30.6) | 86 (69.4) | 124 | 3.101 | 0.078 |
| Female | 33 (42.9) | 44 (57.1) | 77 | ||
| Primary care giver | |||||
| Both parent | 31 (32.0) | 66 (68.0) | 97 | 0.929 | 0.335 |
| With one parent/others | 40 (38.5) | 64 (61.5) | 104 | ||
| Family type | |||||
| Monogamous | 44 (32.1) | 93 (67.9) | 137 | 1.936 | 0.184 |
| Polygamous | 27 (42.2) | 37 (57.8) | 64 | ||
| Oslo score | |||||
| Poor social support | 29 (38.7) | 46 (61.3) | 75 | 1.458 | 0.482 |
| Moderate social support | 31 (36.0) | 55 (64.0) | 86 | ||
| Strong social support | 11 (36.0) | 29 (72.5) | 40 | ||
| ACE score | |||||
| High | 27 (47.4) | 30 (52.6) | 57 | 5.053 | 0.025 |
| Low | 44 (30.6) | 100 (69.4) | 144 | ||
| Physical abuse | |||||
| Yes | 61 (41.2) | 87 (58.8) | 148 | 8.531 | 0.003 |
| No | 10 (18.9) | 43 (81.1) | 53 | ||
| Emotional abuse | |||||
| Yes | 50 (43.5) | 65 (56.5) | 115 | 7.824 | 0.005 |
| No | 21 (24.4) | 65 (76.5) | 86 | ||
| Route of infection | |||||
| Birth | 60 (34.3) | 115 (65.7) | 175 | 0.638 | 0.425 |
| Other | 11 (42.3) | 15 (57.7) | 26 | ||
| Family member loss due to HIV | |||||
| Yes | 19 (39.6) | 29(60.4) | 48 | 0.501 | 0.479 |
| No | 52 (34.0) | 101(66.0) | 15 | ||
| Careful to disclosure status | |||||
| Yes | 58 (32.8) | 119 (67.2) | 177 | 4.236 | 0.040 |
| No | 13 (54.2) | 11(45.8) | |||
| CD4 count N* = 145 | |||||
| Increased | 23 (28.0) | 59 (72.0) | 82 | 2.783 | 0.095 |
| Decreased | 26 (41.3) | 37 (58.7) | 63 | ||
x2, chi-square; p, significant value
Significant values in italics (p ≤ 0.05)