Table 1:
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | |
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Women | Men | Kakira | Kampala | WHO 1 or 2 | WHO 3 or 4 | All | |
| |||||||
Demographics | |||||||
Age | 34.83*** | 37.51 | 36.49** | 34.88 | 35.90 | 35.41 | 35.68 |
Household size (no. of members) | 4.57* | 4.18 | 4.76*** | 4.14 | 4.59 | 4.28 | 4.45 |
Marital status | |||||||
Single (%) | 4*** | 10 | 2*** | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
Married or committed (%) | 38*** | 60 | 48 | 42 | 48* | 41 | 45 |
Divorced or widowed (%) | 58*** | 30 | 50 | 49 | 46* | 54 | 49 |
Living without spouse (%) | 67*** | 48 | 56*** | 66 | 57** | 66 | 61 |
Another HIV-positive person in Hh (%) | 28 | 28 | 31 | 26 | 31 | 25 | 28 |
Someone moved into Hh because of HIV status (%) | 27 | 31 | 21 *** | 35 | 20*** | 38 | 28 |
Child moved out because of HIV status (%) | 34* | 42 | 35 | 38 | 33* | 41 | 36 |
Health status | |||||||
WHO Stage 3 or 4 (%) | 46 | 43 | 29*** | 61 | – | – | 45 |
Asymptomatic illness (%) | 22 | 24 | 31 *** | 14 | 34*** | 9 | 23 |
Perceives health as ‘less than good’ (%) | 73 | 75 | 71* | 77 | 67*** | 83 | 74 |
CD4 count <250 (%) | 56 | 58 | 56 | 57 | 44*** | 72 | 56 |
Mean time since HIV-test in months | 20 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 19 |
No. of observations | 411 | 191 | 300 | 302 | 331 | 271 | 602 |
Notes:
significant at 1% level
significant at 5% level
significant at 10% level.
Hh, household. The t-tests compare column 1 with column 2; column 3 with column 4; and column 5 with column 6.