Levels of health literacy among people living with HIV in outpatient care: a cross-sectional study from Denmark

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of 338 PLWHIV

	N = 338	%
Gender
Male	238	70
Female	100	30
Age
18–39	53	16
40–49	96	28
50–59	104	31
60–69	56	17
70+	29	8
National origin
Danish	244	72
Other	94	28
Cohabitation
Married/living with a partner	187	55
Living alone	151	45
Employment
Full-time	167	49
Part-time	46	14
Unemployment/sickness/disability support benefits	40	12
Retired	85	25
Education
Primary or elementary school < 7 years	40	12
Primary or elementary school 8–9 years	52	15
Primary or elementary school 10 years	83	25
High school graduation	123	36
Further education
No further education	51	15
A few years of higher education (1/2 year – 3 years)	115	34
More years of higher education (3–4 years)	77	23
Completed higher education (more than 4 years)	52	15
Other	43	13
Year of HIV diagnosis
Before 1996	82	24
After 1996	256	76
During the past four days, on how many days have you missed taking all your doses?
None	317	94
1–4 days	21	6

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